1/ Stoicism and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy centuries before they existed? In Gaeilge, the Irish language they’ve been built right into the language… 🧵👇 #Gaeilge #CBT #Stoicism
2/ In English we say “I am angry” In Irish we say “Tá fearg orm” → literally “There is anger on me.” #MindsetShift
3/ Similarly, “I am happy” becomes “Tá áthas orm” → “There is joy on me.” Notice how the emotion is on you, not you. 🤯 #EmotionalIntelligence
4/ This subtle grammar shift means feelings are TEMPORARY. You’re not defined by them—they pass over you like clouds. 🌥️ #Stoicism
5/ Compare that to seeing yourself as your emotions: “I AM sad,” “I AM happy.” It’s easy to get stuck in loops, owned by how we feel.
6/ The genius of Gaeilge? It gently reminds us: emotion is EXPERIENCE, not ESSENCE. A proto-CBT & Stoic practice encoded in language.
7/ Sadly, this wisdom was threatened by centuries of colonization, persecution & enforced decline of Gaeilge. Imperialism tried to erase more than just words. The very link between a people, their land, mindset, philosphy and identity.
8/ But Irish isn’t alone. Indigenous languages worldwide encode mind-bending philosophies. 🌎✨ #LinguisticRelativism
9/ In Guugu Yimithirr (Aboriginal Australia), you navigate by cardinal directions, not left/right. Your brain literally thinks N/S/E/W 24/7.
10/ In Aymara (Andes), the past is in FRONT of you & the future BEHIND—challenging our linear time assumptions. ⏳🔄
11/ In Mandarin in China, time flows VERTICALLY: months move up & down, not forward/backward. 🗓️⬆️⬇️
12/ Language shapes thought, thought shapes reality. Know your mother tongue—it’s a filter for how you EXPERIENCE life. #SapirWhorf
13/ I dive deeper on my podcast: “The Irish Were Ahead of the Stoics and Mindfulness: Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Gaeilge.” Listen & reconnect with this hidden wisdom. 🎧https://podcasts.apple.com/no/... 🇮🇪
14/ What’s a hidden gem in your native language? Drop examples below! 👇 #Thread #LanguageLovers
@eolanryng Go raibh maith agat!
@OSullivanMike Grma mo chara!!!
@eolanryng Fabulous fascinating & informative thread, thankyou 😁👍
@maggsbrowne104 Grmma mo chara!
@eolanryng Beautiful Sunday therapy
@DebShoes72 Grma mo chara!!
@eolanryng Genius thread
@LaFay_Morrigan Grma mo chara!!
@eolanryng @linny55 GRMA for this. The literal translation of Gaeilge makes so much sense!
@eolanryng I've really noticed this phenomenon in Irish, which extends into all sorts of areas - thus "fear/bean chéile", always used to mean husband/wife, better translates as "man/woman who is/was *with* him/her" - "partner" is actually a far better translation.
@eolanryng Yes, know your mothertongues. For some Irish-Americans w/ gaeltacht origins, there may be more pre-civ languages in one's family tree beyond even Gaeilge - such as Cymraeg, and U.S. and/or Global South Indigenous languages, depending on one's recent generations of ancestors.
@eolanryng Same w/ states of physical illness - Not "I am sick" rather "Tá mé tinn" literally "There is sickness on me" - and like the weather, it will change. All Indigenous worldviews embrace constant change and cosmic timelessness. Re-learning this is an act of neurodecolonization.
@eolanryng Tá fearg orm