Talking To Oneself
I have been talking to myself since I was able to form words and yes, I answer myself all of the time and yes, I may be crazy but I like listening to me, I guess.
In researching the art of talking to oneself, I found a lot of very interesting thoughts about it, for example:
“Talking to yourself, it turns out, is a sign of genius.
The smartest people on earth talk to themselves. Look at the inner monologues of the greatest thinkers. Look at poetry! Look at history!
Albert Einstein talked to himself. He wasn’t an avid social butterfly when he was growing up, and he preferred to keep to himself.
Einstein.org reports that he “used to repeat his sentences to himself softly.”
Talking to yourself means that you are self-reliant. Like Albert Einstein, who “was highly gifted and acquired early in his life the ability to exploit his talents,” people who talk to themselves are highly proficient and count on only themselves to figure out what they need.”-Gigi Engle
Now, does talking to myself in great detail, answering my own questions, and posing other ones to myself make me a freaking genius, um, not to put myself down but I’m smart in certain areas like science, psychology, and the human heart. I’m not, however, a genius.
I am fascinated watching other people talk to themselves and they often don’t even know they are doing it, which I am absolutely positive I am guilty of as well.
My husband catches me pretty much every morning talking to myself in the mirror about they day ahead, what I will work on with each of my pediatric patients during their treatment sessions, what I need from the grocery store, etc. The funny thing is, I kinda talk low to myself but my husband has started doing it too, but lo and behold, his is a little bit louder. I guess I’m rubbing off on him. I have actually witnessed him work out a whole situation in a self-conversation. First, a concerned face talking to himself, then a little bit of eyebrow-raising talk, and then finally a nod and a look that he has figured it all out. Bless him.
My daughter has followed in her mom’s footsteps and sometimes when I go back to start a load of laundry, she’s in her room just yapping away and I swear to you, it really does sound like someone is in there with her because her conversations with herself are a lot more complex than mine were at that age.
Conversation in and of itself is a fascinating tool of communication. We can immediately tell something is wrong with a person if their conversational skills are lacking or their tone is off or their speech is too rapid, etc., etc.
I will continue to talk to myself, answer my own questions, and talk some more because I have worked out some heavy shit over the years doing this very thing. For those of you who talk to yourselves and find someone giving you a hard time, tell them you’re a freaking genius and science has proven it!
Love y’all!! ♥
