Is anyone else basically mute when alone or am I weird?

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Is anyone else “mute”?

I’ve realised I never talk to myself. I don’t ever speak out loud, I rarely gasp or make noises out loud if I’m on my own. I can’t physically sing to myself, it makes me recoil and cringe. Not because I can’t sing; but I just make myself cringe.
I am genuinely mute when I’m alone. I’m so so far in my own shell. The thought of me talking out loud to myself makes me recoil and feel sick.

What is wrong with me? What do I do to overcome this??

This isn't weird and I don't see why you'd need to overcome it?

I think the most noise I make when alone is the occasional 'Ow!' or 'Shit!' if I stub my toe or something. I don't talk to myself because I don't need to. If I'm already thinking something, I don't need to say it out loud. I'm not at all musical by nature so I don't really ever feel the urge to sing or hum or anything. I only ever sing in a communal setting like a gig or a football match.

I'm on my own a lot.. Well with my cat.. l speak to him.
Sometimes I'll talk to Alexa.. but not usually to myself.. unless l bang into something or hurt myself .. then l swear lol.

I think that sounds normal. I talk to myself in my head, out loud, sing to myself, There's constant stuff running round in there! I don't mind it most of the time but it sucks when it stops me sleeping as my mind won't stop whizzing round and I can't speak as that would be weird lying in bed!

You're alone. Why do you need to change?

I don't really talk when I'm with people, let alone when I'm by myself.

Don't worry about it. There's nothing wrong with you.

I don't talk to myself at all and never have except in my head but I do sing when alone as I have quite a good voice but I'm too shy to sing in public.

I think its weirder to talk to yourself tbh, thats totally not normal at all imo.

I'm the opposite OP - a full array of noises, singing and chattering at home. But a quiet and shy person around other people.

What bothers you about it?

I'm not normal and I'm quite happy with that thank you very much, if I was normal, I meant be offended by this post.

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I never talk to myself! I would sing in the car thats it

While I don't talk to myself at all, I do have a constant narration going on in my head. Which is noisy enough 😅

I find it bizarre that people provide reassurance that being silent when alone is perfectly acceptable, whilst insinuating that verbalising your thoughts when alone is a cause for concern. Why would anyone care about what someone else is doing when they are alone? Why would vocalising your thoughts to yourself, in private, be a cause for concern for anyone? So many weirdly judgemental folk around. No wonder people stress about their (perfectly normal) behaviour when so many others choose to dictate how everyone else should behave.

I sing all to music when I’m on my own as I sound so terrible it wouldn’t be fair to inflict it on someone else. I do give myself little motivational chats so if I’ve been loafing on the sofa too long I’ll say something like “ Right let’s get on with it, what’s first, then debate the merits of starting tidying the lounge or the kitchen with myself” it works for me.

Nothing is wrong with you.

I talk to the dog, and the occasional 'fucks sake!' if I've dropped something, but I don't talk to myself.

No clue. I am often quite loud tbh. Singing, humming etc. Just depends on the person, I suppose.

My best conversations are with myself haha

Not weird to be totally silent when alone.

Very weird to have such a dramatic reaction (cringe, feeling sick, recoiling) to the thought of talking to yourself.

Totally, I have full on rants, I think they help but I'm not sure! I sort of practice what I'm going to say to somehow in any given situation

I don't really talk much to myself when I'm alone but I'm not completely mute.

I say "Oh fuck off! To objects that I drop 🤣
And I did say "Oh ffs! You're as bad as Henry!" to my new hoover when it fell over.

I don't narrate what I'm doing or constantly mutter to myself though.

Well half the people on this thread say they happily talk to themselves out loud so depends on your pov surely?

I narrate what I’m doing in singing to myself. Now that’s weird! I do it whether I’m alone or not to be fair although not outside of my household generally

Get a dog. I was like this- I have always worked remotely in quite a data heavy role and I used to really struggle. I found that I could go for 4 or 5 days sometimes without uttering a word out loud. I found it incredibly tough. Now I have dogs around and the feeling is very different

I think it is normal not to talk to yourself. I do not think I do?

I talk to myself all the time

I find it helps my mental health as it means I can work through my thoughts without needing to upset or bother other people.

No. I’m just silent. No narration, internal or out loud. I’m a talkative person around others, and my job has intensely talky elements, but I default to total silence when solo.

I go to a Buddhist centre where people do silent retreats — I don’t sign up for those, and I stay in a cottage by myself and only see other people when I go to meditations, but I can go perfectly happily for days without speaking.

Last time I didn’t speak from Friday afternoon when I arrived till Tuesday afternoon, when I talked to the taxi driver taking me to my bus.

I think I'm weird because I do talk to myself, sing when alone and have conversations with the cat and dog - obviously one sided!