Talking to yourself helps people feel less distressed and more in control of their emotions, new research suggests.
People respond better to negative images or upsetting memories from their past when they ask themselves how they feel in the third person, a study found.
Study author Dr Jason Moser from Michigan State University, said: ‘Essentially, we think referring to yourself in the third person leads people to think about themselves more similar to how they think about others, and you can see evidence for this in the brain.
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