{"id":25977,"date":"2015-10-23T10:59:52","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T14:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=25977"},"modified":"2015-10-23T14:50:03","modified_gmt":"2015-10-23T18:50:03","slug":"self-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2015\/10\/23\/self-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"Hello!\r\n\r\nI\u2019m a chatty person.\r\n\r\nIn elementary school, the comments sections of my report card consistently remarked on how I would benefit from chatting less in class.\r\n\r\n
\"Madelin<\/a>
Madelin on her first day of kindergarten circa 1999. Let the conversations begin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nAs much as my chattiness is often directed at others,\u00a0many of my\u00a0conversations\u00a0are in fact\u00a0with my own self.\r\n\r\nBefore you make any judgments, let me tell you that these \"self-talk\" conversations are often quite productive and\u00a0positive, and have helped me get\u00a0through a lot of different situations\u00a0in my life.\r\n\r\nFor example, in high school, I would talk myself through challenging calculus equations aloud. Teachers and my peers of course noticed this and\u00a0would comment on this too.\r\n\r\nMost of the self-talk dialogue I participate in\u00a0is part of\u00a0an internal conversation-- one that\u2019s taking place in my head.\r\n\r\nThoughts, after all, are just conservations you are having with yourself.\u00a0Scientists say we have 20-50 thousand thoughts a day. That\u2019s a really chatty brain.\r\n\r\n