Comments on: How to silence your internal dialogue http://www.toach.net/blog/2006/12/11/how-to-silence-your-internal-dialogue/ Working as Expected Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:30:58 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: kwaku http://www.toach.net/blog/2006/12/11/how-to-silence-your-internal-dialogue/comment-page-1/#comment-30766 kwaku Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:30:58 +0000 http://www.toach.net/blog/2006/12/13/how-to-silence-your-internal-dialogue/#comment-30766 to me the best way to shut your internal dialogue is to sit down don't lay down couse you might fall asleep and try to relax by focusing or concentrating on your breath. Just observe your breath for a while and you will notice that you will be relaxed within some few minutes. keep focused till you are very relaxed. at this stage it would be mush easier for any one to have full control over their IN-dialogues. the best time for practicing this is when thoughts rush up in your mind such us in the morning as soon as you are awake from from sleep since by that time you would be having many thoughts in mind such as what you dreamed about what you are going to do in the day, worries and the like. and also at nights before you sleep not when you feel tired or sleepy. or any other time in the day when thoughts rush up to you. If this is done regularly you will notice that thoughts come up less chaotic till a time it vanishes. to me the best way to shut your internal dialogue is to sit down don’t lay down couse you might fall asleep and try to relax by focusing or concentrating on your breath. Just observe your breath for a while and you will notice that you will be relaxed within some few minutes. keep focused till you are very relaxed. at this stage it would be mush easier for any one to have full control over their IN-dialogues.
the best time for practicing this is when thoughts rush up in your mind such us in the morning as soon as you are awake from from sleep since by that time you would be having many thoughts in mind such as what you dreamed about what you are going to do in the day, worries and the like. and also at nights before you sleep not when you feel tired or sleepy. or any other time in the day when thoughts rush up to you.
If this is done regularly you will notice that thoughts come up less chaotic till a time it vanishes.

]]> By: Christi http://www.toach.net/blog/2006/12/11/how-to-silence-your-internal-dialogue/comment-page-1/#comment-30198 Christi Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:28:17 +0000 http://www.toach.net/blog/2006/12/13/how-to-silence-your-internal-dialogue/#comment-30198 My internal dialogue has haunted me my whole life. I'm just now starting to realize that it's probably the cause of my anxiety and stress, and has been since I was young. If I'm not at work and not totally engaged in some activity, my internal dialogue is going at it and it's all negative thoughts that I really don't even feel. I feel like my body/mind wants me to feel bad. I'm not sure how to fix all of that, but I am excited to try some of the techniques and possibly have some peace and contentment in my life, for once. Anymore advice or just knowing there are people who have the same issue as me would really help me out. Thanks My internal dialogue has haunted me my whole life. I’m just now starting to realize that it’s probably the cause of my anxiety and stress, and has been since I was young. If I’m not at work and not totally engaged in some activity, my internal dialogue is going at it and it’s all negative thoughts that I really don’t even feel. I feel like my body/mind wants me to feel bad. I’m not sure how to fix all of that, but I am excited to try some of the techniques and possibly have some peace and contentment in my life, for once. Anymore advice or just knowing there are people who have the same issue as me would really help me out. Thanks

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.toach.net/blog/2006/12/11/how-to-silence-your-internal-dialogue/comment-page-1/#comment-27074 Jonathan Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:14:34 +0000 http://www.toach.net/blog/2006/12/13/how-to-silence-your-internal-dialogue/#comment-27074 As an infant I had no vocabulary so I had no Internal Dialogue. I got older then had Internal Dialogue. Now I don't. Have no history of ANY medical problems. I just silenced the voice in my head & now I can't seem to turn it back on. any help? Jonathan age:21 medical history:none As an infant I had no vocabulary so I had no Internal Dialogue. I got older then had Internal Dialogue. Now I don’t. Have no history of ANY medical problems. I just silenced the voice in my head & now I can’t seem to turn it back on. any help?

Jonathan
age:21
medical history:none

]]> By: Jani http://www.toach.net/blog/2006/12/11/how-to-silence-your-internal-dialogue/comment-page-1/#comment-24907 Jani Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:51:01 +0000 http://www.toach.net/blog/2006/12/13/how-to-silence-your-internal-dialogue/#comment-24907 I have great difficulty falling asleep. Yesterday, I was visualizing myself as a house with several rooms: one for meditation, one for relaxation, one for work, one for sleeping etc. I wanted the "sleeping room" to be silent and comfortable so that I could fall asleep easier. No work there, no planning for tomorrow, no recapitulating, just happy sleepsleepsleep. Then I realized that it's far from silent. I just kept hearing my internal dialogue there. It was agonizingly boring. And it was not in sleeping room only: every "room" in my "house" was filled with endless monotonous chatter. That's when I truly realized that I really have to give up internal dialogue. I could not go on living my life listening to my commentary all the time. It was just like having a really bored and tired tourist guide pointing out things I really didn't care about. Now, the pause technique looks very promising... I have great difficulty falling asleep. Yesterday, I was visualizing myself as a house with several rooms: one for meditation, one for relaxation, one for work, one for sleeping etc. I wanted the “sleeping room” to be silent and comfortable so that I could fall asleep easier. No work there, no planning for tomorrow, no recapitulating, just happy sleepsleepsleep.

Then I realized that it’s far from silent. I just kept hearing my internal dialogue there. It was agonizingly boring. And it was not in sleeping room only: every “room” in my “house” was filled with endless monotonous chatter.

That’s when I truly realized that I really have to give up internal dialogue. I could not go on living my life listening to my commentary all the time. It was just like having a really bored and tired tourist guide pointing out things I really didn’t care about.

Now, the pause technique looks very promising…

]]> By: Michael http://www.toach.net/blog/2006/12/11/how-to-silence-your-internal-dialogue/comment-page-1/#comment-21928 Michael Fri, 29 May 2009 10:59:02 +0000 http://www.toach.net/blog/2006/12/13/how-to-silence-your-internal-dialogue/#comment-21928 Allen, Not at all - its quite natural actually. Allen,

Not at all – its quite natural actually.

]]> By: allen http://www.toach.net/blog/2006/12/11/how-to-silence-your-internal-dialogue/comment-page-1/#comment-21855 allen Thu, 28 May 2009 20:36:43 +0000 http://www.toach.net/blog/2006/12/13/how-to-silence-your-internal-dialogue/#comment-21855 very frequently i have no internal dialogue. i speak and act with out thinking. i can go for long periods of time without an internal voice. is this a kind of mental illness? very frequently i have no internal dialogue. i speak and act with out thinking. i can go for long periods of time without an internal voice. is this a kind of mental illness?

]]> By: Samidy http://www.toach.net/blog/2006/12/11/how-to-silence-your-internal-dialogue/comment-page-1/#comment-14510 Samidy Sat, 10 Jan 2009 05:25:03 +0000 http://www.toach.net/blog/2006/12/13/how-to-silence-your-internal-dialogue/#comment-14510 seriously - September 10, 2008 "My issue, strange as it sounds, is music. I always have a song in my head..." I have this problem aswell. It bothers me the most when im trying to sleep. Something that usualy works is listening to a song that iv never heard before. That way i cant remember the lyrics and it usualy stops it. Smoking weed definatly does not help me with any internal dialogue. In my oppinion, It would be something to avoid completly if you are having this problem. On the other hand i'v heard people say it stops it. Strange. Anyway hope i could help with the music thing. And by the way i have "c’mon baby light my fire" stuck in my head now lol seriously – September 10, 2008
“My issue, strange as it sounds, is music. I always have a song in my head…”

I have this problem aswell. It bothers me the most when im trying to sleep. Something that usualy works is listening to a song that iv never heard before. That way i cant remember the lyrics and it usualy stops it.

Smoking weed definatly does not help me with any internal dialogue. In my oppinion, It would be something to avoid completly if you are having this problem. On the other hand i’v heard people say it stops it. Strange.

Anyway hope i could help with the music thing. And by the way i have “c’mon baby light my fire” stuck in my head now lol

]]> By: seriously http://www.toach.net/blog/2006/12/11/how-to-silence-your-internal-dialogue/comment-page-1/#comment-11674 seriously Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:31:08 +0000 http://www.toach.net/blog/2006/12/13/how-to-silence-your-internal-dialogue/#comment-11674 My issue, strange as it sounds, is music. I always have a song in my head (c'mon baby light my fire right now) -- the song isn't always the same but it's always there since I can remember. I don't mind it so much but wonder what it would be like without a song in my head for once.... My issue, strange as it sounds, is music. I always have a song in my head (c’mon baby light my fire right now) — the song isn’t always the same but it’s always there since I can remember. I don’t mind it so much but wonder what it would be like without a song in my head for once….

]]> By: Michael http://www.toach.net/blog/2006/12/11/how-to-silence-your-internal-dialogue/comment-page-1/#comment-10394 Michael Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:09:40 +0000 http://www.toach.net/blog/2006/12/13/how-to-silence-your-internal-dialogue/#comment-10394 Nayas, You can hear your internal dialogue breathing? Great! If you want silence for good, get your internal dialogue to hold it's breath for 5 minutes. Your internal dialogue will suffocate.... :-) It's a flippant answer, but holds the keys. Reread point 13 in the post and follow the suggestions. When you pause, your internal dialogue will pause as well. It might only be for a very short time though. That small fraction of a second is enough to start with. Every time you do it, practice extending that time. With only a little dedicated practice, you will be able to extend that time to a few seconds and then quickly to a minute or two. Nayas,

You can hear your internal dialogue breathing? Great!

If you want silence for good, get your internal dialogue to hold it’s breath for 5 minutes. Your internal dialogue will suffocate…. :-)

It’s a flippant answer, but holds the keys. Reread point 13 in the post and follow the suggestions.

When you pause, your internal dialogue will pause as well. It might only be for a very short time though. That small fraction of a second is enough to start with. Every time you do it, practice extending that time. With only a little dedicated practice, you will be able to extend that time to a few seconds and then quickly to a minute or two.

]]> By: Nayas http://www.toach.net/blog/2006/12/11/how-to-silence-your-internal-dialogue/comment-page-1/#comment-10181 Nayas Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:42:03 +0000 http://www.toach.net/blog/2006/12/13/how-to-silence-your-internal-dialogue/#comment-10181 I have the same problem with breathing even though I am quite I hear the voice of my internal dialoge breathing aloud as I breath there is never a quiet moment...is the right? How do I get peace? I have the same problem with breathing even though I am quite I hear the voice of my internal dialoge breathing aloud as I breath there is never a quiet moment…is the right? How do I get peace?

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