Do you talk to yourself?

[Keha]

I do. Generally I'm able to keep it under wraps around other people, but a colleague spotted me recently and rather took the piss. How normal is it? When I do it, I'm imagining I am takling to someone else and explaining something, I think it helps me process my thoughts.

All the time, I think it helps clarify problems, doubts and worries to put them into actual words.

I do op, think it is perfectly normal. It is only thinking out loud, thoughts are fleeting so verbalising/talking to yourself gives more time for processing imo.

Call myself names sometimes if I have done something wrong or plain stupid

I talk to myself in my head all the time, but rarely out loud (but the odd comment out loud)

I talk to our dogs like people, just general chat through the day, also I've noticed lately I tend to sigh and say oh dear a lot.
I'm 54 not 94, I think the family are checking out care homes sooner rather than later.

Yeap, I need some advice from an expert😂

Joke aside, apparently it's really healthy

Do you mean to actually say words out load that others can hear, or just in your mind?

Thinking them in your mind, then yes, I do. Speaking them out loud- definitely not!

I used to work with a women that did this and it was not only bloody annoying but frankly bizarre. Why can't people have the thoughts in their head instead? Why out loud?

The whole thing reminds me of that film 'Shirely Valentine' where the woman is so bored she has to talk to herself for company. Sorry, but if I heard someone doing it, I'd assume they had a mental health disorder, on drugs, learning issues or a problem where they couldn't process thoughts quietly in their own mind.

Yes sometimes I need expert advice

Yes!

I often disguise it by talking to the cat though!

I was once at a fwb and went to the bathroom and seen the state of my face in the early hours of the morning. Started telling myself how awful I looked etc, hear fwb chuckling away at my commentary.

Definitely! In fact I can do a long drive (alone) and have talked the whole time!!

I do it all the time. And don’t always make a noise just mouth the words.
Wish I could stop. I spend a lot of time alone I think that’s why.

I do, all the time. Sometimes when I have loads of thoughts running round my head it just helps me focus. I know it can be irritating for colleagues, but my colleagues are not without their irritating quirks so I'm sure they can deal with it.

All the time. Mostly while trying to work something out. And often while trying to find out what my inner monologue is going on about. When I'm writing, and I can't understand what it's trying to say - I sometimes turn it onto a dialogue (with myself) to find out.

All the time. Dh has spent the majority of lockdown asking what is it? I'm having to spend an awful lot of time turning random words int I sings so I don't look like a total tit

Yep all the time, it’s the only time I ever fully listen 😂

Sure. And I talk to inanimate objects. The oven timer, for example, frequently gets told to “keep your hair on, I heard you the first time.”

Yes because it slows down my thought processes which will race at a hundred miles an hour so it gives my cognitive processes a chance to catch up.

My teenager caught me talking to myself when I was loading the washing machine, he enjoyed slagging me off! I do it a lot usually as I've got so much to remember or going around my head. I do it at work all lot but not in front of patients

I enjoy a mutter to myself especially when my pc isn't doing what I want it to but my sister used to love a good old waffle to herself when we lived at home together. I remember my dad calling up the stairs "Can you and your friend come down for dinner" as she was quite a vocal waffler rather than my muted muttering 😂 I still catch her doing it when we meet up and she's making a cuppa in another room to me.

ALL the time - well, mostly I talk to the dog, but same difference. He's a very good listener.

I do this too (& have used exactly the phrase ‘keep your hair on I heard you the first time’ to phone/timer/the cat )

I don’t care if people think I’m mad, I think its good for my own well-being and that’s what matters, it’s not like I’m hurting them in any way ffs

And damn, my plants are thriving

Oh god yes

As Blackadder said, "it's the only way I can be sure of intelligent conversation".

@Elouera I too was thinking of Shirley Valentine, talking to herself, and to objects. "Don't you agree, wall?"

Yes loads! And as I get older I do it more & excuse myself as a dotty middle aged lady lol 🤣🤣🤣