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Originally Posted by Blue_Bird
Does anyone else do this? I have this embarrassing habit, I know this sounds funny but I'll be walking around my house, having full blown conversations with people who I feel like are there, it could be someone I know or some random person. I just have this sense or feeling that somebody's there. I'll be looking at a chair or the couch where I "see" them and look like I'm actually seeing something. It's kind of awkward if someone comes home and sees me walking around the room talking and laughing.  I think this started when I was younger, I used to feel like someone was always there and people followed me even though I didn't talk to them then. It's weird because even when I'm not talking to them I still in my mind feel like someone's there. I'm not sure how to stop this, I've tried for a number of years, I'm always afraid somebody's going to see me doing this.  Even when I have nothing to talk or can't talk I still feel like someone's there watching me wherever I am and I have to talk to them when they're staring at me. Even when I get myself to stop having conversations with them, in my mind they're still there and follow me. I'm not sure why I feel like that. |
Im always having conversations with myself. my treatment providers say my doing this is completely normal...children learn very young from their parents how to do things like play pretend, use their imagination, pretend you are talking to someone else...in elementary schools teachers also teach things that promote talking to one self like problem solving, thinking/talking a problem through, even with mental health providers theres many different therapy techniques that involve a person journaling/talking aloud/ looking in a mirror and talking to your self/your image, cognative behavior therapy teaches a person to think and work out problems verbally with their self and their treatment providers.. treatment providers also consider it things like getting in touch with your child with in, and having a logical mind/conscience and many other things too..
my collge psych professors also say that having a thinking mind where we can debate the pros and cons and have conversations with ourselves may be what sets humans a part from other species..in a good way...it is through the logical mind that humans are able to evolve into what they are today..I also found out in collge psych classes you looking at a chair or couch and imagining someone is there and talking to them... thats actually a therapy technique used with people who have relationship problems, have been abused and other things...here at the crisis center where I work we use this therapy technique both for preparing victims for their court hearings, preparing them for their confrontations with their abusers or just a way for them to express their self in healthy ways instead of bottling up their thoughts and emotions.
I also see by your profile you have depression/anxiety/panic issues....with many of those we treat and with my own mental disorders of depression/anxiety/bipolar disorder/PTSD/ dissociative issues this kind of thing does happen as part of having these kinds of mental disorders.
my suggestion if this continues to bother you contact a medical doctor or mental health professional in your off line location... they can tell you if this is something you need treatment for or is completely normal for you to do.