The answer is, "Yes!"
We all do. I know I do - quite often.
It's true. He does.
See.
Stop interrupting!
Sorry, geez.
Anyway...
OK, I don't mean like that - not really. But, yes we do talk to ourselves. The real question is: What are we saying? The problem is that in our talks with ourselves we are often quite negative. Not healthy.
In class tonight, we dubbed this inner chatter "self-talk."
Self-talk shapes our attitudes, which shapes our behavior, which shapes the results we experience from day to day.
It's true.
We have a choice to think positively or negatively. If we're honest, we'd admit that we often choose negativity?
Just think about that for a bit.
I agree that I do talk to myself in my head when I think. I ponder on things or do critical thinking through issues without even noticing. I do notice however that when I truly notice I am thinking the most its during a moment when I have failed or something negatively has come up. I think that as humans we are always looking for something better even when it comes to ourselves. Thats why we think negatively, some do it to improve or work through a mistake, like a "pep-talk." Other do it out of disapointment, such as they didn't do as well as they thought they would.
ReplyDeleteYes. We can't help but talk to ourselves - and assess whatever dilemma or situation we're dealing with at the moment.
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't always work, but I try to stay away from negative thoughts in those moments - even if that moment happens to involve one of my many failures.
yes , i do self - communicate at times. I do it to release negative thoughts or to think aloud. Sometimes i like to hear how i sound before i talk to other people.
ReplyDeleteI find that talking to my self helps me to clear the air if I am a bit bothered by someone or something, it helps me get all of the negative feelings out so that it doesn't spill over into other ares in my life.
ReplyDeleteI find that talking to myself allows me to be true to my inner feeling and I listen to myself when I talk so that I can shape my emotions for the better.
In the way my friends tell me, I can talk about myself.
ReplyDeleteSome personal traits can show through friends’ eyes. If one of my strengths is that I am generous, it is not persuasive for me to say so. However, if friends tell me that they appreciate how I am really helping them or helping others to solve their financial problems and stay with them, then, I am showing through the testimony of others that how I am generous or charitable. It means I showed myself with great confidence
Thoughts are words unspoken. My perception is words belong to you as long as they remain unspoken. However, once they touch your lips they belong not to you anymore but to the listening ear around; because communication is irreversible and it's true when they say, "as a man thinketh so is he." We will be viewed by what we say but not what we think.
ReplyDeleteeveryone talks to there self. it has been times when in thinking but i had to ask myself if thats the right thing to do or not.
ReplyDeleteJames Dawkins
Richard Guerrero:
ReplyDeleteGood to know that is not just me........
I usually talk to myself when I'm mad or very happy, but is true; most of the time when I am mad in a negative way.