I am talking to myself more and more. Is this a dreadful dreadful thing?
I play out conversations in my head, always have done, but I'm starting to do it out loud and not just at home, and someone in a shop the other day gave me That Look.
I sometimes don't know I'm doing it.
I told my HV this a couple of years ago, and she completely over-reacted and called the crisis mental health care team - who told her not to be ridiculous and to stay out of my treatment.
The thing is, nobody I told seemed to be bothered but I was very depressed at the time and a lot of things are lost in the smog of depression. They may have told me about how to manage it but I can't remember, I was convinced they were coming to take my children away (they weren't, not at all, they were actually just concerned I'd hurt myself)
Now, I'm not depressed, but the talking to myself thing is revving up again. It's like when you think to yourself - Oh, I wish I'd said that! I wish I'd told him to stick it up his blah blah blah.... well, I will say it, out loud, after the event.
How bad is this, do you think I need to see a doctor, is it a symptom of something serious, and how do I stop it happening in public?