It's tragicomical that I haven't met any active linguist still working in academia who isn't controlled by language instead of controlling it. Since I realized how language controls us, I tried to explain this in language to some of my former colleages in linguistics, but I don't think any of them understood my intention. In short and again tragicomically, I don't have any common "language" with them any more.
The fact that most human beings are controlled by language and aren't aware of this isn't restricted to active linguists but is common to most human beings.
I for one have completely lost my interest in linguistics as it's totally powerless in helping us liberate ourselves from the mental prison of our ego with language as its gatekeeper.
In the meanwhile I've found a new "hobby" to observe how those who seem to have blind faith in their intellect, including many active linguists and other researchers still working in academia, use language to gratify their ego.
My most favorite manifestation of the gratification of the ego by many of these people is their inability to resist the temptation to start calling themselves in both speech and writing with a new academic title they've just acquired such as Dr. and Prof. I can easily recognized new PhDs as many of them start calling themselves Dr. Blah Blah.
Another favorite of mine is what seems to be their greatest pleasure in academia - emailing the (now electronic) offprint of their newly published article-shmarticle to as many people as possible, often by neglecting to put the addresses of the recipients on the Bcc line and putting them on the Cc line instead, resulting in a flood of public congratulations sent to all the receipients. For quite some time after leaving academia I had the "honor" of continuing to experience this specific gratification of the ego and often the resulting mutual gratification.
Some social media platforms, especially Facebook, have become perfect places for satisfy this insatiable desire of the ego. In addition to occasional posts for bragging about their "success" in seeming humility those with the most bloated ego list all the "glorious" life events and titles of theirs in their respective profile section.
These and other manifestations of the gratification of the ego are enabled by language. It gives its unawaked users an illusion that they are what they think they are, while the truth is that these life stories are nothing but experiences and not experiencers.