Talk to yourself !

Note: This is an extract from the diary of UNISA student X.

Hello Fellow Unisa students. Writing this journal of my life as a Unisa student is proving quite a lonely task. Writing ones thoughts, observations etc. without knowing if anybody else is ever going to read them is like talking to yourself. Why then are people that talk to themselves in coffee shops, bars and other public places thought to be insane at worst and "eccentric" at best. Yet, people that keep journals or write diaries - never intended to be read by anybody else, are regarded as thoughtful intelligent individuals. Just one of the many injustices of our society I suppose.

The Sound Of Your Own Voice

This is a pity because I rather like the sound of my own voice and believe I have many insightful and intelligent things to tell myself. Psychologists and the like are always droning on about talk therapy and the talking cure. If, however, they promoted the inherent cathartic qualities of talking to yourself  rather than to them they would be out of a job.

These are tough economic times and maybe the middle class's dependency on psychologists must come to an end.  I think that people would in fact be psychologically more balanced if they talked to themselves (aloud) everyday. If you, like many Unisa students have a long commute to and from work use this time to your benefit. Don't listen to John Robbie, Darren Simpson or especially (Gareth Cliff). How can anything that these semi-celebrities tell you really be that important. (and more important that what you need to tell yourself.)

So, next time you drive to work have a conversation with yourself. You may just get to know somebody very interesting.

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