15 year old talking to themselves

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I am wondering if anyone has any experience of this and could shed some light as I'm driving myself crazy.
I caught DD talking to herself in the bathroom. She's doesn't know that I was listening. It was a full blown conversation about stuff but I couldn't quite make out what exactly as there is a fan on in there.
I have family history of schizophrenia and psychosis from my dad's side and all sorts of things are running through my head.
She has always done this, even as a young child. But since the last couple of years I thought she had outgrown it but clearly not.
She has a few friends at school and seems to engage in family life ok.

I do it as part of my autism.

I personally think you are right to be concerned, with the schizophrenia gentic link. But it appears so many on here out loud...so who knows. It might be worth you knowing that DID is like the next alter trend on TikTok, an extreme step up from the transgender trend. No longer content with changing a singular pronoun, they are systems with ALL the pronouns including plural ones. So it could be a tiktok contagion, particularly if she is autistic.

Yep. I do it a lot. Often it just clarifies things by saying it out loud.

Wouldn't worry about this OP.

I always talked to myself, still do but mainly in my head. I have more interesting conversations with me than with anyone else.

There's almost certainly nothing wrong with your daughter, it's normal.

Could you ask your daughter if she’s hearing voices? The earlier you get help the better with psychosis.

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How, does talking to herself look
Lots of people have a internal dialogue ,so if shes saying stuff like I need to do that' essay for history and get up early to have a shower and then I need to text Jenny to meet up before school ,I would say that's er quite normal
Responding to auditory hallucinations is quite different ,a lot of it might not make sense ,she might try and hide the fact she's doing it ,she might believe she's getting messages from the tv ,radio ect
Her thought process and actions might be very odd.

It wasn't like a reminder to herself about having to do this or that, it was more of an in depth conversation about a situation that had occurred if that makes sense.

I remember writing a post like this about DS and everyone telling me they did it and it was normal - he was later diagnosed with ASD. I think this is pretty unusual even if everyone says they do it, do you think your dd could possibly be autistic or ND? DS would just chatter on to himself, he said it made things seem more concrete/real than just thinking them in his head. It's a processing thing I guess. If she's always done it then I'd assume it's very unlikely to be due to schizophrenia.

I used to be a mental health nurse,so have met many suffering with a auditory hallucinations, it's difficult to explain ,some people mutter and try and hide the fact they are responding to hallucinations,they might not make a,lot of sense their speech could be fragmented and disjointed ,they might appear be responding to the tv etc.

I talk to myself and DS12 talks to himself especially under the shower. Also talks a lot in his sleep.

The only intelligent conversation with someone who "gets me" is with myself. Started before I was 10, continues today (although I frequently have an earpiece just in case!).
I find it useful to decompress and sort shit out - if it stays in my head then it's not OUT (if that makes sense). I also use writing as a similar strategy

I've always done this, OP. I'm perfectly normal (well, I have ADHD but perfectly functioning and capable). I've heard DH do it too; can't really understand what he's on about as it's in Norwegian but it makes me smile. He pocket called me once in the car when he was driving back from the shops. Fuming because he couldn't find the brand of conserve he likes. 😂

I honestly wouldn't worry too much. Keep an eye, obviously, we're parents so that's what we do. But I wouldn't stress yourself over this at all!

I've done this as long as I can remember, I even answer myself 😅 and I don't hear voices and am not schizophrenic! I only do it alone though when no one else can hear, think it started as a loneliness coping mechanism as an only child. I remember it as inventing an imaginary friend.

Pretty much.

He also answers me in a different voice sometimes.

You know that dude in Frozen with the Reindeer and how he gives the reindeer a voice?
I do that with my little doggy friend. 😂

Oh dear please don't do this, it's most likely she's speaking about private stuff or at least things she wouldn't want you to hear. Let her have her private conversation even if it's with herself!

I've talked to myself since I was 11. It's gone on so long I forget it could even be seen as weird!

I talk out loud to myself a lot. I don't think it's anything to worry about. I can understand your concerns wrt to the family history. I'm in the business and I would say that when teens are becoming psychotic it often starts with being very reclusive

Oh Lordy. I do this in the car. I'm being interviewed by Parky. I've either just won the ladies singles championship at Wimbledon or I'm Alexis Colby

I think given the history it’s probably worth trying to have a listen next time or something to discuss with her

I'm in my 60s and I've talked to myself all my life! Sometimes I'm just kind of narrating what I'm doing, sometimes I'm rehearsing a conversation i know I'm going to have later, especially if its tricky, sometimes I'm replaying a conversation I've already had but altered so that my side of it is much better (especially if was an argument, naturally in the improved version i annihilate the opposition). Sometimes I'm just involved in different lives I live in my head and which have no connection to reality at all. At the moment I'm living in a double decker bus, travelling to all my favourite places. I've just arrived at St Davids in Pembrokeshire.

I promise you I'm not schizophrenic and I don't have mental health issues. I've just always done it. Mostly I internalise It, but if I think I'm on my own I revert to talking out loud.

I never knew so many people talked out loud to themselves! It's amazing!
If we didn't have so much mental illness in the family I may not have had a sleepless night last night.
I guess I have tried so hard over the years to stay "normal" (whatever that is) that seeing her do that set me off.

Sorry, didn't mean to derail.
But I have always taken to myself as a way of processing what I'm doing.
I don't always realise I'm doing it

A girl, same age, I used to teach would tell her to pull herself together, get a grip etc out loud when she went to the toilet. She was just very quirky and an extreme case of adhd.

Can I recommend voicecollective.co.uk? It’s a really informative site for young people and parents. The thing is, OP, it MIGHT be a problem. But it equally might not be….its as well to be aware of your own issues, which you clearly are, and to be willing to explore how your DD is feeling, what she is doing, which is difficult if you have your own issues.

Brilliant 😊

I went to university later in life, we did a bit of a test with a tutor and she said I'm an auditory learner, I later realised that I have a mild degree of face blindness, can't recognise someone out of context/not in usual uniform. If somebody tells me to visualise an apple I cannot see an apple in my 'minds eye', was actually shocked that people can, but i have always had a constant internal monologue, i get on my own nerves sometimes with it and if I'm not careful it comes out of my mouth in public such as in the supermarket. My theory is that people who cannot visualise are constantly talking to themselves, might be interesting to ask her if she can visualise things but if the conversations sound mundane then I wouldn't worry as when your on your own it comes out as your relaxed and its a relief not continually trying to suppress it if that makes sense.