"My peach body butter has sprung legs again! Where did you go this time?" I say to no one in particular as I look feverishly for my absolute favorite body lotion. And suddenly: "There you are, how did you get under my bed?" Talking to myself is natural and I do it all the time both at home and in public. I'm constantly talking to myself even if it is walking on the sidewalk, when shopping or even when I'm at work. The things I'm thinking about seem to materialize when I let my thoughts escape verbally. For some reason things make much more sense when I do this. The downside is, talking to myself makes me appear insane. Only crazy people talk to no one in particular, right? It's the voices in their heads that they are responding to. You …show more content…
I totally look like him as he dotes over his "precious." Even when I'm yapping to myself I still see you a$@holes giving me your judgmental glances and I yap away to myself on the train! Well the good news for me is that talking to yourself indicates you might be a genius. Smart people talk to themselves all the time. The greatest philosophers and poets do it. One of the smartest people in recent history Albert Einstein did it all the time. Growing up he wasn't outgoing at all and he mostly like being alone. He “used to repeat his sentences to himself softly” as reported on Einstein.org There you have it. I'm not crazy and I'm not alone in my yapping out loud. Turns out I'm just brilliant! Your brain operates more efficiently when you talk to …show more content…
In the second group, the participants had to repeat the name of the object as they search for it. The results, as per Live Science, showed that the group who spoke to themselves when they were looking for the object found it much easier. Your memory is activated when you say things out loud. It solidifies the objective and it becomes tangible. Talking out loud is only beneficial if you know what you are looking for. Speaking the object's name out loud is only useful if you know what the object looks like. It might otherwise become confusing if you don't know what the object looks like. Lupyan noted that: It isn't always beneficial if you talk to yourself - especially if you are unfamiliar with the object you are looking for. Saying the name out loud has no benefits and it might even slow you down. But if you are familiar with the object, like a banana, saying "banana" out loud will help you to picture the object in your brain and locate them easier. You cannot make sense of something that you are unfamiliar with. You will increase your chances of finding the object if you are familiar with it and can verbalize