Do you talk to yourself? I do..........

[Claymorez]

Do you ever talk to yourself? Cause I do!...well I don't have full blown conversations with myself like I don't talk to voices that aren't there or hear voices that aren't there but I do talk to myself occasionally. For example I might practise by myself explaining something to a friend alone. Or I might commentate on my game play or shout along with the guy on screen to make my heroic charge seem more fun when I get slaughtered charging down the hill in LOTR BFME 2 or cut to pieces as I make my last heroic stand in DoW DC. I sometimes comment on something I do e.g. walk up the stairs realise I didn't mean to and then say as I remember where I was going "no I am going to (X)" to myself. Do you do the same/similar thing? and if so do you recon we are mad or normal?

 

[walls of cetepedes]

Usually when frustrated or lost.

"Oh bloody hell, where now? Down here?"
"Yeah, must be."

 

[CrysisMcGee]

I do A LOT of talking to myself in my head. I never do it out loud, and i only do it when I'm alone.

 

[Valate_v1legacy]

Yeah, like all the time. When people question me, I just glare at them and tell them to "Go to Hell".

 

[Sassafrass]

I talk out plans when playing FPSes games and strategy games, just to make sure I understand it.

 

[Flamezdudes]

Yep, i do it loads. Usually when no one's around though, then i do it in my head.

 

[Vault boy Eddie]

Yes we do.

 

[Lukirre]

Yeah.

I have an strange tendancy to feel the need to explain everything thoroughly to the people-that-I'm-not-really-talking-to.

So if I feel like there's a piece of information that would be vital to their (my) understanding of what I'm saying, I'll relay it to them (me).

 

[Immobile]

When I have ideas or get imaginative.
Yes.
I even do it in public, sometimes loudly.

 

[Lord Beautiful]

Yep, i do it loads. Usually when no one's around though, then i do it in my head.

Pretty much this. When speaking out loud, it helps to get your mind moving on a single track, as opposed to moving down numerous paths simultaneously.

 

[Andrecova]

I often do.
I do it constantly in my head when I'm not alone, but if I am, then I'll be talking to myself out loud a lot of the time, commenting about whatever I'm doing, sometimes making jokes or, now and then, get in an argument with myself.

And I win them 100% of the times, too!

 

[Enzeru92]

I kinda do, the times i talk to myself is when i am thinking about something and i accidentally say it out loud other then that not really

 

[Animated Rope]

You mean "think aloud"? Nope, but my mother does it.

And before anyone says it, no it doesn't make you crazy. It may actually help you think, so of course some people will do it. I'm not 100% on the details, but something with a "shortcut" through synapses or whatnot.

 

[90068]

Yep, i do it loads. Usually when no one's around though, then i do it in my head.

Pretty much this. When speaking out loud, it helps to get your mind moving on a single track, as opposed to moving down numerous paths simultaneously.

I do it when I'm writing all the time. I'll read aloud as I'm writing it, and sometimes comment out loud too, saying something like "no, that doesn't sound right" and whatnot. It really helps transition when you're actually speaking it and not just writing/typing sentence after sentence.

 

[Frankydee]

Usually everyday. I think it's quite the opposite what people say about those of us who talk to ourselves.

 

[delete101]

Yes, sometimes. Especially while I'm trying to focus on things like homework.

It's just easier to concentrate on it when you say it out loud.