People Who Talk To Themselves Aren’t Crazy, They’re Actually Geniuses

[IContainMultitudes]

http://elitedaily.com/life/culture/people-talk-to-themselves/1105688/

I wonder if an above-average amount of self-talk is an aspie trait at all. It's something I do quite a bit. In any case, I really wish we could end the general stigma against talking to yourself, I got ridiculed a lot by peers for doing it while growing up, and whenever family members catch me doing it, they seem to think it's kind of bizarre.

 

[Suzanne]

Not sure about the genus aspect, but yes, I am "guilty" of this into the extreme! Often my husband has "caught" me and will have a rather bemused look on his face and then say: you know the first sign of madness???? I just smile and say: bring the madness on then!

I had actually stopped because it is very hard to have a conversation with one's self, when they are listening to music at a very loud volume with their headphones and can you believe it, I MISSED it lol

Well, I am on an obsession with cross stitching and have this amazing bluetooth speaker that I put the card of my phone, into and can play my music and away I go, with having a conversation with myself and yes, I am sure anyone walking into the verandah ( which is where I do my cross stitching) would probably be very concerned for myself and possibly for themselves too!

The thing is that my brain at least ( I know I am not unique, but it is rather presumptuous of me to say everyone), is so busy that it is a release to talk to myself. There are times that it has been painful too but right now, happily it is not because you can hardly take a pill to stop the busyness!

Chatting to myself helps to unravel perplexing situations and sometimes I even have an entire story going on and do wonder: what if I put to paper what is in my brain?

 

[Progster]

I always talk to myself when I'm solving maths problems or counting, or trying to tremember a phone number before I write it down. The latter is a kind of echolalia to help me remember things because my short term memory is so bad, the former to help me concentrate and stay on task. There's nothing wrong with talking to yourself.

 

[Suzanne]

I always talk to myself when I'm solving maths problems or counting, or trying to tremember a phone number before I write it down. The latter is a kind of echolalia to help me remember things because my short term memory is so bad, the former to help me concentrate and stay on task. There's nothing wrong with talking to yourself.

I do the same thing! Because numbers are not my forte, I actually try to mentally say the numbers and separate them in my mind, so that I can remember and it works. And yes, my short term memory is dire!

 

[updownrightleft]

I am terrified others will spot me conversing to myself, but I do it always in solitude.
Sometimes I get stuck in conversations so deeply that I forget about my own existence.
When I subsequently shake my head out of it, for a moment it feels as if it would've been possible that I could've gotten trapped in a virtual reality like in the Matrix. Like it's an instinct to break out of it to counter this dreamy state into the abyss.
Suddenly an half hour is wasted (maybe not), but it's very stimulating and it helps me understand things and get perspectives. When I learn new things, I must talk to myself... I must create example conversations about it.
Also this applies to memorizing. My short-term memory is **** as well, well... until I chat. Repeating stuff verbally and emphasizing them helps me to remember them.

 

[JuniperBug]

I talk myself though things like shopping and work projects...I've learned to just tune out people who don't like it. It helps me focus.

 

[Ylva]

I am the only person who knows exactly what I mean, so…

We (me and I) talked over this genius thing, and mostly agree not only that we are not, but that we don't really believe in the concept either. It feels like a strawman of sorts. We think it is more a matter of the depth that one gets when one incessantly thinks about things.

 

[AnthonyH]

I definitely do this; I also lip synch conversations I have in my head when I use escapism.

 

[CaveDweller]

Where I live talking to yourself is the only way you are guaranteed intelligent conversation. ;-)

 

[ancusmitis]

I mentioned elsewhere that I use it to draft things that I am writing or possibly things I plan to bring up later with humans.

In creative writing classes, you are told to read everything you write out loud, because otherwise you'll end up writing something artificial which is not in your true "voice," which makes other people not enjoy reading it.