Does anyone else use imaginary conversations with trusted people to guide them?

[Baeraad]

Sometimes, but I usually end up concluding that I have no idea if the person would actually say what I'm imagining, or if it's just what I'd want them to say / fears that they would say. People tend to surprise me - if not in the broad strokes, then almost always in the details.

I do on the other hand have a sort of all-purpose devil's-advocate type mental model that I have long arguments with. It usually wins, too.

 

[LucyPurrs]

l wonder do NT's do this?

I do. I have lots of conversations in my head but usually they are more like imagining how I'd like things to go with someone rather than asking them for advice. Never thought of doing that so am going to try it and see what develops.

 

[Fridgemagnetman]

I do. I have lots of conversations in my head but usually they are more like imagining how I'd like things to go with someone rather than asking them for advice. Never thought of doing that so am going to try it and see what develops.

Use me.

I'm usually funnier and smarter when I'm in other peoples heads.

 

[LucyPurrs]

LOL, ok I'll try and let you know the outcome,

 

[onlything]

I think/talk to myself sometimes about potential outcomes but I suppose I just don't trust other people enough to do it.

I used to have a model like that of my best friend but then I got to know that she was telling other people things I let her know in secret and the model disappeared.

Sometimes, however, I have a model of a book character I respected at the time of reading it. Does that count?

 

[Myrtonos]

I imagine conversations a lot, I often imagine what a seemingly rigid thinker would say, what someone would say if they don't care about what I think.

 

[Streetwise]

I think/talk to myself sometimes about potential outcomes but I suppose I just don't trust other people enough to do it.

I used to have a model like that of my best friend but then I got to know that she was telling other people things I let her know in secret and the model disappeared.

Sometimes, however, I have a model of a book character I respected at the time of reading it. Does that count?

I think it’s sort of !!!!in the category of if you think you see hairs on the palm of your hand, probably more something you can’t physically feel by touch

 

[Streetwise]

Use me.

I'm usually funnier and smarter when I'm in other peoples heads.

On a par with the great Mysterio otherwise known as doughnut man or @Tom

 

[HannahMarie]

Yes, I have definitely always done this.