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Originally Posted by TerriLynn
What is this, or do "normal" people do this, or is it a product of my past abuse?
I have conversations with other people in my head. Real people, my husband, therapist, people at work, etc. mostly, sometimes fictional, sometimes no one. Not conversations that have already been had and replaying, but unique, individual conversations.
This morning on the way to work I was having conversations with my therapist. I would say something then I would be him saying something, not actually hearing his voice. I guess telling myself the things I want to hear.
Then I made up a story in my head when I saw a bus that had a unique kind of skirt around it. I made up this story about how it makes the gas mileage better and how one guy invented in and tested it on one bus and the people at the school board noted that it only saved a few dollars a month, but the guy argued that added on each bus a few dollars a month would add up to $1800 a year and that would at least buy band or sports equipment.
WHY am I making up stories in my head!!!
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yes having conversations inside is normal. some locations and cultures call it having a conscience. some locations call it playing pretend, using ones imagination, others call it roll playing and still others call it thinking, mentally working out a situations.
for most people this is an automatic cognitive skill, for others it is taught at home, in schools, one common example is when a child is in math class the instructor writes something on the board and the student is expected to "work the problem out in their head" another common example is watching a group of children playing dress up or house some will be talking and another will be thinking, some will be roll playing.
in short its part of being a human being with a thinking mind.
if you feel your pretending/roll playing is out of control there is ways you can help yourself to be more extroverted rather than an introverted thinker, the most common way is just by noticing when you are daydreaming \ pretending \ roll playing these conversations and say the word stop then go back to what is real for you rather than the imaginary.
to find out the why someone does this you might take a college course on the brain, or go to your library and do some research on the brain and how the brain works.