In the latter the mind’s different beliefs are highly emotional, destructive, and prone to inciting violence. Having different sub-personalities is not the same thing as having multiple-personality disorder. It is nothing to be ashamed of or worried about. I generally use the term characters when referring to them. Based on Jungian work they say the average person has about 12 sub-personalities. Some schools of modern psychology use the term sub-personality to describe these different voices. Each time you hear yourself or someone else make a statement like, “there is a part of me that…” consider that you are hearing one aspect of their belief system’s thinking. Depending on how strong these belief systems are, and how much emotional investment they were developed with determines how loud, abusive, excited, judgmental, fearful, or forceful they are. These different voices are part of a normal mind. Since there are two you end up with a conversation of conflicting thoughts in your own head.

These belief systems form a narrative of thoughts and makes a case in your mind. These two parts of your mind are two different belief systems with two different trained agendas. It prioritizes saving money for the future. You have another aspect of your personality that is concerned with financial safety and planning. Perhaps a part of you wants to take a vacation to the beach. Here is and example of how you can have multiple thoughts that take the form of different voices. Most will miss the emotions and embedded meanings packaged with the thoughts until you develop more self awareness. These systems of beliefs mostly reside in the unconscious and you consciously perceive some of the thoughts. These are the various programs of thinking or belief systems that have been developed and operate in your mind. It is quite normal to have many “voices” in your head. First, to clear up some myths about the voices in your head. These self criticisms can be damaging, here is why. The people that don’t have these voices in there with them are just convinced that it is them doing the thinking. One of the biggest secrets no one is that most people’s minds have talking, and sometimes screaming voices in their head. It also prevents us from dealing with them effectively.

This adds a layer of thoughts and emotions to our already burdened mind. So to be safe of judgment, embarrassment, or other people’s reactions I’ll just keep them hidden.” The result is that we carry around fear and shame about having them. “If people knew the stuff my mind thinks and says they would think of me as weird or crazy. People think of the voices in their head as their own fearful secret.

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