Talk To Yourself Often? Experts Say, It's Normal

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JAKARTA - Have you ever seen someone talking to himself? Or maybe you've done this too? Maybe for some people talking to themselves is strange or a little unnatural. In fact, talking to yourself is not a bad thing to do.

Reporting from the Healthline page, Wednesday, February 10, a study conducted by Gary Lupyan and Daniel Swingley stated that talking to oneself, especially in a loud voice, has benefits.

Basically, by doing self-talk you are cueing your inner system to perform well.

Talking to yourself has many good benefits for you. Here are the benefits you can feel if you are a person who talks to yourself quite often.

Improve Memory

In research Gary Lupyan and Daniel Swingley claim that talking to oneself can improve memory. This will stimulate the memory of the brain, so the brain can remember things more easily.

Mind Control

You will become a more critical thinking person if you talk to yourself frequently in the opinion of a psychotherapist. Apart from that, you can also control stress and anxiety. Try to talk about positive things and motivate yourself so that you will be motivated to stay positive. Saying what's on your mind often can make you calmer.

Delivers Feelings of Happy

When someone has a dialogue with himself and affirms himself with positive things, it will release endorphins and make him become excited. This feeling of happiness will have an impact on your productivity, and can even help you solve problems.

Increase Self Confidence

After you start to be critical and get rid of stress and anxiety, you will feel confident to live the lives ahead. You also need to appreciate yourself using positive words, so that your confidence level will increase accordingly.