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“If I were my peach smoothie body butter, where would I be?” I say to no one while I search for my favorite lotion. Then: “Aha! Here you are. You rolled under my bed.” I talk to myself a lot. And I don't mean only in the privacy of my own home. I talk to myself while I'm walking down the street, when I'm in my office or when I'm shopping. Thinking out loud helps me materialize what I'm thinking about. It helps me make sense of things. It also makes me look insane. Crazy people talk to themselves, right? They're conversing with the voices inside their heads. If you're yammering on to nobody, everyone thinks you're a mental patient. I'm sure many people have seen me wandering down the streets of NYC and thought, “The crack addiction is strong with that one.” I'm positive I look disturbingly similar to Gollum in “Lord Of The Rings” when he dotes over his “precious.” Well, the joke is on the judgmental assh*les who give me a side-eye on the train. (By the way, I SEE YOU!). Talking to yourself, it turns out, is a sign of genius. The smartest people on earth talk to themselves. Look at the inner monologues of the greatest thinkers. Look at poetry! Look at history! Albert Einstein talked to himself. He wasn't an avid social butterfly when he was growing up, and he preferred to keep to himself. Einstein.org reports that he “used to repeat his sentences to himself softly.” So, you see? I'm not alone, and I'm not completely bonkers. I'm just really smart. Ha! Talking to yourself makes your brain work more efficiently.

Read more: http://elitedaily.com/life/culture/people-talk-to-themselves/1105688/
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