Do you speak to yourself?

[Isildur´s Heir]

Do you? Out loud?

I do, a lot, every day.
And no, i'm not crazy nor do i ever felt like one for doing so. And i do it for decades now.
I only do it when i'm alone, usually at home.
And no, i don't hear voices and i know that no one is physically there with me.
But i do say things, from time to time, like "do you understand?" or "do you guys understand?"
Sometimes i feel like i have an audience....

And i talk about anything and everything.
I talk about a game i play, a movie i watched, a story i thought about....anything that crosses my mind.
And i can do it for hours straight, like having a deep conversation with myself.
And i walk around my house when i do it, i don't like to do it sitting or lying down.

I love to do it, is like having someone deeply interested in everything i have to say, in all my ideas, with no judgment.
Someone that will hear everything i don't say to others because they are not interested or is not interesting enough.
This way, i never feel lonely, and i feel that anything i think and say matters.

So, do you?

 

[psylockolussus]

In my head only.

 

[Greens]

Yes.

 

[2kt09]

Used to a lot back in middle school.
Every now and again, I don't know if anyone else just can't go to sleep because they feel so motivated to do things.

 

[jokesonm3]

Yes i do.

 

[Wildcard]

Yes.

Thinking out loud is common for me. It's only when you start carrying on full conversations with yourself Norman Bates style that you should begin to worry.

 

[Arachnerd]

A few times, yeah. I don't think there's anything wrong with doing that once in a while.

 

[blueharvest]

Just in my head. I never do it out loud.

 

[Sawyer]

I don't speak for myself, I speak for Captain Howdy.

 

[Lily Adler]

All the time. I can't explain it, but it feels like I have so many thoughts in my head at once that saying them relieves the pressure. If that makes any sense.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

I have my moments, but they are a rarity.

 

[the last son]

I do sometimes. I also just make noises in general. I'll just bust out jared letos joker laugh.

 

[Golgo-13]

Do you? Out loud?

I do, a lot, every day.
And no, i'm not crazy nor do i ever felt like one for doing so. And i do it for decades now.
I only do it when i'm alone, usually at home.
And no, i don't hear voices and i know that no one is physically there with me.
But i do say things, from time to time, like "do you understand?" or "do you guys understand?"
Sometimes i feel like i have an audience....

And i talk about anything and everything.
I talk about a game i play, a movie i watched, a story i thought about....anything that crosses my mind.
And i can do it for hours straight, like having a deep conversation with myself.
And i walk around my house when i do it, i don't like to do it sitting or lying down.

I love to do it, is like having someone deeply interested in everything i have to say, in all my ideas, with no judgment.
Someone that will hear everything i don't say to others because they are not interested or is not interesting enough.
This way, i never feel lonely, and i feel that anything i think and say matters.

So, do you?

Glad to know i'm not alone. I've been doing it for the past 20 years. I've tried to stop but i guess it's just a deeply rooted habit of mine now, it's part of who i am. I've been caught doing it in public a few times; by family members, friends, strangers, and call out on it; it can be a bit embarassing to explain..but i've read it's quite common..but can also be a symtom of adult ADD.

 

[Spider-Fan83]

I wouldn't say I speak to myself, I do however catch himself thinking out loud alot...

 

[Immortalfire]

Anyone who says they don't, is a liar.

 

[Spider-Fan83]

sometimes speaking to yourself is the only intelligent conversation around

 

[Isildur´s Heir]

Glad to know i'm not alone. I've been doing it for the past 20 years. I've tried to stop but i guess it's just a deeply rooted habit of mine now, it's part of who i am. I've been caught doing it in public a few times; by family members, friends, strangers, and call out on it; it can be a bit embarassing to explain..but i've read it's quite common..but can also be a symtom of adult ADD.

I've read it it's a sign of sanity and genius t:

Science Says People Who Talk To Themselves Are Geniuses

But it's not why i do it, i have no reason except that it just came naturally to me. And i never tried to stop it, i never had the urge to do so, i'm perfectly fine with it.
I started doing it more or less when i was 12 or so.

But, in all honesty, i like that i do it.
But i'm a peculiar individual (at least, i don't know anyone like me, but i bet i'm not alone)...i have no friends (except my family), no girlfriend, no job, no prospects in life, no nothing to call my own....but i'm a fully normal person....i should be miserable...but i'm not, i accept myself completely.
I'm extroverted, no one that knows me can even think my life is like it is, i talk to everyone just fine, children love me......but my life is lived like i'm outside looking in.
I don't feel the urge to have friends or have a love life or anything like that, to see others having it is sufficient for me, to see others happy make me happy.
Don't get me wrong, i would love to have a different life...i just don't care to have it.

Talking to myself makes me sane and not feel alone, but that's not why i do it....i don't have a conscious reason for it except that's how i am.
It's like having a best friend 24/7

 

[LoganGambit87]

best conversations I've ever had

 

[Perfect Cell]

All the time. Full conversations and everything. I'm saying this out loud as I type this. And this. And then this. But not that.

 

[Xrated48]

I do it sometimes, I know a few people who do it as well.

 

[AF3619]

all the time when i need to clear thoughts, when i need to plan stuff and when i study i pretend that i´m explaining stuff to myself.

 

[jaymes_e06]

I don't think I'm talking to myself pe se just I have no inner monologue so I'll utter "let me see...", or "well that sucks" and "just my luck" even if it's not meant to be received by anyone in particular or I am in the room alone etc...

 

[MadderMaximus]

I do, a lot, and sometimes I straight up argue with myself. I would be amazing to watch on the street if I was a hobo.

 

[Reek]

I talk to myself all the time during sex

 

[Schlosser85]

I talk to myself all the time.

Alllll the time.