Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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Why Do We Talk to Ourselves? How many times have you caught yourself talking to 'no one'! Why do we humans continue such one-sided conversations? Do children better learn their language and thus is adaptively ingrown? Do we repeat something out loud so that we might not forget? Do we, in a critical and stressful moment, talk aloud to release tension? Do we, anticipating a date or interview, give ourselves an audible pep talk? Do we repeat out loud, so this 'self-talk' reinforces our memories? Do we repeat incessantly to ready for a rebutting response or argument? Do we chat aloud to just plain calm ourselves down? Are we scripting to assure ourselves of a necessary procedure? Are we just having a conversation with a companion animal? Are we a puppeteer voicing a thought Through our normally inanimate dummies? Are we alone and talking to a recently deceased loved one? Or are we just plain journaling, or externally thinking, Or simply compensating memory? Frank Maurer 6 February 2025 1015 Hours.