Why is talking to yourself good for your health?

Do you have the habit of encouraging yourself in front of your mirror, making your shopping list out loud or even in front of your computer while working?

No need to worry, you are completely normal

On the contrary, talking to yourself is actually a good sign, and even beneficial.

The collective imagination still tends to associate talking to oneself with madness, often linked to schizophrenia or certain forms of psychosis.

In psychiatry we speak of soliloquy this speech that a single person holds to himself.

We also tend to say to ourselves "You" when we talk to ourselves, according to Freud, as a dialogue between several dimensions of our personality. The fact of saying "you" moreover, it translates an external position.

If we reproach ourselves, we reprimand ourselves with the "You" or sometimes we even add our first name.

PROMOTES CONCENTRATION

According to Agnès Florin, professor of child psychology and education at the University of Nantes: "This is evident from childhood. For a coordinated task like tying shoes, the child will take it step by step and talk to himself to concentrate. He thinks while speaking and acting. As in children, the fact of having an oral voice for oneself during an action that requires vigilance or precision in adulthood allows decisions to be clarified and validated and certain objectives to be achieved."

So this helps to to organize one's thoughts, to clarify them.

It allows you to frame your gestures, not to get distracted and to be more precise. And it is also effective for memory And improves our concentration.

GET MOTIVATED AND DE-STRESSED

Talking to yourself allows to motivate oneself, to give oneself courage, often by repeating aloud, with blows of “Everything will be fine, come on!”, “You’ll get there, you can do it” etc.

For example, who has never found themselves preparing for a job interview in front of a mirror, imagining themselves answering the recruiter's imaginary questions?

Being prepared helps take the pressure off the meeting whether it's a business meeting or a first date.

So it's a real one anti-stress and helps to regain calm

TO LET OFF FULL SPRAY

Last but not least, the benefits of these self-talks are that it is simply a huge outlet.

Living alone or feeling the loneliness of not being able to share our frustrations, our emotions, our feelings with someone.

We must avoid repressing them and very often these emotions speak for themselves.

So no, friends, I'm not crazy 😉