I used to have automatic long conversations with myself and that really helped me. But after the start of an important period in my life the cognitive back and forth stopped, and a lot of times i tried to re-start it but my attempts were in vain.
For example:
"What do i want to eat today"
"Yesterday you eat X but you being thinking about ordering Y for a long time"
"Yes, but i don't want to spend that much money for Y. It doesn't worth it. I can by Z with that money."
" Well... then thing something else... you can by something that costs less"
That back and forth also applied to more serious matters.
For example: "What do i want to eat today"
"Yesterday you eat X but you being thinking about ordering Y for a long time"
"Yes, but i don't want to spend that much money for Y. It doesn't worth it. I can by Z with that money."
" Well... then thing something else... you can by something that costs less"
That back and forth also applied to more serious matters.