What do you talk about when you talk to yourself?

[King Poetic]

Usually talking to myself in what my dad would say to me about certain life situations

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

Tell myself I need to leave this grind and get money

 

[HarlemHottie]

"Pull yourself together, bytch. "

 

[TMBlue]

Tell myself I'm not good enough, then try to prove myself wrong.
Give myself an outlandish goal so I can push myself past my norm.
Review past actions and dialogue, and what I should have said or done differently.
Check myself for having what I perceive as bytch ass nikka thoughts.

 

[Robbie3000]

I am very self critical so my internal dialogue is very mean to myself.

 

[CHICAGO]

USUALLY JUST HYPING MYSELF UP



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[Bop Gun]

One moment of introspection: Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

When I was 25, I never thought 5 years from then I'd be living in San Antonio. Had no reason to WANT to move, and was living a very comfortable lifestyle.

As I look back, everything I've done since, I never would have been introduced to it had I stayed back in Jersey.

Something that continuously crosses my mind. Life is something else.

 

[Soda Papi]

I just hold conversations with myself like I’m talking to a trustworthy friend or family member. Helps me get through shyt when I know that I always got my own back, as crazy as that sounds.

 

[Wubzy]

I just think out loud so it can be literally anything

 

[MrSpook]

It’s a lot of self reflection and I evaluate those around me and how influential they are or what they mean to me in this life as a whole.

 

[ThrobbingHood]

Long ass post but bear with me.

So I always talked to myself out loud even when I was a kid. My parents used to tell me to stop doing that because only crazy people talked their inner thoughts out loud.

I always responded “what’s crazier? Me having a conversation with myself, since no one knows me better than me… or a stranger paying another stranger to listen to them talk about themselves?” Yeah, I was always smart ass kid.

So… when I was 12/13, I remember having a conversation with myself in the mirror, I don’t know why it was or what sparked me to do so, but I remember being in my school uniform and saying “no matter what age you reach, never lose your sense of imagination, it’s the greatest gift you have and something you’ll lose as you get older.”

And I’ve made sure to always indulge my imagination. It has continued to keep me sharp and creative.

Secondly, when I had finished college, I was broke with no job and worried about my future. So every morning, when I lived in a shytty run down apartment, I would talk to myself out loud and say “ok, how is this day going to be better than the next. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? Owning a home? Ok, how are you going to do it? Who are you going to network with? What a car do you see yourself driving at 26?”

I’d speak to myself and tell myself how I would reach those goals. I still do the same thing every morning but now im visualiIzing what my wife and family will look like after accomplishing my goals.

And finally, everyday I wake up, I thank
God for returning my soul to my body. I thank him for sun the rising, the birds singing, the roof over my head and the opportunity to be a better person than yesterday. Thank you giving me my health and to never take it for granted. Thank you for my family, my friends and the people in my life. To be grateful as there are many less fortunate than I am.

I didn’t even realize what I did was Jewish custom until a friend pointed it out to me. It’s called the “Modeh Ani” prayer, thanking God for returning my soul to my body. I’m not religious, I feel like I’ve been an exile for years but I do believe in a God.

 

[Hazel Brown]

Definitely the first 3 lmao.

 

[Shadow]

To me talking to yourself is healthy. It makes sense. A lot of this is anxiety, but some talking to yourself helps your creative process or just helps in general.

Here's some stuff that usually goes on:

-"Everything's alright." and "All is well."

- Having a back and forth conversation about some decision I need to make, weighing the pros and cons

- Thinking about conversations with people and how things can go well or not, trying to remain empathetic because everyone's going through something.

- Trying to confirm I made the right decision or not and ways it could have gone wrong.

- Making sure I've got plans in place when it comes to money and where I want it to go and how much I want to spend at a time.

-"I hope they didn't get the wrong idea." <-- worrying I said something to offend someone or I assumed something wrong about someone

-Making myself laugh remembering something from the past

- Being thankful I'm able to get stuff accomplished and have free time to just sit back and relax, reflecting on what I did so far that day/week/month.

- Song lyrics and creative ideas to put into something I can work on later

 

[TooLazyToMakeUp1]

Depends on what I'm doing

At most best, I'm hyperfocused on a queue of tasks and staying in the moment

If I let my mind do what it wants, I'm mostly pondering stupid shyt that I know I'll never get an answer or results from

Both are ok

 

[Hazel Brown]

So I always talked to myself out loud even when I was a kid. My parents used to tell me to stop doing that because only crazy people talked their inner thoughts out loud.

I always responded “what’s crazier? Me having a conversation with myself, since no one knows me better than me… or a stranger paying another stranger to listen to them talk about themselves?” Yeah, I was always smart ass kid.

So… when I was 12/13, I remember having a conversation with myself in the mirror, I don’t know why it was or what sparked me to do so, but I remember being in my school uniform and saying “no matter what age you reach, never lose your sense of imagination, it’s the greatest gift you have and something you’ll lose as you get older.”

And I’ve made sure to always indulge my imagination. It has continued to keep me sharp and creative.

Secondly, when I had finished college, I was broke with no job and worried about my future. So every morning, when I lived in a shytty run down apartment, I would talk to myself out loud and say “ok, how is this day going to be better than the next. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? Owning a home? Ok, how are you going to do it? Who are you going to network with? What a car do you see yourself driving at 26?”

I’d speak to myself and tell myself how I would reach those goals. I still do the same thing every morning but now im visualiIzing what my wife and family will look like after accomplishing my goals.

And finally, everyday I wake up, I thank
God for returning my soul to my body. I thank him for sun the rising, the birds singing, the roof over my head and the opportunity to be a better person than yesterday. Thank you giving me my health and to never take it for granted. Thank you for my family, my friends and the people in my life. To be grateful as there are many less fortunate than I am.

I didn’t even realize what I did was Jewish custom until a friend pointed it out to me. It’s called the “Modeh Ani” prayer, thanking God for returning my soul to my body. I’m not religious, I feel like I’ve been an exile for years but I do believe in a God.

Awwwww this is so beautiful, I love this.