I have two voices in my head.  I call one “good Lora” and the other “evil Lora.”  I don’t think that it is terribly unusual to have these voices.  I just decided to name them, because that’s how I have learned to identify where these thoughts (voices) are coming from.  By naming them, I am able to identify whether or not I should heed what they have to say to me.

I don’t think I am the only one who has these “voices.”  I just found that naming them has helped me make better decisions on whether or not to consider what they have to say.

“Good Lora” is positive and encouraging.  She helps me to see the glass as half-full instead of “half empty.”  While “evil Lora” is always giving me messages of self-doubt and discouragement.  When I am sad or unmotivated, “evil Lora” takes advantage of my condition by adding to it.  More negative messages begin to pour in.  It’s like she wants to kick me when I am down.

“Good Lora” always looks at the bright side of things.  She exudes encouragement and adds positive messages to my inner thoughts.  This is a powerful motivation to do what I want to do without questioning every aspect of it.  She is a motivator and, at times, a healer.  Yes, one can heal oneself.  I believe there is that power in each of us, if we are willing to listen to that voice.

I have to say that by naming these voices in my head,  I have learned a lot about myself.  That’s why I think identifying them is so helpful.  It makes me more confident and encourages me when I recognise who is talking to me.  As I have learned where the voices are coming from, I make better decisions and can even rise above the negative thoughts as they occur.  I will actually say, out loud,  “Stop it Evil Lora!”  But then again, sometimes “evil Lora” wins the argument.  

But I have to say that “good Lora” wins far more than “evil Lora.  And someday, I hope to banish her from my thoughts entirely.  But as long as “good Lora” wins most of the time, I am on my way to make her the winner in this battle of my brain.  And that is what I plan to do.  In fact, by writing all of this down, I think “good Lora” has just won another battle between the voices in my head.  Woot woot!