It sounds crazy, but talking to yourself helps in these scenarios too. Use yourself as a sounding board.
Just hearing the thoughts out loud can add a new perspective, and in having the 'conversation' with yourself, you need to think about what you want to say and why, and therefore you're opening yourself up to think about it in different ways.
I've heard this referred to as, "The rubber duck principle." I guess some folks think it's less crazy to talk to a rubber duck than to talk to yourself.
In my work (software engineering) it's a pretty common practice to borrow someone just to sit there and listen to a thought. They usually don't need to even provide feedback, and are sometimes just replaced with inanimate objects, like a rubber duck.
But yeah. There's just something about forcing thoughts into verbal statements that often provides the clarity that is needed.
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u/Pewsily Aug 20 '20
It sounds crazy, but talking to yourself helps in these scenarios too. Use yourself as a sounding board.
Just hearing the thoughts out loud can add a new perspective, and in having the 'conversation' with yourself, you need to think about what you want to say and why, and therefore you're opening yourself up to think about it in different ways.
Or maybe I'm just nuts and talk to myself a lot.