Sometimes I think out loud. Depending on what I'm doing, I may ask myself questons and give myself the answer I believe is right. Or sometimes I can not come up with the answer so I have to toell myself no, that's night right. Like I'm having a debate with myself!!! I believe everyone does it, but just not out loud. It just feel sbetter when I actually hear my voice. Kind of like reading a book to yourself out loud rather than in your mind. Is that an illness? It seems normal to me. It's not like I'm having an intellectual conversation with another, I'm just thinking out loud. People tell me it's not the thinking out loud that's bad, it's the fact that I'm answering myself out loud. I don't think that's such a bad thing. I don't think I'm crazy, I don't have an iinvisable friend...I just voice my thoughts. What do you think? Is something wrong with me because I do this?
2006-08-06 15:57:58 · 28 answers · asked by tamari241 1 in Health ➔ Mental Health
You are not crazy everyone does it, we hear our selfs in our head and sometimes it comes out loud. I heard that you are not crazy for talking to you self unless you argue with you self and loose. then it is a little sad. I talk to my amimals all the time and my house plants, it has been proven that it actually helps them grow. as far as you answering your self it sounds like it is your way to sort and figure things outloud. Sometimes it helps to figure out a problem if you say it out loud and it can contect to you brain better. Hope I helped
2006-08-06 16:04:56 · answer #1 · answered by melindarix@sbcglobal.net 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I do it all the time! Sometimes I direct my monologue to the cat...like she would really answer! She does 'meow' back at times, however. Don't worry about it! Just don't do it in public too often..heehee. Sometimes I am in the grocery store and I forget and I'm like, "Oh, I need this" out loud...and well, is that considered talking to myself? Who knows...but I do it all the time.
I don't expect any answers and it is like thinking out loud. Ever watch the show "Scrubs"? JD has a running monologue in his head all the time, and what is the difference if it is out loud? If a writer put that on TV, then he knows that people do that, and others will relate to that. Don't you think?
2006-08-06 16:05:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think if you do quick replies such .."f....." or shoot or what the heck ...you will be in good company . If you are having a response that are long winded...then I think you should make sure there is somebody to listen to you....it would be sad to put so much energy out and have nobody there to respond! I certainly have had many conversations in my mind..not out loud...and for some reason that makes more sense..strange...
2006-08-06 16:27:49 · answer #3 · answered by big fan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's okay, even if you
Btw, "crazy" people have no idea they're crazy. I don't like that word, it implies something bad. "Crazy" means mentally ill. For those seriously mentally ill, they're not aware of it. The fact that you question whether or not you are sane for doing this clearly indicates you are of sound mind. Unlike someone who is mentall ill, you are aware of what that actually is.
2006-08-06 21:45:38 · answer #4 · answered by Dolores G. Llamas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you always done this, or did it just start happening fairly recently? I have heard that some medications can cause this. I went to school with someone that did this, and he seemed very normal, and was an excellent student and very bright. The one thing that you likely only be concerned with is the perception of co-workers who might wonder what's wrong. Otherwise, the simple fact that you are aware enough to ask tells me, in my humble opinion, that you are likely fairly normal. It is those who don't realize that they are doing it who I would be concerned for.
2006-08-06 16:04:19 · answer #5 · answered by Proud Muslim 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I talk to myself all the time. I also talk to people that I know aren't there. It's like someone above me said, for some people it's a way to work things out. Thinking out loud, if you will. No big whoop.
2006-08-06 16:18:11 · answer #6 · answered by Holly Golightly 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my opinion, and I'm not a doctor, you are perfectly normal by talking to yourself, answering yourself or whatever. Wait a minute, I have to ask myself a question, never mind, sorry to interrupt myself. Just joking! You're normal as all the other nutcases out there! Take care!!!
2006-08-06 16:17:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I live alone and I talk to myself sometimes as you do. It's a way of discussing things out and coming to a conclusion. As if someone was with you to decide. It helps me to accept my loss 17 months ago and people can think what they want. I really don't care. I know I'm not crazy, I'm just lonely. There's quite a difference.....
2006-08-06 16:03:20 · answer #8 · answered by silhouette 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No perfectly normal to think out loud, I do it quite often, usually when nobody is in ear shot, just so they don't assume what your asking about me lol. I often swear some of the best conversations I have are with myself (only joking)
2006-08-06 16:21:46 · answer #9 · answered by beachdiva954 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beware! None of the things that Lilso1287 is reporting as signs of ADHD are! That is why mental health and the health sections of this site can be so harmful.Giving out wrong medical information should be a crime! What you are doing is absolutely normal, and you have no reason to be concerned.
2006-08-06 16:08:18 · answer #10 · answered by alone1with3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋