There are no statistics available on people who talk to themselves, because most of them won’t admit it!  Experts say this activity is not harmful – unless you begin to hear responses! In the Psalms (hymnbook of human emotion) David gives us precedent for exhorting ourselves! David’s question in the refrain is literally, “Soul, why do you cast yourself down?  Why are you in a tumult?”  He is talking to himself, because he knows that storms on the outside are only harmful when we let them inside! If like David we can maintain our hunger for the presence of God, dry spirits, drowning problems and defeating enemies will always be temporary!  Repent – and then rejoice! TALK TO YOURSELF!  Bless the lord, o my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name!