To talk to myself?

[wildswans]

I often 'talk' to myself, as in I debate what's going on, consider pros and cons of decisions etc. Essentially, I am thinking aloud, I think. But sometimes I wonder if this is 'normal' or not.....???!!

Why do you think people keep dogs/cats

Ours are much better decision makers than me.

I think most people say stuff out loud every now and then, it's when you get old start forgetting to switch it off when you're out in public that it gets a tad embarrassing

You could be describing me wildswans!
I'm almost glad to drag DS around Tesco so it looks like I'm talking to someone

I talk to myself as well!

I also make songs up about what ever I am doing.

The hamster is fed up of hearing my voice

I also have rather impressive arguments with people who aren't there.

I talk to myself all the time .

Glad it's not just me.

I do it all the time. At one point when I has spent about two days alone I found myself chatting away and making two cups of tea!

If I have to say something to someone that I know they won't like I have to have a bit of a rehearsal out loud.

Basically it's me ranting to myself whilst furiously scrubbing the bathroom

I do, and then ask myself why I'm talking to myself.

Yes agent!
And washing up!

As long as you keep making sense it's not a problem. That's what my mum always said anyway.

I do that Agent! Really helps me hash out my points if I know I'll be having a difficult conversation. I've been at it for hours tonight .

It's not normal at all; but I do it anyway... I'm always getting caught actually, and the reactions are far from complimentary. So glad I'm not alone

As long as you get the right answer

Glad it's not just me

Anything you'd like to share Jolleigh? MN is great at coming up with scathing remarks...

I talk myself through doing things. I forget what I was doing, otherwise.

I do it all the time and don't agree that it's not normal. I think it is perfectly normal.

Anyway, I have no DP, so have no-one else to sound off to. And I always agree with myself

All the time, always have. Runs in the family but I think I've got it in control in public. Sometimes I can't wait to get away from people so I can have a more interesting conversation with myself.

I caught myself telling myself off for talking to myself. I promptly got a cat :)

I still do it in the office (I work with a team of people who talk to themselves) and in the supermarket... and the older I get, the less I care except when I bump into mates in the supermarket mid rant about tinned potatoes

Just a friend with benefits who's become more hassle than he's worth Agent. Got my speech down to a T for when he decides I'm seeing someone else (I'm not). It really did take me ages to make sure I'd covered everything that needed saying. I was gesticulating like a mad woman too .

It's normal I think and I do it all the time! Sometimes I can't even remember what I've asked myself or I'm talking about though!! .
I also answer myself ~ assuming I know what I've asked!!

I thought everyone talked to themselves.
I can barely think of a time in the day whenI'm alone and I'm not.

I did get asked in work the other day "do you always talk to yourself?" Why yes I do.

If people don't talk to themselves is flit justquite for them all day? I can't imagine anyone who doesn't or how it would even be possible.

Thank you for your replies. I am soooo grateful that, normal or not, I am definitely not alone!!! I also talk to my dog, but that's different; he understands me.