Internal Monologue? I've got an an Internal Soap-Opera!

[kwagamon]

As the title suggests, inside my head I not only have myself chatting it up, but I've got a whole cast of characters, some made up and some pulled from various fictional works. Before I go any further I'd like to say that I am COMPLETELY MENTALLY HEALTHY and am aware that none of this is real in any way. It's just a long time ago I decided that in lieu of abandoning the use of imaginary friends, I would keep them around, but not personally talk to them. Instead, I sort of created an empty shell to fill with only the best parts of me to go around and hang out with existing and new characters in a world only limited by my imagination. I could add/remove levels of awesome from it all to either bring it closer or farther from being mundane, although I tend towards the truly fantastic.

To this day, I do this. And every few years or so, I make a new shell with bigger and bigger shoes to fill as the current reaches its peak and retires to the supporting cast. The story in my head has become more convoluted than a some of the more screwed up comic-book plotlines, yet I keep going instead of just saying enough. So, what say you, Escapist? Am I bat-shit insane, only slightly insane, or not insane so much as way too bored with the goings-on of the real world? I'd personally say somewhere between the last two. Does anyone out there have something similar?

 

[Paztug]

I don't have an entire cast in my head, no, myself is enough and I wouldn't appreciate to share it with other people. I can understand the appeal of the concept though, I guess it can keep you entertained sometimes, but I was wondering, is it like real events or more like a TV show, with them being employed actors ? That's another reason I don't keep people in my head, I'm not sure if they would like to stay, I don't have a lot of money to pay them, so...

On topic, if those characters don't tell you to go on a killing rampage I guess it's ok. When they start talking about how the real people should die, that's when you're in trouble.

 

[Skorpyo]

I have a tv show in my head too.

I'm a dude wandering around doing jobs for people (like animal crossing), yet I always do them with guns.

And I'm scary looking.

Daydreaming is for the casual crowd.

 

[kwagamon]

but I was wondering, is it like real events or more like a TV show, with them being employed actors ?

It's real in the sense that the events of oh say Harry Potter are real. They're real to the characters, who are all fictional. No "TV show" silliness. It's actually quite serious at the moment although it is very light thinking at times.

 

[SuperCombustion]

I have a whole host of delusions in my head ^_^
One says it's my concience, or irrational thought
One says it's my logic, or my rational thought
Another jumps around singing marillion songs
The last on scowls and sharpens a dagger

Do i have a problem?

 

[Ironic Pirate]

I narrate my life, kind of like an LP. I've had guests before, but only one or two at a time.

 

[Paztug]

but I was wondering, is it like real events or more like a TV show, with them being employed actors ?

It's real in the sense that the events of oh say Harry Potter are real. They're real to the characters, who are all fictional. No "TV show" silliness. It's actually quite serious at the moment although it is very light thinking at times.

Well like I said I don't usually have an entire cast having some fun, but when I do I actually find it stimulating, like working on the imagination.

Edit : I edited to make my post clearer.

 

[Katherine Kerensky]

Normally, my mind only has my monologue, in complete monotone, or nothing, which is a bit... quiet.
Sometimes, I can conjure up characters for fun.
Not right now, though. Sometimes when reading books, if I want them to play out some roles, so I can see how different things would be.

 

[LostTimeLady]

I find everyone's different with regards to what goes in in their heads.

My head often sounds like a room with someone reading aloud an essay with the television on, the radio is also on and twenty different audiobooks are playing all at once from twenty different CD players around the room.

Or to put it less stupidly, I've got far to much going on in my brain for far too much of the time.

I must say that must be great having a story going on like that in your brain, maybe you should write some of it down. I'm sure it would be interesting!

 

[kwagamon]

I must say that must be great having a story going on like that in your brain, maybe you should write some of it down. I'm sure it would be interesting!

See I've considered that, but every time I think about it, I realize that these "shells" are horrendous Stus that would make the worst characters in literary history. Please note I've stopped considering Twilight literature so the characters in there don't count otherwise they would take the cake.

 

[Serenegoose]

Nope, I'm all alone with an internal monologue, with whatever song is stuck in my head (there's always one) in the background.

 

[LogicNProportion]

I have a troupe of schizophrenic disorders. So, yeah.

 

[arsenicCatnip]

I have six or seven novels being read aloud in my head all at once. My brain processes words with more ease than anything else except music, so my internal... monologue? dialogue? wtf ever. it's always cranked with music in the background.

 

[Agayek]

My mind is usually a somewhat similar place. It's hard to describe, but I essentially almost constantly have anywhere from two to six different trains of thought at any one point in time. It gets quite hectic from time to time.

I'll be planning what I'm going to do for the day, at the same time I'm thinking about the upcoming plot in the book I'm currently reading, mulling over some math/logic/programming puzzle I was posed recently, daydreaming about X, Y and Z, and having a normal conversation with someone.

Granted, usually when I'm talking to someone that list is about half as long or I don't remember the conversation hardly at all, but I can definitely still do it.

The scary part about all that is that I'm perfectly capable of doing it all with no loss in efficiency, aside from the occasional moment when I lose focus on any particular one (usually an external bit, like talking or reading), and I do it all without trying. I have to actively push to focus my mind on any one in particular.

At times, I have (mostly jokingly) considered a lobotomy just for some peace in my own head.

 

[Zer_]

I try to imagine scenarios of my future with as much realism as possible, but they always end up with me using some kind of super power to go all Kung Fu / Ninjutsu / Muai Thai on people and have hot steamy sex with multiple women...

Yeah I fail horribly.

 

[Mimssy]

It's like a madhouse in my head. That, or a diner filled with people talking and occasionally everyone screams.

I usually having at least one daydream and a running dialogue going on in my head; most of it is in English.

 

[The Arc of Eden]

I am exactly the same way, i spend more time daydreaming with this sort of mental imagery than i do almost anything else. it keeps me sane, for the lack of social interaction.

 

[SimuLord]

I don't internalize my weirdness. I pawn it off on my stuffed animals. It's amazing just how much a Platonic Lycaeum with plush toys can clarify one's thoughts.

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

I do that too. I also re-write books and movies with me in them in my head.