Does "toujours" trigger passé composé in sentences with depuis que?

Anne D.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Does "toujours" trigger passé composé in sentences with depuis que?

The dictation exercise A Nature-inspired Sculptor includes the sentence Depuis que je suis petite, j’ai toujours ressenti une grande connexion avec la nature" 

Is passé composé rather than the present tense used in "j’ai toujours ressenti" because of the "toujours"? 

[PS: there’s a small error in one of Céline’s answers below - "Ever since I was a little girl, in winter, we camp in the mountains"] 

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Anne D. asked:

Does "toujours" trigger passé composé in sentences with depuis que?

The dictation exercise A Nature-inspired Sculptor includes the sentence Depuis que je suis petite, j’ai toujours ressenti une grande connexion avec la nature" 

Is passé composé rather than the present tense used in "j’ai toujours ressenti" because of the "toujours"? 

[PS: there’s a small error in one of Céline’s answers below - "Ever since I was a little girl, in winter, we camp in the mountains"] 

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