For example someone raised in a language - say French in France - and then learnt English and moved to the US and finding than he is being more assertive or direct when speaking English than when speaking his mother tongue.
Concrete example: I have less of a tendency toward hyperbole when I'm speaking my 2nd language. The reason why is simple: I don't know many hyperbolic idioms in that language, so I lack the ability to express myself hyperbolically. But I think it goes a step further: Lacking the vocabulary, I have a hard time even having hyperbolic thoughts when I'm thinking in that language.
(That said, I don't want to suggest that this is somehow an aspect of the language itself. It seems more likely that native speakers have about the same range of expression as native speakers of any other language, and I'm just lacking it because of my limited familiarity.)
https://lithub.com/on-living-and-thinking-in-two-languages-a...
Is it possible that your decision to ‘eat’ becomes independent from the impetus and a goal of its own? To the point where you’re now preparing food to ‘eat’ rather then to precisely address the sensation/discomfort that led you to that decision to begin with?
In other words, is it possible that languages that allow you to more or less precisely describe/categorize something effect how we think about them and ultimately act in response?