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Re:Lonely people's brains are different due to excess of ima... by Flex247A on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @12:13PM (#25432309)
I have had similar imaginary conversations like yours. But I am concerned because these conversations run in my mind for like several hours, even when I'm writing code.
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Re:Lonely people's brains are different due to excess of ima... by auganov on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @12:41PM (#25432652)
You can talk to yourself out loud as if you were doing a screencast about whatever you're working on. Should override background verbal thinking. There are some positive correlations between self-talk and performance too, shouldn't hurt.
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Re:Lonely people's brains are different due to excess of ima... by adamlangsner on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @01:27PM (#25433231)
maybe u could buy a rubber duck and talk to it instead: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging
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