Are you cynical? Positive? Have cute nicknames? etc.

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  1. I call myself by my last name and it’s always with derision. “Way to go lastname, you dumbass” “ugh come on lastname get your shit together”.

  2. I call myself “fucking idiot”, “dumbass” and variants of it, as well as a bunch of slurs I can’t type out here lol

  4. I only use my first name. “___ you can do it!” “___ it’ll only take 2 minutes, do it!!!” “let’s just relax and take it easy today” “maybe tomorrow”

  5. Idk I think I’m pretty neutral to myself. I don’t do negative self-talk, but I’m not overly positive about myself, either. It’s like I’m just…there lol I’m usually just me/self/I.

  6. I call myself baby girl….it nutures my inner child in the right moments and allows me to talk to myself the way i needed to as a kid to understand this world a bit better 🙂

  8. It depends on the contexts. Am I an idiot it’s missus surname. Otherwise I’m on first name basis

  10. Depends on context. In the type of therapy I’ve been doing (Internal Family Systems therapy), you talk to various different “parts” of yourself who reflect different trauma responses and defense mechanisms etc., and I’ll address those parts as is appropriate for their age and vibe. The littlest ones are usually “bbgirl” while some teen ones I might call “babe” etc.

  11. I talk formal to myself and refer to myself with my name. I talk like a stern parent 😂🤷🏽‍♀️

  13. I usually don’t address myself. I don’t have a continuous inner monologue like some people. When I do, it’s typically to get myself to do something I don’t want to do, and I say, like, “You can do it, baby. Just get up,” etc. Or when I remember something embarrassing I did, it helps sometimes if I say aloud, “You wouldn’t do that today. You’ve grown. It’s OK.”

  16. I’m more of a first person narrator I guess. I’ll think, “I am hungry” not “you are hungry”.

  18. I used to be very harsh and mean to myself, a few weeks ago my therapist said “why are you so kind to others and yet so mean and unforgiving to yourself?” And ever since I’ve been trying to be kinder to myself. It’s a habit for sure and right now I feel like I have two voices in my head: the mean voice that triggers anxiety, goes into catastrophising scenarios and is very negative, and the other is a nicer more compassionate version. My habit is to go and listen to the negative one because I’m used to it, when I catch myself do this I stop and think “ok, thanks for sharing, now what would kind LilouMultipass say in this case?” And as cheesy as it sounds it helped A LOT very fast, just thought I’d share 🙂

  21. I address myself as a philosophical thinker who does not know anything. I speak outloud to myself to make sense of my situation(s). If I said this to another person, how would they react? Sometimes, thinking in my head doesn’t do justice because I lose my train of thought. Speaking out loud forces me to a beginning, middle, and end.

  25. I use my first name often or say “You.” Or yeah unfortunately call myself names sometimes

  26. I talk in third person in one of my odd voices. I am The Mother when mentioned.

  27. Mostly nicknames: babes, sugar, buddy. Usually these have an ironic or sympathetic tone. I typically always use “we,” and if I’m disappointed in myself (I’ve dropped or forgotten something, etc.) I’ll use my full name like a disappointed swear word and nothing else.

    I often talk to myself like a dog that’s in a lot of pain. Lots of “I know buddy” and “a little more and then we can go home” type phrases. I try to give myself sympathy and grace.

  30. Second-person pronouns, for some reason, and always plural. We, us. Only when I’m talking to myself, though.

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