Walk up to a full-length mirror and examine the person standing there—you! Observe yourself walking to the mirror. Now stand in front of the mirror as you usually stand and look at that person in front of you. As silly as it seems, turn a tape recorder on next to you and talk to a person who is in the room with you. Explain what you are doing so that the person won’t think you have gone nuts. If there is no one there, get on the speaker phone\ (if you have one) so that your head won’t be cocked against the receiver as you are speaking and listening to the person on the other line. If your phone isn’t next to your full-length mirror, just look in the mirror and start speaking. Ask yourself some questions.
Talk to the “you” in the mirror as you record yourself on the tape recorder. Ask the “you” questions in the second person perspective. For example, don’t ask “What did I do today?” but “What did you do today?” If you don’t know what to say, the “Talk Back!” section that follows has some suggestions you can discuss with yourself. Talk to yourself while standing up and then while sitting down in a chair.
Perhaps you can ask yourself half of the questions in the “Talk Back!” section while standing and the other half
while sitting.
Here are several topics to discuss with yourself in the mirror or on audiotape or videotape:
- What was the greatest experience of your life?
- What are your plans for this week and next week?
- What would be your innermost fantasy for an ideal life?
- Who are the three people who have most influenced your life, and how did they do it?
- Describe your ideal mate.
- Describe an event in detail that you would like to relive.
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