Talking to yourself

[DaisyRose]

I found this really cool video that I thought would be interesting. I talk to myself all the time it helps me focus and be proactive. Do you talk to yourself?

 

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https://www.autismforums.com/threads/do-you-talk-with-yourself-outloud.27363/#post-552423

 

[Human Avatar]

Yes

 

[Outdated]

"Talking to yourself is the only way you'll ever get the right answers."

 

[Human Avatar]

@Outdated
True-I am always trying to talk myself into doing the right thing

 

[Vindiesel]

Occasionally, when I have too much multitasking in my head and outsource it to external verbal thoughts to keep it all moving forward.

 

[Kirsty]

Yeah, I think everyone does, but when no one is around. The ones that do when people are around are so far gone, they don’t realise this themselves?

 

[AdamG]

I talk to myself all the time. Sometimes subverbally, sometimes out loud. I've lived alone for so long, it is hard for me to even keep it in when my wife is at home. She's gotten used to it.
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Especially when I'm in the kitchen. I cook complicated meals, and am "on the clock" a lot of times with heat and prep and all. So telling myself what I'm going to do next, out loud, helps me keep track.

 

[AdamG]

Yeah, I think everyone does, but when no one is around. The ones that do when people are around are so far gone, they don’t realise this themselves?

haha I suppose I'm too far gone then? Leaving you in my dust LOL

 

[Progster]

It helps me concentrate and stay on task.

 

[Xinyta]

I do talk to myself alot. It'll be nonsense sometimes. And in cases where I am anxeity ridden, I have fought with myself before.

 

[Judge]

Guilty as charged. So sue me. Oh yeah, no one is ever around to hear to me do so.

 

[Princess Viola]

How else would I practice conversations if I don't talk to myself?

 

[WiffingWaffles]

I supposed rather than looking at it as a bad thing, just think of it as "thinking outloud"

 

[Kaliwax]

I only talk to myself when I am in private, I dont do it in public, I dont know why I do it, strange when I think about it

 

[Jason5]

I often do this in the more volatile sense. Comes in multiple forms. Simulating scenarios. Which can often be repetitive. Or sometimes it’s venting aggression caused by intrusive thoughts/flashbacks. But both are uncontrollable and at times others see it and they must think I am crazy. I really need to stop but don’t know how. It’s highly likely some of this is related to OCD/PTSD but I wanted to know if there were any Asperger’s crossovers or if anybody had any hints.

 

[Neri]

I talk to myself. I talk to screens when I'm watching things. I think aloud. I also have ptsd so I don't know if that's relevant or not, but, I do talk to myself, frequently and sometimes in public

 

[lovely_darlingprettybaby]

I found this really cool video that I thought would be interesting. I talk to myself all the time it helps me focus and be proactive. Do you talk to yourself?

In my head I remind myself of stuff, I have my inner voice
But I have never talked to myself
But my brother and dad talk to themselves all the time.
When I round a corner when I was with them...I heard my dad and he sometimes gets angry and says all this garbage and it is quite funny =}

 

[Kavigant]

I replay past arguments in my head, and I play out potential future arguments in my head. It's probably not healthy to do this, as my subconscious must feel as though I'm always being argued with.
I also talk to myself out loud, but mainly for the benefit of my dogs