I used to do this all the time. It was the only thing sometimes that kept me sane. Are you talking in your head or outloud? I used to do it outloud when alone. Then when I got a college roommate I had to change my habit or Id scare the heck out of her. I just moved thoughts to my head eventually I stopped talking to others in my head. I think it all started when I was a kid feeling lonely.

Sometimes i will go over a conversation before and after it happens. Before is what i hope will happen and after is when i am thinking about what i should have said. Self talk is very common, humans like to talk and if they have no one to talk to they will talk to themselves. Ever walk in on someone when they are having a conversation with themselves. Everyone does it. You prolly just miss these people and in ur mind you want to keep them a live so by doing what u r doing u r sort of keeping that relationship alive. I wouldn't worry about it.

I am guilty of this as well. I talk to myself quite regularly and have conversations with imaginary people as well. I have very little "real life" social interaction so I resort to this (and have done this for years). For me though, it is more like an interview in which the other "person" is asking me questions to which I respond. I view it as a conversation exercise and a means to sort out my thoughts. As long as we acknowledge that the "people" we communicate with are imaginary, I think we are okay.

Yes, I do this outloud when I am in the bathroom. I tend to look in the mirror when I am doing it and I often tend to talk about myself and about music with old musician aqquaintances.

I feel like a nut for doing it, but I guess it is a lot more common than I imagined. I just hope my husband doesn't walk in on me doing it. LOL.

i talk to myself sometimes, only when i am alone though, that way no one knows about myself being my friend, won't try to steal myself, from myself lol

LOL....yes, I do this. I think I do it to keep those I miss in my life and to sort out my thoughts. I never realized the reasons until some of you put them in words here.....

....I guess I just didn't know they were ok until I realized someone else did this too. hmmm

I don't see anything wrong with it, really.

Winter

MY GOD You Are totally Whacked You are Nuts !! You are insane You need to be locked up somewhere





Oh wait that's the conversation I had with the Giant Black and white polka dotted Aardvark in my head. Nevermind

I do not talk to myself. I talk to the other person that lives in my head. I hold conversations with her on a regular basis.