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Re:The thoughts running through our heads are more varied th... by coldtea on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @01:02PM (#20811957)
>Many of your thoughts are formed as you speak, there is even evidence that talking to yourself in third-person helps you stay more calmer and objective.

Talking to yourself in third-person means having switched into thinking of yourself as some third party which can itself affect subsequent thoughts/talking, so this doesn't contradict what the parent says.

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Re:The thoughts running through our heads are more varied th... by omeid2 on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @03:24AM (#20817635)
If the exact "thought" already existed before consciously running through them, it should not change with the language you use, but I don't believe that is the case, not only talking about yourself in third-person affects your thought, the link between language and thought goes much deeper, even if the specific of it is fairly contentious.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity

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