talking to myself

I usually converse with myself (and others) in my head, too.

Yeah I talk to myself in my head. If I'm doing something like playing a videogame or whatever I comment out loud every once in a while, but the full-blown conversations are silent. Although sometimes I'll unintentionally blurt out a word or sentence mid-thought, which is always embarassing even if no one's around

I don't really talk to my pets but I do often have full on conversations with myself out loud when I'm alone. I don't even think about it anymore until I catch myself. Having internal thoughts is one thing but saying them out loud solidifies them I guess. Especially if I'm thinking about something that is a revelation or a "breakthrough". I have got to the stage where I have genuiune discussions with myself out loud, sometimes being the voice of 2 people in conversation. I don't know if that really makes sense but yeah. It's totally not an insanity kind of thing. I'm very self aware that I do this and I find when your life is scarce on interactions with people, especially deep or meaningful ones, then it's a pretty healthy thing to do if you feel the need. I sometimes hit record on my phone when I'm trying to work through things with myself or just whatever, so I can have it documented because thoughts and ideas tend to slip in and out of my head and I forget what was thought/said. Could that have to do with my ADD?.. Also I think being alone all the time, you don't really have a reference point for remembering what you did/how you felt yesterday or last week. It's all just one big strip of monotony, if that makes sense.

yeah, i also talk to myself a lot. i live alone and don't really physically speak to people irl very often, so i guess it's the brains' way of trying to remember to speak and strike up a conversation! i also have conversations in my head, and although i'm not sure if this is an AvPD specific thing it might be something else entirely, sometimes it comes in the form of echolalia, where i repeat quotes favourite scenes of movies or shows or just a little jingle i find catchy out loud.

i also maladaptively daydream which causes me to speak out loud, but either to whatever is going on, or as someone else i'm daydreaming as. it's very strange, but glad i'm not the only one who talks to myself! i think it's common in people who don't get a lot of social interaction in their daily life!

redwine109 wrote:i also have conversations in my head, and although i'm not sure if this is an AvPD specific thing it might be something else entirely, sometimes it comes in the form of echolalia, where i repeat quotes favourite scenes of movies or shows or just a little jingle i find catchy out loud.

I'm not sure if it's specifically an AvPD thing, but a lot of people did jump on this thread when it was posted. I've also seen it discussed in other sub-forums.

I repeat phrases sometimes but I think that it's due to OCD.

But about the talking to one's self and having conversations in one's head...I'm still doing it, sometimes to the extent that I'll be surprised how much time has passed when I'm finished. It has nothing to do with dissociation, although I'm beginning to wonder if it falls into the category of maladaptive daydreaming.

I talk out loud to myself all the time. I don't really do it during the day at work but if I'm in my apt, there is a pretty constant flow of chatter. It's really natural for me and seems to be a release since I don't talk much with others.