I don't think i'm crazy or anything...but i find it easy to solve life problems by talking to myself. I look at a problem almost from a 3rd person point of view. So if i talk to myself and answer back does that mean I am crazy? I hope not.
2006-06-24 17:05:53 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
No. Everybody does that.
That's your ego talking to your alter ego.
The word ego is taken directly from Latin where it is the nominative of the first person singular personal pronoun and is translated as "I myself" to express emphasis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego%2C_super-ego%2C_and_id
An alter ego (from Latin, "other I") is another self, a second personality or persona within a person.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alter_ego
2006-06-24 17:12:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
No I don't think you're crazy. Lots of people talk to themselves. Sometimes you just need a sounding board for your thoughts and ideas. Every notice that you can call someone, unload your problems to them, they don't even say a word of advice, and you end up feeling better?
Why, just the othe day I had a good discussion with myself about sharing a room with a spouse. Through careful debate and deliberation with myself I came to the conclusion that it is unnatural to share a bedroom with a spouse. People only do it because their parents did and everyone they know does it. I think it's been done in the past to save space and money, and it caught on. But I feel we all need to have space to call our own. Coupes see and share too much of each other and I think this contributes to the rising divorce rate. When I get married I plan to have my own room and my husband can come it when he wants sex and then can go back to his own room. Who wants someone kicking around in their bed all night?
2006-06-24 17:14:37 · answer #2 · answered by lynz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you are not crazy. Sometimes it is the only way to sort out a problem. Your inner voice was telling you the solution all the while , but you chose to ignore and talking to yourself brings the solution to the surface.
2006-06-24 17:19:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, I do not think so, some people try to resolve querys, by gesticulating, pacing up and down, scratching their head, looking up with squinted eyes and curled up lips, and your way of coping is talking to yourself; if it is simply this, there is nothing wrong with it. Now if you hear voices other than your own, and that your "consciousness" tells you they are phantom voices, then it would be worth going for a consultation. Many people do this, but often times, very privately, and hardly if not minimally audible..
2006-06-24 17:16:26 · answer #4 · answered by chito53 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's strange to have conversations with yourself. Talking a little out loud when no one else is there, that's normal. Having conversations is not. Go seek couseling or call the police and tell them about the bodies beneath your house.
2006-06-24 17:08:37 · answer #5 · answered by spudric13 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you are not crazy.I do it too.! I think that it helps to hear yourself speak and work things out verbally. Sometimes you just can't work things out silently in your mind so you speak it out loud and it helps tremendously! This is the way I look at it. I've solved a whole lot of problems this way. You have a lot of company on this one believe me.
2006-06-24 17:15:46 · answer #6 · answered by December Princess 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all. If you start fighting with yourself and someone wins then you might have a problem ( I am just kidding)
No sorting things out by yourself is a great way to handle things. Keep it up.
2006-06-24 17:11:09 · answer #7 · answered by Mrs. Mac 4 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course you're not crazy. Everybody has their own methods of tackling an issue and that is yours. It happens to be mine, too. I sometimes "discuss" it with myself when I'm trying to figure out the best method to complete a task. Don't worry about it....you're fine.
2006-06-24 17:11:50 · answer #8 · answered by kj 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many people talk to themselves, there is something called Metacognitive processing in which we picture ourselves problem solving and a lot of people talk to themselves during this process to help make things clearer
2006-06-24 17:36:09 · answer #9 · answered by Jason 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO, You are rationalizing. And sometimes it helps to do it out loud, quietly though, please, others are trying to think as well. For whatever an opinion is worth, I think it shows a high order of thinking. I don't hold conversations with myself, i think i am too boring, but i do see how things sound out loud sometime.
2006-06-24 17:20:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
haha, i do that all the time. i talk to myselfin the 3rd person sometimes to figure something out.....i dont think im crazy. The way i see it: if your sane enough to "ask" yourself or someone if your crazy or not, then you arent crazy.
2006-06-24 17:08:21 · answer #11 · answered by jason 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋