i've got a friend whose a doctor...but he tends to tlk to himself and doesn't keep his thoughts to himself...his very intelligent and so i was wonderin wht does talkin to urself actually mean?
I am definently sure his not mad..becasue his very intelligent and nice, but he doesn't do it in the company of others.
This is a serious question
2006-09-05 22:48:22 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
My sister in law does it all the time, its really nothing to worry about its just thinking aloud thats all
2006-09-05 22:53:42 · answer #1 · answered by Irishbird3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very fine line between intelligence and insanity (hence the old mad professor thing), many a University Professor than has ended up totally mad to he outside world (totally sane in their own world). But this opens all kinds of questions about what sanity is?
I talk to myself sometimes (it's the only way I can get a sensible response). It's the ones who argue with themselves you have to worry about.
If your friend is mad for talking to himself when alone, so is much of the rest of the world, but then regarding the rest of the world, maybe.....
2006-09-06 06:03:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are different forms. Some obviously harmless. I am a volunteer teacher. This morning I walked past a student swearing at a computer!!! Quite harmless. He started laughing when he realised that someone noticed. Rather this behaviour than someone taking out the frustrations on harmless creatures like passing animals.
2006-09-06 06:03:47 · answer #3 · answered by Tom Cat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From the Wikipedia article "Intrapersonal communication":
"Intrapersonal communication can encompass:
(*snip*)
"Speaking aloud ("talking to oneself"), reading aloud, repeating what one hears; the additional activities of speaking and hearing (in the third case of hearing again) what one thinks, reads or hears may increase concentration and retention."
And now for anecdotal evidence!
I talk to myself all the time. I don't think it's necessarily a sign of problems. I'll mutter along about what I'm doing, for example "Okay, got my wallet, what's next oh I need the shopping list, okay." I tend to be a bit scatterbrained, and talking to myself seems to help my concentration.
I wouldn't worry too much about it.
2006-09-06 06:00:17 · answer #4 · answered by The Lurkdragon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saying things out loud is the best way to remember any thing ! My driving instructor used to make me say what I saw when we pulled into a new road. It really works too. The more you say it the more you will remember it ! I think it's very clever X
2006-09-06 06:02:49 · answer #5 · answered by kebablamb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is just a guess, but perhaps he has a very mild case of autism. These people can be hyper-intelligent, but sometimes unaware of the world outside the one in their heads.
2006-09-06 05:58:46 · answer #6 · answered by Lisa P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He only has a problem if he starts answering himself, or else he has a case of the Joeies ie: he doen't realise things are actually coming out of his mouth.
2006-09-06 06:18:46 · answer #7 · answered by smiley 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is 'thinking out loud'. I often interupt the conversation going on, by saying sorry to interupt but I am here to talk to.
The person who thinks out loud (talking to himself) is working something out and there is no one except himself who knows the answer.
ALSO to speak out loud means we hear out own voice and we can answer for ourself.
2006-09-06 12:59:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes I say something out loud to make sure that what I am thinking makes sense. I just do not answer myself;
2006-09-06 06:05:43 · answer #9 · answered by emma5280 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think he must be pre occupied by too many thoughts in his mind & probably you can call it a habit / nature of a person.
If he is a doctor he cannot be mad.
2006-09-06 06:59:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋