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Talking to your self

In this fast world, we all are familiar to the word like stress, anxiety, depression
etc. These are now very common terms that we all have heard of and even
experienced it. But, have you ever wondered that that cause people to feel
these things? Well, through an research it is said that 55%of Americans are
stressed in a day. The stress percentage over the globe of 135 countries is 35%.
report half of Americans (52%) and on average around 3 in 5 participants across all 34
countries About (60%) that they have felt stressed to the point where they felt
like they could not cope or deal with things at least once in the past year.

This is because in 21 century we have been so focused in achieving the

success that we barely have time for ourself. We sometimes forget to
just slow down a bit and actually just talk to ourself. The lack to talking
causes many health issues , if not cured earlier one may get in
depression.

“Researchers say that the act of talking to yourself — self-talk or

self-directed talk — is a common and normal behavior at any age.
It may help people find mislaid items and understand instructions,
among other benefits.” (Mental news today)

Although people often associate self-talk with mental health issues, healthcare
professionals consider it normal at all ages and even beneficial in some
circumstances. self-talking in a motivational or instructional way could improve
performance. However, although negative self-talk may increase motivation in
sport, it may not improve performance.
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There are many types of self talking:-

 “Positive self-talk: Encourages and reinforces positive beliefs about a

person. Engaging in positive self-talk may decrease anxiety and
improve concentration and focus.
 Negative self-talk: Usually involves critical and discouraging dialog.
 Neutral self-talk: This type of self-talk is not significantly positive or
negative. People may use it to give instructions themselves rather than
reinforcing or encouraging a particular belief or emotion.”(Medical news
today)

In Conclusion one should devlope an habit of talking to themselves as one

knows itself the best . It also causes happiness .