My own observation from trying this out: I sometimes experience negative self-talk when thinking about my day. If something undesirable or embarrassing happened

My own observation from trying this out: I sometimes experience negative self-talk when thinking about my day. If something undesirable or embarrassing happened, I might say "I'm an idiot", almost reflexively. However, forcing myself to say "jmckib, you're an idiot" is much harder to do, because it feels like I'm insulting someone else, an obvious no-no.