do you talk to yourself?

[xSuperMario64x]

got yet another Brewster's Café Question™ for yall

do you talk to yourself? I don't mean just muttering out a few words here and there when you're alone, I mean flat-out having a conversation with yourself.

I talk to myself all the time when I'm alone, and I've been doing it since I was a kid. I find that it's really difficult to articulate my thoughts when they're just tunneling through my head so if I can talk them out I process them better. I also really like doing "commentaries" when I'm playing video games, even when I'm not recording myself playing, I've been doing that since I started playing SM64 again in 2011.
I don't talk to myself when I'm around others, mostly to give them my attention but also bc I'm afraid to be thought of as weird (when I was a kid my dad would always be like "who are you talking to in there?" as if he doesn't also talk to himself ). that's why I always need my own private space where I can just be myself, so I can talk to myself without being judged lol. I know some people think it's weird but I think it's kinda funny, especially when I know that someone else is talking to themselves.

 

[Croconaw]

I post a lot of threads in here, too. I love Brewster’s Cafe!
I do talk to myself. It’s more mumbling, though. I’m not loud enough for people to hear me. I also don’t have an indoor voice and I talk loud enough for people to hear me. That’s another question for another time, though, but at least that’s good for public speaking.

I guess I just like hearing things in the background, even if it’s just myself talking. If I hear someone talking to themselves, I’ll just assume they have bluetooth. I heard a guy talking at a thrift store about how you can’t get a decent burger from McDonald’s. Turns out he was on the phone. Can’t say I disagree, though. I always get a chicken sandwich when I go to McDonald’s.

 

[Neb]

Ever since the pandemic I’ve been talking to myself constantly. For whatever reason doing it makes me feel less anxious. One of my moms hate it though. She thinks it’s weird that I have one sided conversations with myself.

 

[daringred_]

not at all lmao. i don't even have an inner voice until i'm asked a question or i actively think about it. like, some people will just always be thinking, but i am frequently the embodiment of "head empty, no thoughts" which is probably why i always need to have a video or music playing, because then i will internally... speak? along to whatever is being said/sung or think about my ocs instead. idk how to explain really. just now for example i've been watching a video while decorating an area of my town, but the only time i had an inner voice was when i was thinking about what items i could use. otherwise i was just playing with an empty head, y'know? nothing's going on in there lmao.

 

[nightglow]

All the time. I also talk to inanimate objects too. It usually happens when I feel confused or frustrated or anxious. And I do answer my own questions. Take that has you will lol.

 

[TurnipBell20]

I talk to myself all the time when I‘m alone, haha. I don’t think it’s weird, it’s a way of entertaining myself. For me, it’s sometimes connected to my imagination, like when I do a commentary on a video game, I imagine that I am actually recording myself.

 

[-Mars-]

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[VanitasFan26]

yes I do all the time, because it makes me feel comfortable.

 

[Mr_Keroppi]

I dont talk to myself at all... But I do talk to my Bunnie Plushy. She listens to me when my family are bored of hearing my voice xD

 

[Shawna]

I dont talk to myself at all... But I do talk to my Bunnie Plushy. She listens to me when my family are bored of hearing my voice xD
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As for me, I talk to myself all the time. XDDDD

 

[LadyDestani]

Oh, yes, I talk to myself all the time. I only do it when I'm alone, never around other people, partially because I don't want to be judged for doing it and also because a lot of things I say to myself are not meant for others to overhear. If I'm mad about something, I vent to myself and it helps me distance myself from the situation and calm down. Same thing if I'm overly anxious or stressed. Having conversations with myself gives me a different perspective and I find that very helpful in finding solutions to my problems.

 

[Bui]

All the time. Most of it stems from the fact that my mind almost always feels like it's racing along with hundreds of random and unrelated thoughts all trying to make themselves heard at the same time, and talking to myself makes it easier for me to focus on a particular thought without it being drowned out by all of the others.

@xSuperMario64x - Reading it again, I noticed that your post is almost identical to my own experiences when it comes to this.

 

[AccfSally]

Yes, I especially do it when I'm coming up with dialogue for a story that I'm currently (trying to) write; I find it better than just keeping it up in my mind.

 

[Disneyfangirl23]

Sometimes

 

[Autumn247]

Yes, pretty much all the time when I'm alone, I have conversations with myself. It can be entertaining and also comforts me, helps my anxiety. I don't do it when I'm with other people, it's just kind of a self soothing thing I do when alone and anxious which is a lot of the time.

 

[DaisyFan]

I do that all the time, only when I'm alone. I would talk about things I want to do, things I completed, YouTube video I watched, and more by myself. I've been doing this since middle school.

 

[. Rarity .]

Yes. Often when Im coming up with dialogue for characters, esspecially for my novel.

 

[Stella-Io]

Alot, esp playing videogames that can invoke fight-or-flight like Skyrim or when I need a certain process to do things, like decorating my NH island. I say my thoughts outloud like 'I need to do this before I do that cause I need this to be able to later do this other thing-' ect...

 

[Seastar]

Sometimes, but definitely not out loud. If I did it out loud, I'd still embarrass myself even if nobody else could hear it.

 

[-Blue-]

Now and then I do. Especially when I'm trying to figure out a problem or talk a life problem out so I can come to the best solution that is best for me. As in my health and sanity. And not like trying to benefit at the expense of someone else.