The other form of self-talk is a personal counsel
. This is like having a therapist off whom I bounce ideas.
This voice is gentle and talks me through a variety of issues that plague me daily. These include issues surrounding my future, my role in society now, and why I feel comfort in my own company in dealing with my own MS.
As a person, I can be hard on myself, a perfectionist who has difficulty attaining impossible goals. But when my gentle interior voice speaks up, it tells me not to berate myself and that I am worth more than I imagine. This is the balancing voice that makes my world function.