In the Irish language, we are not our emotions. We are not sad or anxious. We have sadness or anxiety on us. To say I am sad, we say tá brón orm – there is sadness on me. I am anxious, tá imní orm – there is anxiety on me. The language recognizes these as passing states, not permanent fixtures of who we are.

Source: Briana Ní Loingsigh (@foghlaimeoir)