TALKING to MYSLEF more OFTEN...

I like your topic because I saw here I'm not the only one.I 'm talking to myself very often too,and I don't want change it .Many time I do it for normal daily things but sometimes when I was agree I find it help me ,also many times I resolve to some o my problems.Hearing laud your thought help you see the things more clean.Anyway I don't know for others but this work good for me.

Geesh, I talk to myself all the time. Just figured it was normal. I'm inside with a 1 year old constantly, so its either I entertain myself or I try and make conversation with my son. Don't get me wrong, I talk to him, but baby talk only gets you so far. Maybe next time someone says something or looks at you funny you can just grin and say "Don't worry, I'm not answering myself." :)

I think talking to yourself is really just thinking allowed, at least if you talk to yourself you will always be in agreeance, no arguments there...I wouldn't worry I think it is ok...

I find nothing wrong with talking to one's self. You might be surprised at the intelligent or even funny answers you give to yourself. Sometimes you need to ask yourself questions and the answers pop out of your mouth rather than from your mind. Or, you find yourself speaking the answers outload as you think them. If you are used to being in an evironment of talking to others all day, than you might be going through an adjustment period. No harm done. You say things to yourself without realizing you are talking. I have done that many times. To me, it is another form of communication and does not mean I am crazy or lonely or any of the other attached nonsense. You might learn some new things about yourself and discover understandings to your feelings by listening to yourself talk. It is the ones who constantly spew out jibberish that have lost themselves. I think they fear they won't exist if they can't always hear themselves talking.

well, i talk to myself, but more often i talk to inanimate objects. like the computer or tv etc. i guess the "questionable" part is that i will sometimes answer back for whatever object im talking to. so i guess i crossed some line back there a ways! lol

Totally normal girl! I do it too. I think everyone does. I also talk to my cats. I tell them things like "We've gotta get the house cleaned up before Daddy comes home". :)

Good morning WesternValleyGirl, If you're not hearing voices responding to your mumblings, then I'm confident that you're ok. Gotta' watch out for those voices though (wink, wink). And I thought talking to one's self was just a way to pick and choose your best audience! OK, joking aside, I agree with Lilaclady. I'd bet that you're just 'keeping on top' of your projects and chores. If you created a "To Do" list, that you managed throughout the day, I'll bet your audible, inner-personal communications would diminish. I honestly don't see this as much as a problem, as an indicator that: either you're letting yourself know that you need to be more organized, or you need more social interaction. If you find that your mumblings are an indicator of a lack of socialization, and in light of your recent action to cut off contact with your vexatious buddy, I wonder if you're not feeling that much more isolated. How 'bout this: what if you started your day off by planning to call a friend or relative (just to chat) at a specified time. Then, when that time arrives, put your work on the back burner, and give yourself the time and permission to really 'be in the moment' for that call? When you hang up, you can turn your mind back on to work matters. Make yourself a mental list (or update your written list) of what you still need to do, then dig back in. This will train your mind to differentiate between internal and external dialogue. It'll give you an outlet to manage the inner trackings of your day, and also somewhat satisfy your social needs. Taking it one step farther (if you live near a center of commerce): You might find it useful to take a walk, go to a bookstore, or go pick up a mocha latté at the same time each day. If you keep your awareness up, you might find a neighbor gal who is also walking or picking up java a the same time. This may create the opportunity to make a new acquaintance. I have also worked from home before. The sense of isolation can be somewhat daunting. Especially, since I live in the sticks. Social interaction is a basic human need (for most of us anyway). Finding ways to satisfy that need, especially after moving to a new area, is really pretty important. You strike me as rather creative. I'll bet if you put your mind to it, you're sure to find a new social outlet. Take Care-

You are too funny thats what Ive been doing but I have cats I talk to so it doesnt seem to bad.LOL Dont worry about it I think its perfectly normal and who cares anyway. But your right about the mumbling Im doing that alot lately and my husband just looks at me and says your mumbling and shakes his head. what a nerve dont you think? Cheers have a good day

We are our own best company and we never lose the war of words with ourselves. It can become a pervasive habit and with two charming ladies to converse with it brings me to ask what were you thinking. They would have been the better choice to be talking with. There is nothing wrong with talking amongst ourself however in public it is something to be aware of. Good luck with this one.

Don't feel bad-- I am surronded by people throughout the day but I still talk to myself. Mostly at work.. when I am trying to work through a problem-- I talk to myself.. I really think it helps me figure it out. My co-workers think I'm crazy!! I think they are crazy because they don't talk to themselves and it takes them alot longer to get the job done. I don't tend to talk to myself at home. And I don't carry on a conversation with myself.. that would be too funny.. If you start to ask yourself questions and then answer yourself- there might be a problem.. : )

I think everyone talks to themselves. Everyone does it quietly in their minds, but sometimes it does come out. I talk to myself all the time whenever I'm thinking of what I need to do. When I'm alone I'll end up mumbling something too.

I live alone and also find myself doing this !next time your mom or anyone else makes a comment about it do as I do and say at least i do have many intelegent conversations!

Oh, how funny is this? Not only do I talk to myself, I argue with myself and have entire conversations with myself. I sit at home all day with three very large dogs. I talk to them when I can keep them awake long enough to listen to me, but they rarely talk back. Who knows, maybe if I keep them awake long enough, they'll talk back to me eventually. Ya think?

I noticed the same thing. I talk to myself and actually tell myself to shut up sometimes. I think it's fine though. Sometimes I catch myself babbling about nothing but no one has said anything about it.

well at least yourself won't argue with you, and you will always agree with each other ahahah.. for me that is normal, only people around us must say that we are insane, well , just do not care...

This is the last time tonight that I can respond to this post to bunp you up top on this discussion. I just don't think it's right that it happened. I want to get everyone to respond to your post instead of his. Just to let you know, I posted to that discussion, to let him know what he did. I did it in a nice, friendly, matter-of-factly way. Hope it helps!

I am also doing the same but not consciously. Everytime is talk to myself i realise a little later what am i doing but the fact is that it is making me feel sick about myself and is of no use like it is to the others. I sit alone all the time at home, dont have any good friend now to talk to because all of them betrayed me and i think i am just under depression for this only . I feel like socialising to come out of this but with whom???

I talk to myself all the time, in my mind. Or sometimes blurt out a few words, but not talking, as in having a spoken conversation with myself. I don't think it's odd. It's a lot like praying and talking to God. You someone is listening :)

Yanno, I haven't found that I talk any more or less to myself when I am mostly alone, vs. when I am socially active. I think (at least for me) how much I am talking to myself is mostly dependent on how much is going on in my HEAD, not in my surrounding life. On the few rare occasions when I have been "caught" at it, I have mostly gotten some rather sad looks, like people are pitying me... UNLESS, of course, the person who overheard is a fellow "self-talker."

I do it all the time. I think of a topic and I talk about it to my self. It's a good way to practice your mind to think. The problem is if you do it in the presence of other people. They might think you're losing it.