[shortandcute]

I've always had the habit of "imagining conversations" in my head, and I knew they weren't real. But, lately, when I start doing that, I get absorbed in my thoughts and start thinking I'm actually having that conversation. I don't do that every single time, but it's been happening quite a lot. Thoughts?

does it help you?

how does it make you feel afterwards- and do you mean with other voices, or just people you want to talk to in the real world

[HALLIEBETH87]

Omg I've always done this too.

Sometimes I get so immersed I get emotional

[eeyore1234]

I do it all the time to...
But I know the conversations are only in my head, that they aren't real.
I can also get emotional.

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[NoIdeaWhatToDo]

I do this, too. Not with voices, but imagining conversations I would have with others. Sometimes they're totally benign. Often they come when I feel upset over something; the conversations probably don't go in my head like they would in real life. My internal conversations end up really heated and reactionary - I get super worked up, angry, sad, etc. I don't think I ever have these conversations within the positive realm of things.

[shortandcute]

Originally Posted by shattered sanity

does it help you?

how does it make you feel afterwards- and do you mean with other voices, or just people you want to talk to in the real world

I don't really hear voices while I'm doing that. It's usually people I know--but there were a couple of times when I thought another person was there. It's weird, because I don't see or hear anything--I just think I'm having a real conversation. It's like I just space out or go in a trance or something.

Originally Posted by HALLIEBETH87

Omg I've always done this too.

Sometimes I get so immersed I get emotional

lol I do the same. I get all emotional and stuff

I guess I really get into it

Glad I'm not the only one

I do this too!! It's like a therapy session and I feel it's helpful in my case, except I can get lost in my head sometimes and that's not good. (((Hugs to you)))

[ComfortablyNumb5]

Oh wow I do this a lot too. Especially when I'm practicing a confrontation in my head. And I suppose I could get out of hand with it and believe I may of said some things. Unfortunately when it comes time to having that confrontation I totally clam up and don't say anything lol.

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[eeyore1234]

Do you think "normal" people does it or does it has something to do with having bipolar?

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[Bipolarchic14]

LOL I also do that sometimes

[xRavenx]

Wow....I was just thinking today about how I always get imaginary conversations in my head too. I never really hear anyone bring it up, so I was wondering how many people experience this. The conversations in my head can last for a long period of time and get pretty deep lol.

I'm not sure if it is a mental health symptom for me or not. It comes randomly and automatically, but it's usually involving someone in my life: a boyfriend, an ex-boyfriend, my mother, a friend, someone who passed away....most of the time it is someone I'm close to or was close to. Every now and then it is with someone I wish I was close to (example: when I was manic, I would experience this where it involved a famous person who I was obsessed with). I wish I knew more about the cause for this. Sometimes these conversations could be helpful, but sometimes they make me feel bad when it is someone I miss or wish was there to talk to me, but they aren't there.

[Christopher1990]

this hasn't happened like it used to but it does occasionally happen when very tired trying to take a nap. its so ****ing weird. and the conversations are so detailed and random idk where its coming from

[ezogyo]

I do that too, specially when I need motivation or when I'm upset, thinking and reflecting about life. Although I'm not sure if it's a form of psychosis. When my pdoc asked me if I hear voices, I told him about this. Having to talk with my "imaginary friend" in my head. He said it might be psychosis as there is a spectrum of it. But till this day, he did not gave me a definite answer. But I'd like to think that this is normal It helped me at times when I was feeling lonely.