Ariana Orvell is featured in this article in EurekAlert, discussing how some people use “you” instead of “I” when discussing personal experiences, as a way of normalizing the experiences and reflecting on them from a distance.
Orvell, A., Kross, E., & Gelman, S. A. (2017). How “you” makes meaning. Science, 355(6331), 1299-1302. DOI: 10.1126/science.aaj2014
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-03/uom-ira031717.php
