[CIVILIAN COMPLIANCE NOTICE – PROCEDURE REVISION 8.3]
Effective immediately, all personnel and civilians are advised to stop naming the voices.
While it is natural to anthropomorphize persistent internal narrators, giving them names creates unintended recognition loops, which in turn risk:
Informational symmetry with non-permitted entities
Spontaneous third-person perspective drift
Formal invitations to entities that were only curious
If a voice in your head has already introduced itself:
You may refer to it as “Companion A” until it fades
Do not refer to it in writing, online, or in chalk
If the voice requests a name, decline politely but firmly
Under no circumstances should you give it your own
This protocol does not apply to:
Prayer
Brainstorming sessions
Professional ventriloquism (licensed)
The Department reminds all citizens that internal monologues are normal. It’s only when they start making demands that containment becomes necessary.
If you’ve already given a voice a name, please submit a retroactive designation report via Form B-9, then attempt to sleep it off.