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Really? Feels too close to cultivating schizophrenia. Why not keeping youself as "I" in inner dialogue, add "what the fuck did I just do?" or "what would somebo

Really? Feels too close to cultivating schizophrenia. Why not keeping youself as "I" in inner dialogue, add "what the fuck did I just do?" or "what would somebody else think in their head?" questions more often if you think you're not objective. If you really want to put yourself in somebody's shoes, why not do it temporarily and run the dialogue as I=them? I think changing your inner dialogue to 3rd person can have further reaching negaitve consequences. I haven't run any study to confirm it, it's just a feeling, but arguably they haven't as well because 4 week test with single culmination test won't find any issues after a year or two, what if it increases negative schisophrenic-like behaviour tenfold?

joshvm 7y ago
I usually use the first person plural, in textbook/journal style, ie "we". You can pretend you're teaching a student sat next to you - eg if you're rubber ducking code. But even if I'm pair programming or in a review I'd probably revert to we rather than I. Also good practice for whiteboarding, giving presentations, basically any situation where you need to explain yourself to others.
godDLL 7y ago
> "what the fuck did I just do?" Made me think of the perceived difference between an I, a You and a We in this context. Try it. If someone asks you what your stance or beliefs are on a subject, doesn't explaining "I think..." or "It seems to me..." put you through something emotionally? Now try third-person, isn't "Joe doesn't like that kind of thing" actually feel different to say? Isn't it less emotionally taxing, easier to get through? How about "what's next for us, Self?", better/easier than "how do I feel? What am I up to?". I think so. Or, better yet, "/me agrees".
ozim 7y ago
This advice is for healthy people who are already self conscious enough to question their actions by reason. If someone is smoking weed and gets on the edge of schizo, he should probably stop smoking first and get his life in order. If someone is on edge of schizo for other reasons, he also has more important things to care for. When someone has hers life in order, she can go with next step which is tweaking inner dialogue.
bluntfang 7y ago
>Feels too close to cultivating schizophrenia. It seems like you don't really have an idea of what schizophrenia is and how it affects people who struggle with it.

joshvm 7y ago

I usually use the first person plural, in textbook/journal style, ie "we". You can pretend you're teaching a student sat next to you - eg if you're rubber ducking code. But even if I'm pair programming or in a review I'd probably revert to we rather than I. Also good practice for whiteboarding, giving presentations, basically any situation where you need to explain yourself to others.

godDLL 7y ago

> "what the fuck did I just do?" Made me think of the perceived difference between an I, a You and a We in this context. Try it. If someone asks you what your stance or beliefs are on a subject, doesn't explaining "I think..." or "It seems to me..." put you through something emotionally? Now try third-person, isn't "Joe doesn't like that kind of thing" actually feel different to say? Isn't it less emotionally taxing, easier to get through? How about "what's next for us, Self?", better/easier than "how do I feel? What am I up to?". I think so. Or, better yet, "/me agrees".

ozim 7y ago

This advice is for healthy people who are already self conscious enough to question their actions by reason. If someone is smoking weed and gets on the edge of schizo, he should probably stop smoking first and get his life in order. If someone is on edge of schizo for other reasons, he also has more important things to care for. When someone has hers life in order, she can go with next step which is tweaking inner dialogue.

bluntfang 7y ago

>Feels too close to cultivating schizophrenia. It seems like you don't really have an idea of what schizophrenia is and how it affects people who struggle with it.