Summary

The article discusses the author's journey in understanding and controlling their inner voice through self-awareness, resistance to medication, embracing creativity, meditation, inner healing, positive self-talk, and acknowledging repetitive thoughts.

Abstract

The author reflects on their lifelong struggle with an overactive mind, characterized by excessive rumination and a disconnect between their internal dialogue and external speech. Initially skeptical of anti-depressants, they sought deeper understanding through introspection and creativity, ultimately finding significant improvement through meditation. The practice of focusing on breath helped in managing their thoughts and creating mental space. The author emphasizes the importance of addressing past traumas and negative thoughts to achieve a clearer mind and greater self-confidence. By engaging in out-loud self-dialogue, they discovered a method to manifest desires and clarify thoughts. The article concludes with the author's realization that recognizing and releasing repetitive thoughts leads to a more compassionate outlook and a path to one's true self.

Opinions

The author believes that understanding one's consciousness and inner voice is crucial for mental well-being.
They are against taking anti-depressants for overthinking, preferring to explore the root causes of their thought patterns.
The author values the opinions of others regarding their thought processes but prioritizes self-awareness and personal growth.
They advocate for the practice of meditation, particularly breath focus, as a tool for mental clarity and control.
Inner healing is seen as essential for cleaning up the inner mind, involving dealing with one's history and managing past experiences.
The author finds that speaking out loud about desires and thoughts can lead to self-fulfillment and increased confidence.
They suggest that acknowledging and letting go of repetitive thoughts can reduce judgment and increase compassion towards others.
The author posits that connecting with a higher power and authentic self is key to finding one's true path and wisdom from within.

Understanding the Voice Inside Your Head

Could help you get out of your head

Our inside voice can differ from how we speak in our daily lives to the outside world.

Throughout my life, I've come across many people who live inside their heads, including myself—ruminating about something that happened or didn’t. Getting stuck in the past and worrying about the future are some of the attributes inside one's mind.

I was aware of my consciousness at a very young age, wondering who or what the voice spoke back to me as I tried to fall asleep at night.

It was customary to lay awake for at least two hours before getting to sleep through my teenage and early adult years. I would spend so much time thinking about anything and fantasizing that it became pretty exhausting, which lead me to wonder what was going on inside my head and how I could gain control of my thoughts.

I thought about taking anti-depressants

I had some friends who started taking anti-depressants in our mid-twenties and encouraging me to do so. I didn’t want to take something for overthinking. I didn’t think I was depressed. I was able to do the things I was supposed to do. We were also partying a lot like most twenty-year-olds, and even though some of my friends had good results with them, I decided the anti-depressants weren’t for me. I wanted to dig deeper into why my mind worked the way it did.

I listened to people's opinions about my mind, but not too much.

I’ve had many people tell me I overthink. I overanalyze. It is accurate, and I have become more aware of controlling the thinking and not letting the thoughts run wild like I use to. I realized that my thought process was for me to start creating and not get caught up in the essentials of life. Go to school, find a job, pay my rent, and call it happiness. I knew that maybe all this thinking was me trying to create my path in life.

I had a significant shift in consciousness with meditation practice

I noticed a considerable transition when I took up meditation a few months ago. I’ve tried a few times, but I didn’t think I could achieve it because my mind would wander too much. After I understood that the practice had everything to do with breath, it completely changed for me.

I practice mediation in my daily life, which means I’m taking a moment to focus on breathing to stop my mind from thinking and creating space, either when sweeping the floor, doing the dishes or concentrating on any focal point to stop racing thoughts.

I worked on my inner healing, which reflects my inner mind

I have come to understand in my own experience that until you work on the internal baggage, then you won’t be able to clean up the inner mind.

Were suppose to deal with our history, the things that have happened to us. Manage it, understand it so we can grow from it.

By understanding who I am, I have more control over my mind, which gives me the power to observe thoughts that don’t resonate with me or are harmful. I have the ability to discard them and choose to replace them with positive ones.

I’ve always wondered why I talked to myself out loud, and now I understand why it’s a good thing.

I started practicing ways to change my inner dialogue and noticed that the more I talked out loud about what I wanted in my life, the more I ended up receiving it.

I found that having out loud conversations with myself was pretty healing and helped me become more confident about who I was and what I wanted. It helped me clear up my head with any confusing thoughts. As I connected to my inner dialogue, I began to trust myself more.

I acknowledge the repetitive thoughts

When I would have ruminating thoughts, I would catch the thought, embrace it and let it go. It brought awareness of how many repetitive thoughts I would consume in a day using this mental technique. On average, humans are having 6000 thoughts per day, which many are redundant.

As I would clean up the clutter inside my mind, I wasn’t having judgmental thoughts like I once would. I began to have more compassion and understanding of how some people would behave. I didn’t take things so personally.

Tapping into your higher power is how you will find your future, your true path. When you become your authentic self, you will find wisdom from within, and this is how you can stay out of your head.