tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34185942.post8788034773473750117..comments2023-06-11T03:51:05.671-05:00Comments on Susan's Pendulum: Talking to YourselfSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16152213210269075304noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34185942.post-77179935617475709412011-04-02T10:50:55.825-05:002011-04-02T10:50:55.825-05:00I talk to myself nearly constantly - no children f...I talk to myself nearly constantly - no children for me yet, but I suppose helping to raise my younger brother could be the equivalent? Usually I manage to suppress such tendencies when people I know are around. :)Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01245769983222676482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34185942.post-87417446473701820092011-03-27T21:40:07.317-05:002011-03-27T21:40:07.317-05:00I talk to myself all the time... I seem to be the ...I talk to myself all the time... I seem to be the only one who always listens... hahaha. Sometimes it is helpful to just say what it is, for me lately telling myself how I feel has been really therapeutic. And I am constantly talking to myself while I do things... and talking to my cat while I do things. Perhaps it's practicing for when I have children. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770434324643327781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34185942.post-46839660915369081622011-03-27T19:35:25.650-05:002011-03-27T19:35:25.650-05:00I don't talk to myself a lot, but I do tell ev...I don't talk to myself a lot, but I do tell everyone what I'm doing. Yesterday, my 18 year old told me that I didn't NEED to tell her when I was going to the bathroom. She could live without me for a few minutes!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11171063087193671797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34185942.post-75954943017547259732011-03-27T18:46:43.373-05:002011-03-27T18:46:43.373-05:00Meghan, I don't think I talked to myself as mu...Meghan, I don't think I talked to myself as much 30 years ago. But after all those years of answering questions "whattchu doing? why?" the talking has become a significant part of me. Maybe it would have been, anyway?, had I not been forced to be quiet in school.<br /><br />Catherine, I agree with you about the need for auditory learners to verbalize what they're learning. I'm not sure if I'm auditory or not; I've found that I often have to "re-hear" in my mind something someone says to me (say, for example, what Pastor says in the confessional) for it to get past my ears to my brain, like as if there's a disconnect between hearing it and <i>hearing</i> it. But maybe that's why the verbalizing at work helps ... it gets the words past that barrier.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16307213773466556564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34185942.post-75495507650837374302011-03-27T17:17:40.634-05:002011-03-27T17:17:40.634-05:00I have to talk through everything when Audrey is a...I have to talk through everything when Audrey is around because she's constantly asking "whattchu doing? why? what's that? where are you going?", etc. When it's just me, I'm silent.Meghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16182861834635420699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34185942.post-73882153517174845432011-03-27T15:38:33.230-05:002011-03-27T15:38:33.230-05:00I talk through things all the time at work! I am s...I talk through things all the time at work! I am still learning and I need to talk it out. Sometimes I am actually talking to someone as I go over things...sometimes it is just me. IT HELPS ME GREATLY to hear what I am doing. No one thinks it is crazy...no one has ever said anything. You should hear all the sighing that that happens during the day...we deal with LOTS of issues...and I think 4 out of 5....sigh...which I do not do at home. Funny how we deal with things verbally.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15350172380237918289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34185942.post-18096135814484321002011-03-27T13:31:23.151-05:002011-03-27T13:31:23.151-05:00Sounds like Catherine and I are alike. Thank good...Sounds like Catherine and I are alike. Thank goodness for homeschooling. My daughter has to talk things through to problem solve. My son often wears headphones to help block her soft problem solving. I think out loud as well. My husband says I have done it even before kids and homeschooling. I am very detail oriented and it helps me make sure I've done all the steps.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13423415920597779422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34185942.post-14350505818388881512011-03-27T12:45:51.054-05:002011-03-27T12:45:51.054-05:00My son talks to himself whenever he does math or o...My son talks to himself whenever he does math or other stuff requiring lots of concentration. What is interesting, though, is that my husband learned in some of his Education classes that auditory learners in particular learn better by verbally repeating things to themselves and by talking themselves through problem-solving. That's just one more good thing about homeschooling. And if my son's talking is bothering my daughter, I just have her go in another room or put in headphones.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05977860195847730169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34185942.post-78451267409257574082011-03-27T11:56:15.113-05:002011-03-27T11:56:15.113-05:00I had problems with that while working. It's j...I had problems with that while working. It's just not okay for some reason to talk to yourself (or the computer, or notebook, etc.).<br />It took me a long time to recover from the not-talking that was required in the workplace to the nice mommy-talking that is good for having a baby/toddler around.Katsukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03207909811116509797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34185942.post-90220171285062110332011-03-27T11:27:37.609-05:002011-03-27T11:27:37.609-05:00I don't know about older, but I've done th...I don't know about older, but I've done that for years, usually when I'm alone. Sometimes I get weird looks, too.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935146615953606435noreply@blogger.com