Do you talk to yourself?

I talk to myself a lot, but I'm trying to channel my Dad, and I give myself good advice. Otherwise, I'm sort of a dunderhead.

R1 I do that too! I know what he would likely say to me and his posthumous advice has come in handy.

that's what happen when I talk too much to myself...

What does the guy in the picture have to do with talking to yourself?

He's thinking about the question!

I don't talk out loud, but I often leave myself rude notes, like "Set your alarm for 7, you lazy fucker". I also intentionally set my future self up to do work that I don't want to do now. I figure if history's any indicator, he'll be an asshole and deserves it.

OP just wanted to an excuse to post that picture

[quote]He's thinking about the question!

People like that don't have the mental capacity for that kind of activity.

OP, it's perfectly normal to talk to yourself, heck, it's even ok to answer yourself. When you start interrupting yourself, you in danger girl.

I say little things but at most a few times a day or week. I don't have conversations.

I talk to the dogs, they don't answer back. Does that count as talking to yourself? If it does I am all in.

I'm a loner, live alone. Talk to myself all the time, mostly in affirmation and self-deprecation. In public, people sometimes ask "Did you say something to me?". To which I reply, "No, I was talking to myself". I find I enjoy far more intelligent conversations with myself than with the smart-phone obsessed masses.

I talk, answer, gesture and mumble. Most of my interaction when I’m am out in public is less than kind or sympathetic. Medications haven’t really helped and they give me crazy eyes. Which goes great with the talking, mumbling and moving hands.

I talk to the cats and they sleep right through me. Who knows what the neighbors think? Thankfully, I don't care.

I do but I shouldn't as the military now has a technology to listen.

OP, is that you?

Talking to yourself, dear? That's the first sign of madness, you know.

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Urg I do this all the time, at home, in the car, wherever I know I am completely alone. While it sometimes bothers me (I do sometimes feel like I'm insane), much of the talking is me having a one-sided conversation with people I need/want to talk to about something specific. It's a form of rehearsal I guess. I have a friend who is having a very difficult time right now, made worse by her very poor decision-making skills and general boneheaded-ness. It's hard to discuss with her due to her own issue with denial; so I talk to her, but without her being there. Unfortunately, I never really have the balls to do the full performance to the intended person. But it's very cathartic. As of late, I have few friendships with people who can adequately discuss topics I like. And even with some of my most intelligent, well-spoken friends, they just don't seem to get from where I'm coming on certain topics. So I find it nice to be able to sit on my porch during the evenings and discuss the topics with myself. Or I come on here and bitch at you bitches. You all help me through this challenging time!

I talk to myself when alone in the house, it's nice to have a conversation with an intelligent person...

Verbalization of inner thoughts. If you didn't say it out loud, then you'd still be saying it all in your head. Not a big deal.

Am I the only one who doesn’t think 1/2 of those bluetooths are really turned on?

I talk to my cats all the time. They’re certainly better, and more intelligent, company than most humans.

No. I get quite enough cuntery on the DL, thx.

Only crazy people talk to myself. Being a cool dude, I've done time and of course, I didn't give into the man so I was placed in the pound many-a-times. I never once in all that time in the hole, talked to myself. Why? Because I'm not crazy.

Great pic, OP. Guys in deep thought are hot.

I'm very lonely. I like my inside head to say how ugly and alone I'll always be. At least it tells the truth.

I read about how some people think in language and others don't. I certainly do, and I wonder if that isn't why I do talk out loud when I'm home alone. I'm not talking to myself in the sense of a conversation but I'm working out a sentence or thought, and out loud is where it comes together for me. I've always done it. It can be exhausting when it's rehearsing difficult conversations and I get into an iterative loop.

My favorite sculpture, R26, The Wanker.

Below as above, you are sincerely loved, R27. Squash that negative voice, and learn to appreciate the simple things. "I am grateful for........" and so and and so on. Have a nice day, pal.

We talk for hours.

[quote]It's hard to discuss with her due to her own issue with denial; so I talk to her, but without her being there. Unfortunately, I never really have the balls to do the full performance to the intended person. But it's very cathartic.

I did something similar when I had a horrible job and an even worse manager. In those imaginary conversations, while dreading another day of work, I would be allowed to speak (normally very rare) and she would be forced to listen (normally unheard of). So, I could tell her what a complete goddamned waste of space and oxygen she is, get it out of my system, and make it through another day without actually saying that.

As you say, it's very cathartic.

I talk to myself, my dogs, my dead loved ones. I also do dance routines and act out scenes from movies.

I talk to myself even though I’m not always alone. I mean I only do it when I’m alone of course. Because it’s weird. 😄 But yes I think modern humans are more isolated than when we first evolved. We developed as we did to be vocal and talking is just part of what we are.

I talk to the trees, but they don't listen. Damn them.

I spend most of my time alone and verbalize my thoughts a lot. I’ve been caught a couple of times in public but I don’t care. I like my own company.

I have a bad habit of talking to myself when I'm deep in thought. I'll argue the pros and cons of something to myself to make a decision. I got this habit from my mother, who is a bad as I am.

[quote]Great pic, OP. Guys in deep thought are hot.

His thoughts: "...What am I going to put in my smoothie today? ...What about my protein shake? ...What about that person who isn't looking at me? *static* ...What about my protein shake? ...What should I wear after this? ...What am I going to put in my smoothie today? ...I should finish my set."

R38 tbh when they look like he does, the thoughts are irrelevant (and best kept unspoken)

I've been talking to myself since I was a kid.

This thread makes me feel a little less crazy.

I talk to my bottle

Thinking ... about the peen

Every morning, I look into the toilet bowl and say a la Bette Davis "WHAT! A DUMPUH!"

I do it all the time in the car. I sometimes wonder what other people must think if they look over at me on the interstate. Maybe they just think I'm on the phone.

Because I watched the goddamn creepy CATS! trailer, I can't stop singing "Memory!" but I do it in an obnoxious posho British accent. My cat hates it.

Same here, R44. I'm like John C Reilly's character in Magnolia.

Yes, and I sing as well because it puts me in a good mood, but it's something no one needs to hear.