Hello People!
When I was a student my English teacher asked me a question that made me think a lot, and I'd like to ask you the same question:

Do you think that you can really express yourself when you speak in a foreign language?

I don't. I feel like I'm not the same person when I speak another language. The problem doesn't consist in how deeply I know the language - the point is: could I say the same things in Italian and in English? or should I modify my way of speaking in order to say what I really want to say??

I feel like I'm a slightly different person when I speak English, or German. For example, I can't use the same jokes I would use in Italian, so I must change the expression I would have said in Italian, and use another one, which can sound better in a foreign language. So, on one side, I don't really feel free to express myself, but on the other side, I can express a part of me which is normally hidden.

What do you think about it?