A month ago, I asked this question on Twitter:

Do you talk to yourself?

— Helen Hensell | Blogger (@hhensell) September 6, 2020

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I was overwhelmed by the responses that I received. The vast majority of people commented that they do, in fact, talk to themselves. Of course, we must keep in mind that most of the people who commented are in the creative arts, as writers, bloggers, artists, or content creators. Perhaps talking to oneself is a trait that is specific to creative people. Or, perhaps not.

I’ve always talked to myself. In fact, one of my earliest memories are of me talking to myself as I walk home from school as a seven or eight year old child. It isn’t really talking to myself, per say, but more like thinking out loud to myself. Strange as it may…