Speaking to yourself in the third person makes you wiser

Re:Speaking to yourself in the third person makes you wiser by bladegash on Sunday August 11, 2019 @04:48PM (#20670402)

This is actually a great example of transference and is a fantastic tool for understanding yourself in a deeper way.

In many ways, the advice you are giving is a means of your own subconscious communicating with your conscious awareness. If you really pay attention to the advice you give/the way the person's own situation makes you feel, it also gives you a greater awareness of your own thoughts and feelings towards your own situation and unresolved issues.

Vice versa, the advice that others give to you offers a view into their inner conflicts, baggage, etc. It is a fascinating phenomenon.

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Re:Speaking to yourself in the third person makes you wiser by malloryerik on Sunday August 11, 2019 @06:02PM (#20670827)

What an interesting reconfiguration -- or extension? -- of the Golden Rule: "Do unto yourself as you would do unto others."

Or maybe something more modern:

"Act as you'd have others act." "Do what you'd have others do."

Edit: Or the slightly less generous, "Do as you'd have another do."

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Re:Speaking to yourself in the third person makes you wiser by chantelles on Monday August 12, 2019 @03:30AM (#20673264)

I wrote my memoir in the third person for just this reason.

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