self-narration
Telling your story
Self-narration is the internal or spoken commentary people maintain about their own lives and actions—the ongoing story we tell ourselves about who we are and what we're doing.
In psychology, it describes how identity forms through narrative: Her self-narration cast every setback as a learning experience.
The term also applies to characters in fiction who describe their own thoughts and actions to the reader.
Written personal recollection
- autobiographySelf-penned life narrative
- confessionalBooth for admitting sins
- first-person"I" as narrator
- voiceSound from throat
perspective · stream-of-consciousness · diary · journal · autofiction · monologue · testimonial · bildungsroman
Observing one's own mind
- meaning-makingInterpreting life's events personally
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
- metacognitionAwareness of own reasoning
Systematic operation on data
- reframingChanging interpretive context
- healingRestoration of health
- CBTPsychological treatment abbreviation
- journalingRegular personal writing practice
testimony · integration · resilience · catharsis · psychoanalysis · confession · insight · externalization
Self-filmed online diary
- podcastingCreating serialized audio content
- influencerPerson with promotional reach
- storiesAccounts or building levels
- live-streamingReal-time online broadcast
TikTok · caption · bio · profile · lifelogging · feed · timeline · authenticity
memoir
Written personal recollection
- autobiographySelf-penned life narrative
- confessionalBooth for admitting sins
- first-person"I" as narrator
voice · perspective · stream-of-consciousness · diary · journal · autofiction · monologue · testimonial · bildungsroman · epistolary
introspection
Observing one's own mind
- meaning-makingInterpreting life's events personally
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
- metacognitionAwareness of own reasoning
processing
Systematic operation on data
- reframingChanging interpretive context
- healingRestoration of health
- CBTPsychological treatment abbreviation
journaling · testimony · integration · resilience · catharsis · psychoanalysis · confession · insight · externalization
vlogging
Self-filmed online diary
- podcastingCreating serialized audio content
- influencerPerson with promotional reach
- storiesAccounts or building levels
live-streaming · TikTok · caption · bio · profile · lifelogging · feed · timeline · authenticity · oversharing
- first-person narrativeinterior monologue, limited perspective, personal account, journal entries, autobiographical fiction
- personal writingdiary, journal, autobiographical essay, memoir, memoirs
self-narrationsilence
Total lack of sound
direct experience · thoughtlessness · blank mind · mindlessness · mental stillness
self, narration, selves, selfhood, selfless, selfishness, selfish, selflessly, narrate