I suck at self talk but am excellent at having conversations with people in head. Not really the same thing though.

Its a anchor or life line to me.... my "thoughts" are Don't, death, doom - I really have to remind myself over and over - "Mental Illness" "sick brain" etc,

To convince myself to do Anything out of my depressed comfort zone - takes much "self talk" and reminders!

Even when it doesn't work - KNOWING I want to smile, laugh, play, work, be with people - also helps. It CAN happen again, and again - just like depression LOL

TRYING or not giving up is the most import thing I have to do - fighting this dis-ease. So, self talk or challenging, not settling? Huge in Gina's world... because I would do nothing (year after year, I have it sucks) if I didn't Try Harder....

I find it helps me a lot with relaxation and dealing with difficult situations..
I'm still struggling with being able to talk myself into getting busy putting thoughts into actions

I never shut up..I self talk in my sleep !

all very human and very normal....

I've learned positive self-talk in the past yr and a half. It has really changed my outlook on life. I was always such a negative person and this has really helped me change my outlook on life.

I do it constantly, works more than it doesnt...

I don't know how much I do or don't get out of doing it.
And I don't have much success in telling myself to think differently than I am thinking at any given time.

But I DO know, for the most part, when what I'm is bullshit and when it's right on!!!!
That's a big help!!!

I have an anxiety disorder, and, without meds, my choice, but it has gotten bad.

So my familydoc thought going to adult day program would help. I've been going a couple of months now.

So far no anxiety help, one class we do the "close your eyes and picture walking thru a park...now see the birds and waterfall" and we do that for about 25 mins. I don't last 1 min at doing this exercise, I hear everything and my mind is wondering everywhere and I have no idea where the park is?

I stopped going to this class and focus on the education class, which describes the self talk you do, but again, I go home and find myself facing the same anxiety issues.

Thinking about something else when I have a panic attack just doesn't work for me, so that's my input on the subject.

hey, gonecrazy, i hear ya, i do the talk but its to the voices in my head that seems to like my mind and knows what i should do better than me sometimes lol...

2 different things:

mindfulness and thought correction; probably the ultimate tool we have, i'm usually content when i'm doing that right, miserable when i neglect it

talking to oneself; harmless and a way to get something fun out of the disorder lol... just don't get sucked into the conversation; that can be bad as it defeats the mindfulness thing :/

So there are two types of self talk - the stuff that runs through your head constantly, or the type you are referring to - trying to override the natural flow and change its direction.

I am crap at the overriding. Maybe we need a Self Talk club here to encourage each other to override our negative selves.

I self - talk to myself a lot. It's my way of reasoning things out in my head. However when it spills over to full blown conversations in my head & out loud, then I know it's psychosis talking.