Posted by ace on December 9, 2005, at 11:44:19
In reply to Re: Talking to Yourself » mrgentle1, posted by Larry Hoover on December 9, 2005, at 11:29:27
> > Hi Guys.. I have been told that EVERYONE talks to themselves out aloud. I am pretty sure that I don't and I am being told that I am in denial.. I understand that people sometimes say their thoughts out aloud but Im not one of those people. Am I not a normal person unless I say things out aloud to myself ??
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> I read your three posts on the subject, and this other person is wrong.
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> If one accepts that it is normal to talk to oneself, it does not make it abnormal if one doesn't. Simple as that. What isn't normal is someone trying very hard to make you uncomfortable (denial? puh-lease) over such an issue.
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> Here's a Holiday Season Tip, though. Sometimes there's this voice in my head, the one that reminds me of when I've messed up, especially when the mess up is humiliating. I literally, in my head, tell that voice to f*ck off. That's a technique I learned from a therapist (called narrative dialog), and it works (like a charm) for me. When that voice is particularly annoying (or my annoyance threshold is low), I have been known to give voice to that two word expression. One time, there I was, in the midst of the most congested shopping crowds, and I quite loudly gave voice to it. "F*ck off!", I yelled. Suddenly, dead silence all around. And it was like a parting of the sea. I walked straight up to the cash register. The lineup had vanished.
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> Welcome to Babbleland, mrgentle1. Make yourself at home.
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> Lar
>Is it necessary to use cuss words?
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