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Is it normal to talk to yourself?
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As your morning alarm blares, you mutter to yourself,
“Why did I set it so early?”
While brushing your teeth, you think,
“I need a haircut... unless?”
Rushing out the front door, you reach for your keys
and realize they’re not there.
Frustrated you shout, “I can’t do anything right!”
just in time to notice your neighbor.
Being caught talking to yourself can feel embarrassing,
and some people even stigmatize this behavior as a sign of mental instability.
But decades of psychology research show that talking to yourself
is completely normal.
In fact, most, if not all, of us engage in some form of self-talk
every single day.
So why do we talk to ourselves?
And does what we say matter?
Self-talk refers to the narration inside your head,
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