How do you address yourself when things get sticky?

[petra]

I can't be the only person who regularly talks to herself in times of discontent. What terms do you use to address yourself when things are complicated or unpleasant?

Comments

[desireearmfeldt]

Hm, I talk to myself regularly but I don't usually address myself/call myself anything.

Then again, I don't usually address other people by name unless I'm trying to get their attention/disambiguate who I'm talking to.

[petra]

Huh, interesting. I mostly address myself with gentler terms because otherwise I get tempted to use harsher ones when I'm mad at myself.

[desireearmfeldt]

Hm, and thinking about it some more: while I do sometimes address myself directly in the second person ("there's nothing you can do about that right now, so stop stressing over it"), most of my talking to myself is in the first person ("what did I come up here for?") and/or about topics that aren't myself ("so, in the next scene, the protagonist is going to jump out the window, wait, does that make any sense?").

[petra]

Ah, that makes sense. Most of my talking to myself is in the second person, so it makes sense that I occasionally call myself something other than "you."