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Talking to Yourself can Improve Your Brain

Consciousness Self-development August 11, 2015 Chase Holik

We’ve all seen those people that talk to themselves in the grocery store or walking down the street, in fact, some of you reading this may actually be those people. We all talk to ourselves throughout the day in some form or fashion, but not all of us do it out loud. Live Science actually believes that talking to yourself – out loud, can benefit your thinking and your perception. Here are five theories as to how talking to yourself can benefit your daily life.

1. Organizing Your Thougts

Sometimes it’s hard to control the thousands of thoughts that go through your mind at once. However, you can’t speak that many thoughts at once. If you focus on saying your thoughts aloud, then you will be able to focus on just that. You can actually bring more clarity to your thoughts when you say them out loud, which can help you make important decisions.

2. Improve Memory

How many times have you thought to yourself that you have to remember to do something when you get home? Then once you get home, you remember you have to do something but don’t know what it is. Try speaking your reminder aloud. Better yet, ask someone else to remind you at a certain time. Most of the time, you won’t even need their reminder because you are able to remember it more clearly since you heard yourself say it.

3. Make your Brain More Efficient

Studies have shown that talking to yourself can make you think more clearly and quickly. If you are looking for something in the store or in your house, you may be able to find it more quickly if you say the object’s name out loud as you search for it. You may find out that you can find things more quickly this way.

4. Learn About Yourself

It’s amazing what you can learn about yourself if you talk out loud at times. Sometimes your thoughts can race in your head so much that you don’t know what you’re thinking. If you’re thinking about a certain situation, try talking about it with yourself out loud. You could find out some shocking realizations about yourself when you do that.

5. Achieve Your Goals

Just making a list of goals and reading them daily is hard enough, but now you want me to say them out loud? The answer is yes, but only if you truly want to achieve your goals. Speaking your goals will give you more confidence in achieving them, and it will help you put into perspective what you need to do to achieve those goals. You have to be laser-focused when trying to achieve your goals, so why should you let negative thoughts get in the way in your head? Speak them out loud multiple times daily and your picture of achieving the goals will become clearer.


There are plenty of crazy people in the world, but people who talk to themselves out loud aren’t in that group. Don’t worry if you get weird looks from people if you talk to yourself in public. Those people just don’t realize what they are missing out on. What other things have you found out about yourself just by talking to yourself out loud?   Internet article

Mental Health Facts

By: Caitlin Beddows, Posted on: August 5, 2015

We are excited to announce the Second Edition of Encyclopedia of Mental Health will be publishing September 2015!
This new edition tackles, arguably one of the biggest issues facing modern society, the subject of mental health. It presents a comprehensive overview of the many genetic, neurological, social, and psychological factors that affect mental health, also describing the impact of mental health on the individual and society, and illustrating the factors that aid positive mental health.
The book contains contains more than 240 articles written by domain experts in the field and provides essential material on assessment, theories of personality, specific disorders, therapies, forensic issues, ethics, and cross-cultural and sociological aspects. Both professionals and libraries will find this timely work indispensable.

Below are a few facts about mental health:
1) Mental health problems are more common than previously thought, 1 out of 4 individuals will suffer from a mental health problem within a year
2) Schizophrenia affects 1 to 3 people in every 100
3) Mental illnesses are more prevalent than cancer, heart disease and diabetes
4) Research suggests that early intervention with the correct care and treatment decreases symptoms, relapse rates and improves overall wellbeing
5) Mental illnesses disrupt day-to-day life, impacting emotions, thought processes, moods and functioning
6) Almost 3 out of 4 children and adolescents are concerned about the reactions and stigmatism when discussing their mental health issues
7) Around 43% of individuals associated with homelessness schemes in the UK experience mental health problems
8) 72% of male prisoners and 70% of female prisoners experience two or more mental illnesses in comparison to the general population of 5% and 2% respectively
9) More than 800,000 people commit suicide each year
10) In the US each year, around 8 million people suffering from mental health problems don’t receive adequate support