Human beings are peculiar - we think we are the only living creatures on earth that do just that: think.
I for one 'think a lot' - and frequently almost complain that I can't switch off my mind and thoughts. I hold whole conversations in there (I call this 'living in my head') - and sometimes it 'does me head in'!
But apparently it is a very healthy and even profitable habit!
This morning reading the Saturday Times my eye fell on the following sentence:
"People who talk in themselves are people with a more active life in their heads and more fantasy."
Thomas Brinthaupt (psychology professor at Middle Tennessee State University) found - after a study among students - that individuals who talk to themselves in daily situations tend to be impulsive, creative, problem-solving types.
(Tried to find the article on-line but failed - not interesting enough I presume)
Finally: it's official - 'living in my head' is normal ;-)
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