[defyinggravity65]

As a high schooler I had maladaptive daydreaming. When I was in college I developed OCD and channeled that day dreaming tendency into talking to myself whenever anything bothers me. I will talk, out loud, only when I'm alone and list out all my obsessions/problems and pretend I'm talking to a therapist. Sometimes I will then pretend to be a therapist and talk back.
I also talk to myself in the sense that I rehearse conversations before they happen or repeat/"go over" conversations that already happened.
I do this alot and don't think any of these conversations are actually real but it feels compulsive and kind of habitual/uncontrollable
Am I totally crazy?

[Artchic528]

If you are, so am I. I also talk to myself out loud, even in public. I find myself doing it when I'm shopping alone. I can't seem to keep my mouth shut, no matter how hard I try. It's just something I do. It grants me strange looks from other shoppers, and I get embarrassed sometimes.

When I'm home alone, I do the same thing. It's just something I do without realizing it. I guess I'll always do this.

3rd here- I talk to myself constantly even when i am talking to others. lol

[divine1966]

I talk to myself. But not as much as my fiancée. He holds the whole entire conversation. It helps him with OCD and Tourettes so it is ok. I got used to it

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[ManOfConstantSorrow]

I would say 'not crazy'. It seems that you have a very active interior life that surfaces in talking to yourself. I feel this is probably quite therapeutic and helpful for you.

[I talk to myself quite a lot.]

[coyotee]

Originally Posted by Artchic528

If you are, so am I. I also talk to myself out loud, even in public. I find myself doing it when I'm shopping alone. I can't seem to keep my mouth shut, no matter how hard I try. It's just something I do. It grants me strange looks from other shoppers, and I get embarrassed sometimes.

When I'm home alone, I do the same thing. It's just something I do without realizing it. I guess I'll always do this.

I talk to myself at the store too sometimes. I was really embarrassed the other day, people definitely heard me rationalizing why I should buy this but not that.

I do it at home too. I only realize it when I start repeating myself.

[DisorganisedMind]

I sometimes do it if I'm alone and in the house. I figured it was maybe loneliness. Also talk to the dog a lot when we're alone or even if it's just us and kids.

[lors]

I talk to myself all the time. But when there are other people, I usually just mouth the words or talk softly.

I don't *think there's anything wrong with talking to one's self. In fact I think it's helpful because you're talking with a different perspective. It broadens the mind.

It only becomes a problem if it becomes uncontrollable and disruptive to yourself and others. Otherwise, keep talking, I say.

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[convalescence]

If you are crazy then I am as well! I think it's a coping mechanism for some people. Talking to myself (whether it's to reason something out or "escape" from the real world) helps calm me down. If it doesn't impair you, then don't worry about it.

[kicker412]

I have OCD, anxiety and depression, and I do it from time to time. Sometimes, it helps to verbalize. I'm usually conscious of when other people are around. But I'll talk to myself in the car or maybe the shower. I find it's better than carrying on a conversation inside my own head!

[coyotee]

I'm thinking back, I actually knew a girl at work who talked to herself a lot when she was making decisions. She verbalized even small moves she was about to make. No one judged her outwardly or secretly. No one thought it made her crazy. If anything, it showed that she was careful about her decisions and those decisions were typically very good choices at the end of the day.

I knew another man at work though who talked to himself a lot who was often scolding and judging others critically under his breath, mostly customers and clients when they weren't around. I think we all judged him a little bit. It understandable to be frustrated and let it slip, but to the extent he did it, it was hard to trust him. If he could be so nasty about others maybe he could be nasty about us.

I think it kind of depends on what you're talking about with yourself when others are around. I would sometimes mutter to myself when I made a little mistake, or rather I didn't do something to my high standards, and I sensed that maybe people thought I was making bigger mistakes than what I was uttering. I didn't want to seem careless. So for that, it took some time to control the quiet outbursts to restore some professional demeanor.

[lors]

One tip for self-talkers; get a bluetooth earpiece. They'll be none the wiser hehe

Self-talker and daydreamer here. I detach from reality a lot because it's not pleasant to me. Are you crazy? If you are, then I am.