Primebase

There is a voice inside my head that talks to me, and I have rarely asked who it is talking to. It gives me ideas. It helps me analyse situations, reminds me of past experiences, questions my decisions, and sometimes prepares me for a future that has not yet arrived. When I face a problem, it gets to work: it examines possibilities, weighs consequences, and hunts for a solution. Sometimes it encourages me. Sometimes it criticises me. Sometimes it brings back memories I would rather forget, and sometimes it creates problems that exist only in my imagination . I have lived with this voice for as long as I can remember. It feels so natural that I rarely stop to question it. Then I noticed something strange. When the voice speaks, I seem to hear it. When it offers an idea, I seem to receive it. When it argues with me, I seem to take part in the argument. So who are all these participants? If there is a voice inside my head that speaks, who is the one listening to it? There i...