13/04/2021
👾How is your "inner" dialogue going?🦾
Your ‘internal dialogue’ is quite simply your thoughts. It is the little voice in your head that comments on your life, whether that is what is going on around you, or what you are thinking consciously or subconsciously.
All of us have an internal dialogue, and it runs all the time. Some of us, however, may pay more attention to it than others, and be more skilled at manipulating it. It is the way in which you apply logic to what is happening, although the logic may sometimes be skewed or driven by your emotions or experiences.
Internal dialogue is part of what makes us human, and particularly gives us the ability to reason and think about situations.
But what you think, and the language you use, can affect your mood, self-confidence and self-esteem.
Negative self-talk is something everyone does. But I've noticed that for people with , it's much more common.
Managing the inner dialogue is crucial and is something I like to work on with my clients. Here is what I like to focus on:
1) Becoming Aware of Your Internal Dialogue : Before you can manage your internal dialogue, you first need to become more aware of it.
2) Changing Your Internal Dialogue: Once you have become more aware of what you are thinking, and the kinds of patterns that your thoughts tend to make, you can then do something about changing them, if necessary.
3) Try to Think Positively, not Negatively. Change the pattern. Focus on what you are doing well.
4) Try to Live in the Present. Do your best. Trust the process.
5) Be Grateful for What You Have. Appreciate where you are at now in your life.
And remember, Controlling Your Internal Dialogue Takes Time and Practice!