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Thoughtbyk Nigeria
Student @ Adekunle Ajasin university Ondo state
Osogbo, Nigeria
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In Mental Health 3 min read
The Conversations I Have With Myself🪞
<p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><em>Am I the only one who feels like there is just too much going on in my head, and instead of talking to anyone, I just want to talk to myself?</em></p><p><br/></p><p>Sometimes, I don't want advice.</p><p>I don't want someone asking me what's wrong.</p><p>I don't even want to explain myself.</p><p>I just want to be alone with my thoughts.</p><p>And somehow, when I'm alone, the conversations begin.</p><p>I argue both sides of an argument before the argument has even happened.</p><p>“If this happens, I'll say this.”</p><p>“But what if they respond with that?”</p><p>“Okay, then I'll do this.”</p><p>Before I know it, I've considered every possible response, weighed my advantages and disadvantages, and prepared myself for a situation that may never even happen.</p><p>At this point, I'm not sure if I'm preparing for life or preparing for a court case. 😂</p><p>But sometimes, my conversations with myself aren't about arguments.</p><p><br/></p><p>Sometimes, I'm my own personal motivator.</p><p><br/></p><p>I stand in front of my mirror and tell myself:</p><p><br/></p><p>“I'm confident.”</p><p><br/></p><p>“I'm beautiful.”</p><p><br/></p><p>“I can do this.”</p><p><br/></p><p>“Everything will be fine.”</p><p><br/></p><p>“All is well with me.”</p><p><br/></p><p>Sometimes you really have to become your own number-one person.</p><p>You have to encourage yourself, especially on days when you don't feel very confident.</p><p><br/></p><p>And then there are the conversations that exist purely in my imagination.</p><p>My imagination can be so sweet sometimes. 😂</p><p>I could be walking down the road and suddenly imagine someone stopping me.</p><p><br/></p><p>“How far? What do you know how to do?”</p><p><br/></p><p>And of course, I start listing my talents.</p><p><br/></p><p>“I do this, I do that...”</p><p><br/></p><p>Then the imaginary person is impressed.</p><p>“Wow! That's great. You have so much talent. I'm going to get you something big. You need to establish yourself with it.”</p><p><br/></p><p>And I'm just there enjoying the conversation like...</p><p>“God, thank you.” 😭😂</p><p><br/></p><p>Or take examinations, for example.</p><p>Imagine reading only one or two topics because some of the others look too complex.</p><p>Then my imagination decides:</p><p><br/></p><p>“Don't worry. Those are the exact topics they'll ask.”</p><p>I imagine walking into the examination hall and seeing those topics staring right back at me as the compulsory questions.</p><p>God, why me?*😭😂</p><p><br/></p><p>Sometimes I even imagine someone randomly sponsoring my trip abroad.</p><p><br/></p><p>Full scholarship.</p><p><br/></p><p>Accommodation secured.</p><p><br/></p><p>Job already waiting.</p><p><br/></p><p>Everything sorted.</p><p><br/></p><p>I'm just sitting in my room having a full orientation about my new life.</p><p>And honestly, the imagination usually feels so real and so sweet that I enjoy it for a while before eventually remembering:</p><p><br/></p><p>“Okay... back to reality.”😂</p><p><br/></p><p>But not all my conversations with myself are imaginary or funny.</p><p><br/></p><p>Sometimes, they are about reflection.</p><p>Something happens during the day, and later I sit with myself and replay it.</p><p>“The way you approached that situation was wrong.”</p><p><br/></p><p>“You shouldn't have said that.”</p><p><br/></p><p>“You should have used another word.”</p><p><br/></p><p>“You should have walked away.”</p><p><br/></p><p>“Next time, handle it differently.”</p><p><br/></p><p>It's almost like giving myself a personal performance review.</p><p><br/></p><p>And maybe that's not such a bad thing.</p><p><br/></p><p>Sometimes we need to sit with ourselves and honestly look at how we handled certain situations not to beat ourselves up, but to learn from them.</p><p><br/></p><p>The funny thing is that I can get so engrossed in these conversations that I sometimes forget I'm not actually alone.</p><p><br/></p><p>Then someone notices me talking to myself.</p><p><br/></p><p>And suddenly, I have to improvise.</p><p><br/></p><p>“Oh... I'm listening to something.”😂</p><p><br/></p><p>Meanwhile, five seconds ago, I was having a full conversation, making arguments, giving advice, motivating myself, and probably planning my imaginary trip abroad.</p><p><br/></p><p>Maybe I'm not the only one.</p><p><br/></p><p>Maybe you do it too.</p><p><br/></p><p>Maybe you have conversations in your head that nobody else knows about.</p><p><br/></p><p>Maybe you rehearse conversations before they happen.</p><p><br/></p><p>Maybe you argue with yourself.</p><p><br/></p><p>Maybe you motivate yourself in the mirror.</p><p><br/></p><p>Maybe you create imaginary situations and live in them for a few minutes.</p><p><br/></p><p>Maybe you replay something that happened and tell yourself what you should have done differently.</p><p>And maybe that's just one of the ways we process life.</p><p>Because sometimes, the person we talk to the most <strong style="background-color: transparent;">is the person nobody else can see.</strong></p><p><br/></p><p>The version of us that exists when the room is quiet.</p><p>The one who knows our fears, our dreams, our embarrassing thoughts, our mistakes, and the things we don't always say out loud.</p><p>Maybe talking to ourselves isn't as strange as we think.</p><p>Maybe sometimes, we just need our own company.</p><p>And honestly?</p><p>I'm not sure I'd want to give up those conversations.</p><p>Even the ridiculous ones. 😂❤️</p>

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