“I wish I hadn't spoken too much that day”, “Why did you make that decision?”, “Oh, why did I come in this room again?”  .Thoughts too loud to focus on anything. Times like these are very natural especially when you are at the age between 15 and 25. These prime years are a make or break deal but many of us fail to understand.

People tell us to snap out of it and remain focused but don’t tell us how to. The rulebook everybody keeps suggesting others is not for everybody. Thus, people in this age group tend to be self-critiques and forget their limit. In the rut of getting everything perfect, they forget that they cannot plan their life. Yes! One can never plan their life. We just suppose our tasks for the day and work not knowing what news the next second holds for us. So why worry when you know you are giving your best? Oh, it’s more than that. What about the uncontrolled voices in my head? The very thing that seems inevitable to control. Many people try to cope up by listening to music to distract themselves but that is them making up scenarios on music too. So technically, your brain never rested and it’s still in that for loop. Music, is proven to be harmful for the soul when consumed too much, because it tires the brain and makes one escape reality, just like consuming a drug.

My way of dealing with it is I stop whatever I’m doing and put on a timer of 5 minutes on my phone and talk out loud with myself. I try to make myself understand just like I’m a second person because I have felt that we don’t comfort ourselves like we comfort others. I also take out 15 minutes daily in the morning and afternoon where I go for a walk in nature and look at the trees, the animals and birds and try to feel myself in the real world. I feel like all of us have been too digitalized where we feel like living a virtual life of the current time.

The damages of an uncontrolled inner voice are beyond measure and if not stopped, leave permanent damage. One of the permanent damages is the loss of time that one faces due to constant interruption of the brain when focusing on something and the loss of time is worth one’s life.

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