Talking to yourself?

Hey Guys! I was just wondering if you would think talking to one's self is considered normal or do I have some sort of mental health issue?

I've been doing it as long as I can think of and I constantly do it all the time. When no one is home I talk to myself out loud and even answer the questions that I'm asking, pretending that someone else is actually there with me and is answering them. To some degree I believe that someone who I talk to is around me even though I know he doesn't exist.

So what do you guys think?

I think it is totally normal. I think most all people do that. All it is really is just thinking outloud. Everyone has some sort of dialogue with themselves. Just sometimes it spills out of our mouths.

I do it at work and home. Sometimes it helps me think.

Yh nearly everyone you see, meet would have or still do talk to themselves. Some people do it out loud and others just in thier head.

I talk to myself, actually helps me think sometimes.

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I do it all the time. I get made fun of but it helps me reason things out. It's like a person reads a book in a whisper to themselves. Helps with understanding.

Perfectly normal. I even have arguments with myself

Me too! I get more sense out of talking to myself that I do my own family.

I do it all the time. I get some strange looks, but I think everyone does it secretly.

My therapist actually encouraged and told me that I am definitely not crazy because of it. She does it too.

Thanks you guys! glad to know I'm not the only one who does this

I do it at home a lot - it helps me work through some issues I might be having and generally just helps me feel a bit less 'silenced.' Living alone can have that affect. I wouldn't worry about it to be honest...you can always get a second opinion but maybe wait to see if this is something that gets more pronounced and starts interrupting your functioning. Good luck.

Are you kidding? I'm the only one who will listen to me!

Just by you saying this, gives me assurance that I'm not in the traditional sense of the word, crazy. Thanks.

I do it all the time. It helps me keep my thoughts organized because I have to slow down to actually speak them out. If I just go with the train wreck that is my train of thought, I can't keep up with my thoughts.

Definitely not crazy. When I worked with computers and was trying to figure out a problem, I did it a lot! I still find myself doing it quite a bit.

There is only one time when I know I'm going hypomanic is when every stinking thought that even remotely enters my brain goes immediately out my mouth especially when I'm by myself. The last time I was hypomanic, it was the only thing that annoyed me.

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Not only do I do it, as well, most of my friends do it, too. I do it as rehearsal for various hypothetical situations, acting, practicing my people-skills, etc. I also have an imaginary friend (I understand that that isn't exactly a sane revelation but it doesn't bother me). My friend's husband has a wall in the house that he has named Bob. I used to have a chair that I used to argue with named The A- Chair (name anonymous). I ended up having to throw it in the dumpster because I couldn't fit it in the new place we moved to.

Actors practice in front of a mirror. No one bats an eye about that. Talking to one's self can make them a better communicator, better prepared for certain situations. Also, saying things out loud can help one to work through certain dilemmas. Just my opinion. I don't see anything wrong with it.

i do. Normalcy is subjective anyhow.

I never do it with open mouth. When someone thinks aloud I sometimes consider it normal: For example someone is solving a problem, while others are watching him solving it, and at a certain moment switches to saying aloud the steps he takes to overcome distraction. At other moments I consider it remarkable and wonder if the person behaving that way is maybe very lonely. In the beginning someone at my sport club was occasionally talking aloud. I wasn’t certain if he was talking to me or only thinking aloud and I asked what he was saying. Then I received the answer that he was thinking or determining how late he had to leave or so. At other moments he was talking to others much too softly.
Maybe how normal it is depends on country and era. I read somewhere that people started reading silently in the middle ages: A History of Reading - Steven Roger Fischer - Google Boeken

Before I heard voices I use to talk to myself, have convos, talk about my emotions, my life. It's like self therapy. I enjoyed it a lot. I talked with my subconscious. I never did it in public but when I was alone I did it. So yes it's ok because it can be a release. If you can't talk to yourself how can you talk to others about your problems?

I talk to myself as I live on my own and sometimes I talk back back to the voices in my head. I doubt if anybody hears me and if they do I don't care.

I actually found somewhere, that people who talk to themselves have been found to be more intelligent. I think you could probably look that up online somewhere.

Personally though I did not start doing it, until I was isolated.
I find when I talk to myself. Its because I was without talking to another person. I think the brain is just telling us we need to communicate with others. I think the more intelligent one is, the more they will speak to themselves because there is less thinkers out there today that could hold conversation with us. We are just reasoning out loud with ourselves.

Personally for me, I just make it a joke answering myself. Even asking myself out loud questions. My philosophy is, is because I do not know anyone really sound enough that could give me the right answer. LOL
Its all in fun though...

I think its much like the others are saying. Its reasoning out loud. ...and I think it happens mostly when we are more alone, or not around people who we can actually reason with or communicate with.

but yea...I think its normal...and I also think its an intelligent thing.

I do it all the time--well, mostly when no one is around. And I have conversations with people I know who are not there. Why? I guess partly because I am lonely. Perhaps it's my ADD kicking in--like my brain is going so fast, the thoughts just spill out.

Sometimes, it's just vocalising thought out loud.

Too a CERTAIN extent

I always talk to myself, I think it helps me organize my thoughts or stay somewhat focused.