does talking to oneself and then answering as if one was two people, for example jack/tyler from fight club, mean that there is a mental disorder? if so, what is it called?
2006-11-27 23:32:43 · 7 answers · asked by Gessica 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Insanity!!
2006-11-27 23:37:53 · answer #1 · answered by Sarsippius 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is a difference between talking to ones self and an actual disorder. And its not Schizophrenia it would most likely be Dissociative identity disorder. The two and many other disorders are usually clumped together and there can be many comonalities.
The difference between talking to ones self just cause u can and the jack/tyler DID. For DID at least 2 seperate personalities must be in control of the person at different times. Many different things can trigger changes.
Also think of babies, the sound of a human voice is soothing and healthy. The same applies to you and without knowing it by talking to yourself out loud rather than in your mind you are taking care of yourself.
If on the other hand your demeanour and actions more reflect that of tyler/jack see a doctor
2006-11-28 00:15:31 · answer #2 · answered by delprofundo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like classic delusional schizophrenia. People w/ this disorder often have imaginary friends who they think are real and are often paranoid as well and think people are after them. It has nothing to do with intelligence, on the contrary. Most people with it have a higher than average iq.
2006-11-27 23:38:19 · answer #3 · answered by Rachel 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a toss up, some do this as a source of self amusement, then snap to the reality of the hard no nonsense world. A sort of escapism.
2006-11-27 23:51:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
almost everybody talks to themselves. And no--we are not all crazy. It is unusual not to talk to yourself.
There are two kinds of self-talk: silent inner speech, when you think to yourself, "I've got to remember to go to the bank," and vocalized private speech, when you mumble a reminder to yourself. Self-talk can be used to remind people to run errands, prepare for speeches, or work through the steps of a process.
Depending on your level of self-esteem, self-talk can be either positive or negative. Folks who suffer from low self-esteem spend more time planning and going over what was already said. For those with higher self-esteem, self-talk is more positive and congratulatory. They are not preoccupied with thinking about what they should have said.
On the other hand, it is... one of the many symptoms of a person being afflicted with a type of Schizophrenia.. but before one jumps to ony conclusion about a Schizophrenia(ic) disorder, we would have to look at other symptoms and some(not all) of those might be(in addition to talking to oneself) are:
getting angry or crying without any apparent reason
complaints by the person of hearing voices when alone!
complaints or ideas that someone is after the person
not carrying out one's own usual daily routine
sudden lack of care about personal grooming and hygiene
serious disturbances in sleep or lack of appetite
person reporting that he or she is seeing things others don't
unexplained violent behavior
withdrawal from social activities and people
strange ideas and beliefs, such as, that everything on the radio or TV is referring to the person himself, or that everyone knows what the person is thinking, that he knows about other's thoughts and ideas being transmitted to him
lack of association of thought leading to mixture of ideas while talking or talk not making sense
2006-11-28 00:01:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is not normal to answer self like that..could schitzophrenia or multiple personality sort of thing.
2006-11-28 03:51:45 · answer #6 · answered by wartytoadjody39 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no I talk and answer my self ,I am very intelligent
2006-11-27 23:41:50 · answer #7 · answered by elizabeth_davis28 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋