Does Joseph Ducreux (above) remind you of you?. Image from diylol.com

Walt Whitman isn’t the only one who loved to celebrate himself. Chances are that quite a few of us spend a lot of time singing our own praises.

While Whitman chose to do it through poetry, we are doing most of it via everyday conversation and on those oh-so-self-gratifying  social sites like Facebook and Twitter.

So, with that said, can you guess what 40% of your everyday conversation consists of?

You!

If you guessed that correctly, then one or more of the following must be true:

1) You’ve been following the content of this post pretty well so far and used common sense to arrive at the answer (how clever you are! Good job!)

2) You already know about this because you heard about it in the news (you informed Democrazy reader, you!)

3) You’re just so into yourself that you assume that you are pretty much the subject of all topics (hmmm…you should probably just read on).

If the third statement is true for you, you might be surprised to find that you might just spend more time putting yourself as the subject more than anyone else does.

According to a study from a team of neuroscientists at Harvard University, we derive quite a bit of pleasure from talking about ourselves. In fact, talking about ourselves and our feelings, an act known as “self-disclosure,” triggers the same sensation of pleasure we get from eating or having sex.

But as good as all this talking may feel, is it possible that we could become overly self-absorbed, especially given the ease with which we can voice our thoughts via Facebook updates and tweets?

We welcome your thoughts on the subject. Feel free to talk about yourself…