Talking to yourself…I does that!

I talk to myself.

Yup, I will admit it is something I do.

I don’t walk around mumbling incoherently, rather, I will discuss things with myself when no one is around. Thinking can only get me so far sometimes, and I have to vocalize what is going on in my head. I find it easier to see both sides of a situation if I can actually hear them. Yes, last Monday I did this for probably a half hour or so, but it had to be done. I was thinking too much, and it wasn’t working well for me, and so, I talked. Yes, I held a discussion with myself addressing my side of things, looking at the other persons, and applying logic to the whole thing.

Logic in talking to yourself? Yes, logic, don’t scoff at me. It makes perfect sense if you think about it, so please think about it.

I have done this for a long time in my life. Sometimes I did this as an exercise when I had to deliver a speech, or had to present a paper in a class. That is probably where it all started actually, now that I think about it. Although I can kind of remember doing it as a child too, but not to the extent that I now do of course. I imagine if someone actually witnessed me do this kind of exercise they would think me a little off, but really all it is, is the process of my brain coming out and making itself more apparent.

I am a deep thinker, always have been, but sometimes those thoughts cannot be kept within, and those are when I have to do this. I can see perspective more clearly, I can look at all angles of a situation, I can see answers that were hiding from me before this. I don’t plan on stopping anytime soon, but I also am self conscious enough to know I will always do it without an audience. Of course if I really trust those around me, there is a chance they will get to see it in action.

I have been accused of being ranty in the past, and perhaps this is an extension of my talking to myself, because often I don’t realize I am off on a rant, much like I don’t realize the extent of my self discussion. Sometimes life problems need that though, situations we are in need a new perspective and you can’t get that by just sitting and thinking on it.

See, if you keep it in your head, it just bounces around in the same way every time, and if something bounces in the same way, you’ll get used to it, but you won’t solve any of the bouncing. If you let it outside of your brain, let it walk around so that you can see it in action, suddenly things make more sense. For me, there is much less self doubt involved when I address something like this in this manner, and that is always a good thing.

Maybe this exercise is why my friends have always told me I give good advice, and that I am great to talk to when they have something going on. I have always been able to help people with problems or conundrums they might be having, and I do this by talking to them, and listening to them. All too often I can’t follow my own advice, and I think it is because I don’t utilize this exercise of mine, because it always works much better when I talk and listen, even if it is too myself.

I talk to myself, and I don’t plan on stopping.