There's no harm in talking to yourself, but try to avoid telling yourself jokes you've heard before.
I think you need a concrete, real-world metaphor to talk about inner life without feeling like a jerk.
I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to
The constant monitoring of our emotional landscape and personal interactions is a bizarre concept. But it is one that could help many people.
I do my intellectual work inside myself, and once I am with my fellow creatures it is more or less a matter of indifference to me whether or not they are intelligent as long as they are kind, sincere, etc.
There is no other who experiences your thoughts or your feelings.
Some people can't connect with their own emotions.
The soul is so far from being a monad that we have not only to interpret other souls to ourself but to interpret ourself to ourself.
It is less fun to talk about what I am feeling rather than what I am thinking. Saying 'I feel awesome' isn't really interesting or enquiring.
It is very difficult for people to come in contact with their own emotions and their own sensibilities.
