(((MrsLovett)))

I don't know about a diagnosis, but I don't think that talking to yourself is necessarily a bad thing.

After a very traumatic period of my life, I started talking to myself. I was worried that it meant I was 'crazy', so I tried to stop it. I finally asked my therapist about it, and he encouraged me to talk in private if I wanted to. He said there was nothing wrong with it.

Once I was able to accept that it might be a natural part of my healing, the idea of talking to myself became less scary. After several months, it ended up stopping without me having to force it to stop.

Try to be kind to yourself. It pains me to think of you telling yourself to 'shut up'. Sometimes our minds are like those finger traps -- the more we fight against something, the stronger it holds on. Try saying 'I Love you', the next time you feel the urge to talk to yourself.