When I followed the suggestion made by someone here of just relaxing my brain and "letting go" when I listen to spoken Spanish, my worst fear was realized--I really don't know Spanish at all! I understood absolutely NOTHING.
I now realize that I don't understand Spanish. I just translate words like a dictionary in my head. This is NOT understanding and this will get me nowhere.
So can I expect that by letting go of English when I listen, as I've done, I can expect to continue to understand nothing? Will the understanding come back, or...ugh. I HATE translating in my head, but now I know that if I don't, I won't understand anything!
I feel SO discouraged right now. : (