REVEALED: Talking to yourself isn’t a sign of madness and here’s why

HAVE you every been caught talking out loud when no one else was there?

It can be pretty embarrassing, especially as we all know talking to yourself is the first sign of madness as the saying goes.

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Well actually it's time to have a rethink, because apparently that's probably not true.

A study involving a whopping 45,000 people looking at the impact speaking out loud can have, and guess what?

Apparently it's a great way to get more motivated.

The volunteers were asked to play a game online, and during it they had to speak out loud.

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Now this didn't involve having a chat about any old thing, instead it was things like, "I can beat my best score!" or, "I'll be faster this time!"

Yep it sounds pretty American, but it actually worked.

The findings were published in , with this way of spurring yourself on found to be massively useful.

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Also positive was visulisation, which basically saw people imagining they'd done well.

So apparently all it takes to be massively successful is to give yourself some positive chat and then imagine it's worked. Pretty simple really.

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'If-then' planning didn't go down so well.

This is when people think about what could happen and try to make plans for all eventualities.

It sounds pretty sensible, but it's not the way to go if you want to get the most out of life apparently.

That's in some regards anyway, because there are areas where it works wonders.

If you're trying to lose weight you'll apparently benefit from a bit of 'if then'. That probably means having a think about what you'll have for lunch, then working out a plan for if it's not available.

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Same goes for if you're off out for dinner or something.

So there you have it. If you want to boss it at work, start getting all, 'I can do this!' in the mirror in the morning.

But if you're looking to lose a few pounds, it's time to start planning for all eventualities.