Everybody can think of an internal voice that they don’t like, but very few people are paying attention to where it is in their own personal space. Changing a voice’s location turns out to be one of the simplest ways to alter its impact on you.
Step 1: Listen to a voice in your head that makes you uncomfortable in some manner, and take note of where it is in relation to your body. #
In most cases, the voices you hear originate in your head or in the near vicinity of your skull… Inside or outside your head, where does it originate? The question is whether it’s in front, behind, to the left, to the right, and so on. And in which direction is it pointing—toward or away from you?
Step 2: Using your finger, point to where the sound is coming from and the direction it’s going. #
If you hear a voice outside of your head, it almost always points toward your head.
Step 3: Make the voice point in a different direction first, and see how this changes your perspective on the voice. #
For most people, this isn’t something they’ve ever thought about. Let that voice change direction. This usually means that it will point away from your head. Notice how that feels.
Step 4: Next, find out what it’s like to listen to the voice when it points both toward you and away from you. #
In that scenario, some words sound as if they’re coming at you and some words may sound as if they are directed outwards, fading away.
Step 5: Notice if there is a difference between when it points straight up and straight down, or when it points left or right, or forward or backward. #
In general, when the voice is pointed away from you, the volume is lower, and your response time is also less. Most individuals feel better when a disturbing voice points away from them, making it simpler and more acceptable to listen to whatever the voice is expressing. You’re more likely to react strongly if it’s pointed either toward you or away from you when it’s in the middle of those two directions.
Step 6: Next, try changing the location of the voice in a variety of ways to see how listening to the very same voice from different areas in space affects your emotional responses and how this affects what you experience when you are doing this. #
Most people may find this straightforward, but it’s not something they’ve ever considered. If you have any trouble, just let that voice go where it is. Next, listen to the voice emerging from your left hip, and notice how it feels. When your critical voice comes from your hip, it isn’t as powerful. Change the tone of your voice as well when you do this. It might become fairly quiet and lower pitched, and your reactions might also lessen.
Step 8: Notice what it’s like when you hear this voice coming from deep within. #
Step 9: Notice what it feels like when that same voice comes from your right ankle. #
Step 10: Next, hear the voice speaking from the depths of your soul, the very center of your heart, and pay attention to what you experience when you do so. #
Step 11: Next, listen to the voice coming from your left index finger and pay attention to how that feels. #
Step 12: Try hearing that voice from another part of your body, and see how that feels. #
Step 13: Lastly, revert that voice back to where and how it was before. #
Take a moment to reflect on whether or not your reaction to the voice in its original position is the same now as it was before you did these experiments. It’s usually better to hear an unpleasant voice in areas that are far away from your head than in areas that are close to or inside your head. It’s usually unpleasant to hear a voice from your chest, and the feeling that comes with it may be mistaken for insecurity, hopelessness, or suffering. Hearing a voice from your core that isn’t very nice or clear may be very painful and hard to understand. Some people do this unconsciously, and it’s not particularly beneficial.
Step 14: Review your findings and ask yourself, “Where was it most secure for me to hear this jarring voice? #
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Step 15: Test Listen to the voice coming from that area. #
How does it feel?