is it because they are maybe lonely?
i walked past an elderly lady today and she was having a good conversation with herself
2006-06-19 23:34:46 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
Some older people remember things as they were when they where young. My Granda used to talk to his wife - she died when she was 35 and my dad (the oldest of 9) was 14. But he had a hard life - god love him! I always remember him saying to me...
'Be nice to the old cause someday you'll be old too'
Strange when you think of it like that isn't it??
2006-06-19 23:40:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
One reason could be a problem socially or mentally. That's the harsh reality. It's also on that may not always be true. One of the keys to marketing says that people can remember things better if they hear it more than once or write it down (even if they don't keep the paper to look at it later.) It could be that they want to remember something and simply it is not convenient for them to write it down. So, it may not be that someone has a problem, but it can't be discounted and could possibly be that.
2006-06-19 23:40:34 · answer #2 · answered by waylandbill 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mental illness such as senile dementia plays a big part, but sometimes I think its just for company. Many old people are lonely and talking to themselves must be like having a 2nd (or 3rd, or 4th...) person around
2006-06-19 23:56:18 · answer #3 · answered by Secret Squirrel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not just old thing, i talk to myself it helps me to remember things. My 6 yr old talks to herself when she plays with her dolls and a lot of 30 - 40 yr olds i know do it too. Dementia is memory loss it is when an older person thinks they are living in a time which has already happened but they think it is happening to them now it has nothing to do with them talking to themselves unless it is gibberish talk.
2006-06-19 23:47:51 · answer #4 · answered by Abs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps if you had stopped and chatted to this elderly lady, you'd have the answer to the question yourself. But no, you prefered to walk past her and leave her trapped in her solitude and issolation.
2006-06-19 23:41:56 · answer #5 · answered by Invisible 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some are lonely. Some are just crazy like a lot of young people.
2006-06-19 23:40:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obviously not only old people talk to themselves.
Most people even though they may not realize it, are talking to themselves since usually nobody is listening to what you are saying.
Personally, I rather talk to myself. I have had some wonderful conversations. I never hurt my own feelings and I don't have to worry about someone revealing my most intimate feelings.
2006-06-19 23:41:56 · answer #7 · answered by No Soy de Aqui ni Soy De Alla 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol, old people do that because they're remembering their past. Young people(tehehe me!) do that, people will throw us in the hospital!
Anyway, they're just lonely or maybe they have some mental health problem... I think there's something about it, I've read somewhere.. but I don't remember.. :)
But, you know what? Young people do it too! :D Too much imagination I guess =D hehehe
2006-06-19 23:39:17 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's one of the phases of getting old. When my grandpa was dying from lung cancer last November, he wouldn't talk the last 2 days of his life... and before that he would talk to himself... it's just a process...(sad but true)
2006-06-20 00:02:19 · answer #9 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They maybe lonely? And that might be what helps them cope, like if they have lost a loved one, or something like that... They could have dementia...But I'm not 100% sure thoe...
2006-06-19 23:38:27 · answer #10 · answered by bek 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋