u/AdOpen3258

I live in a foreign country and I don’t usually use my mother tongue here and am actively trying to learn new languages. I feel like it’s logical to think that the more I use my mother tongue the more I subconsciously think in it therefore less in my target language, however I rarely see people with the same concerns. Every time I hear my mother tongue I try to avoid it using earphones or walk away. It’s kind of frustrating because people keep trying to group me with the people from my mother land for the group projects so I’m worried about needing to listen to and speak my mother language all the time. It also prevents me from connecting with my family and childhood friends quite a bit. I honestly want to forget my mother tongue because it makes me so nervous and I feel like it’s destroying my target languages :(. I just want to ask if anyone else feels the same way? I also stop myself from thinking when I find myself thinking in my mother language.