I have heard, and seen, several comments about talking to ourselves.  Do you talk to yourself?  I know I think I have always talked to myself.  I started answering myself when my son was a teenager - I was the only one who answered the way I wanted to hear it.  Now I seem to be talking to myself even more.  Usually to keep myself focused on what I am trying to accomplish - pick up my feet, keep my balance, DON'T fall, SIT in the chair......

What about you?  Do you talk to  yourself?  Does it feel like it when no one seems to be paying attention let alone answering you?  I've talked about Dad staying so focused I don't think he even knew I was talking let alone talking to him.  What about your "person"?  Do they hear, and answer, you?

Regaining strength, for whatever reason, means encouraging ourselves - sometimes with self talk, sometimes reminding ourselves of the need to move slowly, and sometimes telling ourselves it is time to return to our chair and SIT.  Through it all it is good to laugh......or you will start screaming!

I hope I am not the only one who "hears", or maybe remembers, directions we have been given.  I know my friend, Isaiah, says "right behind you a voice will say "this is the way you should go."" (Isaiah 30:21 NLT) So... while I know we have to be careful about talking to, referring to and thinking about "voices" we hear have you thought about them?

Recent health challenges have required s-l-o-w recovery.  Think the speed of a slow turtle!  Meanwhile I am supposed to be up and moving around.  I hear two strong voices giving directions.  The first one is my niece, Sheila (who owns Vestibular Training Services), who works with vestibular training - working on balance.  I hear her telling me to stand up STRAIGHT!!"  After surgery it is taking a bit but I do hear her and I am working on it.  I also hear Dad's PT saying SIT in the chair.  Do NOT fall into the chair!

Dad, pretty much, ignored the PT so they would probably appreciate someone was listening!  You really do have to laugh or start screaming!

All of us have a tendency to talk to ourselves - especially when we need to remember something OR are under stress - right.  Then there are the times that people keep wanting to verify something.  The questions are - your name and your birthday, and your name and birthday, and...... until you are ready to put a big sign on.

Dad had to have outpatient surgery.  The question - name and birthday - started as we arrived and were admitted.  I think I have referred to his method of giving his birthday and the time: 4/20/? (I don't remember) at 6:05am.  Then 4/20 at 6:30am.  Then 4/20 at 7:00 am.  It took a few times before I figured out what he was seeing and doing.  I told him his mother was going to come back and bop him one!

I recently was continually asked the same repeated questions.  I REALLY thought about following in Dad's footsteps but figured it might get me in trouble.  He got ignored but I would probably get spoken to firmly.  Still it caused a wonderful memory in a difficult time.  You can either laugh or start screaming..........