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Practice Internal Dialogue

by Jami Pagan
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Talking to one's own self is important and can be different in winning and losing attitudes. I suggest having an internal dialogue is an important tool for conquering fear as well. By internal dialogue, I am talking about a conversation with you, like a computer checking its internal programming. When you conduct this kind of internal dialogue, you are basically asking yourself:


1. What type of person am I?
2. What do I believe in?
3. What are my standards? Am I willing to compromise them? If so, by how much?
#dialogue #internal #practice
  • Profile picture of the author answergal
    I do self talk a lot. When a negative thought comes to my mind, I know that is the inner "critic" of mySelf. Identifying it is half the battle. Knowing this I quickly change it around. If I thought "I can't do all this." I self talk to myself "I only think I can't do this but I can, by taking it step by step" That's how I do it
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    • Profile picture of the author Joseph G Spiteri
      I talk to myself out load and people look at me funny
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  • Profile picture of the author danlew
    Sometimes, I even talk to myself when I'm alone in the room. I talk on my own goals, plans and the things I should correct. But when I'm outside, I just rather put my talking in my mind rather than using my voice.
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  • Profile picture of the author godinu
    Most, if not all, people have internal dialog going on quite frequently. We just aren't aware of it. When you do become aware of it, you can do something about it. Really it's that inner dialog that can shut you down or keep you running -- the key is to recognize when things sound negative and turn it around. A lot of people have loads of negative dialog going on which ultimately keeps them from success. It can be simple things such as "I don't have the experience to do that job" or "this takes too long" or "I am tired of___" -- turn those into positives: "this new experience is an exciting adventure, "hooray, I'm making progress on this", etc.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jon Paella
    Internal dialogue and self-talk is great. I think it also helps to speak out aloud - affirmations, etc. Sometimes speaking out aloud and with force gives it the intensity and gives you the confidence to believe in what you're saying. I'm not sure if that has scientific basis. But when you speak it out loud, it feels better Definitely there's a place for both something quiet that goes on just in you and something that is spoken out loud!
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Ten
    Here is some.

    "I am not going to give up."

    "I will reach my goals, and change my goals if new data suggests that that will be the best course of action."
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  • Profile picture of the author Saito
    I think life is an ongoing process of increasing your awareness of the self-talk that is already going on in your head--affecting everything you think, feel, and do.

    Then analyze it and consciously choose to replace it with something more productive and authentic. Most of it is programming from parent, culture, advertisers, and religious organizations.

    Things that help increase awareness of your self-talk are: meditation, journal, free writing, sentence completion exercises, actually talking to yourself/therapist/friend/God.
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  • Profile picture of the author DanielMilstein
    It is indeed wonderful to get away from every body and try to be in touch with yourself. You get to discover and uncover so many aspects about yourself.
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  • Profile picture of the author automaton
    I agree with you garywilliams...I thought that "internal dialogue" was called schizophrenia.
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