Post: #26

I'm usually mumbling the lyrics to whatever song is in my head.
People be like

Post: #27

(08-23-2014 12:54 PM)Tuthmosis Wrote:  Of course. The bad part is when I'm deep in a conversation with myself and a random chick comes around the corner and catches me. I used it to approach once: "You just caught me talking to myself. Don't act like you don't do the same thing." It hooked.

Nice.

And yes, I do talk to myself, mainly to just try to solve a problem that's been on my mind for sometime. I even do it in public.

Post: #28

I've done it pretty much daily since I was a boy, when I used to wander through the woods talking to myself

I use it to analyze situations, solve problems, formulate arguments and figure out what I'm going to say to someone

I've been called out on it many times, as recently as a couple of weeks ago when I walking into a grocery store and a woman yelled "Hey are you talking to yourself?!" I just laughed, I long ago stopped being embarrassed about it although I do try to control it so people won't think I'm weird.

I actually think it's a sign of intelligence-I've noticed that intelligent people whose minds are more active are much more likely to do it while dumb people seldom talk to themselves

Post: #29

I do this at work when I'm having to multitask or do something complicated. I try not to do this but it happens. I have been called on it a few times.

Post: #30

Sure, I talk to myself a lot. Brainstorming, rehearsing conversations, thinking through problems from basic principles. I do it in the car all the time, and I sometimes do it quietly in public. It helps to hear stuff out loud; it's like my brain sees it from a different angle that way.

I yell at inanimate objects sometimes too. Computers, cars, motorcycle, anything that can be a pain in the ass for no apparent reason. Neighbors probably think I'm crazy when I get hung up in the middle of car projects. "Why the fuck would you ever think this was a good design idea?!" and other yells in that vein are quite common.

The only person who's ever said anything is my dad; he thinks it's funny. Of course, he does it too.

Post: #31

Only when I'm banging a mediocre 6 and am bored and wished she were hotter.

The girl usually doesn't like it. I still can't figure out why.

Post: #32

I do it all the time! I usually comment on my own actions, especially when I've fucked something up or need to concentrate.

"Well done, Angry Beaver, that was just awful!" And then I just start laughing, usually out loud. My friends are so used to it that they just shrug and move on. Also, after a rough day or a tense period at work I start talking to myself to keep focus.

Yes, the inner cosmos does indeed break through. It's fun!

Post: #33

Totally weird, I was just thinking if starting the same exact thread today when someone caught me talking to myself (I was in the middle of a wide open field (don't ask haha) and all of a sudden they were behind me). I talk to myself all the time. Almost all of my thoughts are said out loud. Rarely do I think only in my head. If not saying my thoughts loudly, I'm at least mouthing the words. I also use a shitton of fucking swear words in my casual-ass mother-fucking thoughts.

Post: #34

I like to do karaoke and read loud to adjust my voice. But I also like to practice talking to myself because it opens the creative part in the brain.

Post: #35

Talking to oneself is crazy. I only talk to Mister Nuts, the squirrel that lives in my apartment just outside my field of vision at all times.

Post: #36

I like talking to myself in foreign language, especially in Japanese, it's fun.

Post: #37

all the time
I also pace through my room when Im trying to solve a problem (while talking to myself)

I dont do it when other ppl are around though. except in the gym where I mutter under my breath all the time

Post: #38

When I was getting my PhD, I would pace around my apartment talking to myself whenever I was working on a particularly difficult problem. My spoken voice would take one perspective and my inner voice another.

Post: #39

I like to think out loud when I'm trying to solve a problem or make a plan

Post: #40

This thread has been really eye-opening to me. I mean, I assumed that some of you guys would say yes, but I didn't expect so many affirmatives.

Strange that talking to yourself outloud carries such a stigma when it's so seemingly common.

Then again, another poster mentioned a possibility of it being something more intelligent people do, and there are a lot of cerebral men in this space.

Beyond All Seas

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe.
To be your own man is a hard business. If you try it, you'll be lonely often, and sometimes
frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." - Kipling

Post: #41

Funny enough, usually people don't tell me or even notice that I am talking to myself but last night I was out with this girl and she kept telling me to stop talking to myself, I told her that she is one of the few people that has noticed that I talk to myself because the majority of people don't usually notice that, she was like ''well that's because they are crazy too'' lmao. But I kept talking to myself the whole night, I didn't care. I think as long as you are a fun person to be around, nobody really cares if you are talking to yourself.

Post: #42

Yes, regularly

Sometimes I kind of interview myself whilst I sit on the toilet

I find it relaxing. I also practice upcoming potential conversations before bed

I also do the pacing thing like w00t said

Post: #43

All the time, especially when I'm driving in the car. It helps keep my mind organized and clear.

Post: #44

(08-24-2014 03:14 AM)w00t Wrote:  all the time
I also pace through my room when Im trying to solve a problem (while talking to myself)

I do this too. Frequently I talk to myself to work out a problem or understand something. I talk to myself when I'm studying, which is why sometimes I hate studying in a library.

I also write things down all the time because I'm anxious that I'll forget something.

Post: #45

All the time, especially when taking a walk.
"I like hearing myself talk. It is one of my greatest pleasures. I often have long conversations all by myself, and I am so clever that I sometimes don't understand a single word of what I am saying" Oscar Wilde

I'm my own best friend and I always think my jokes are hilarious
I also read somewhere that people who do this tend to be smarter than most people.

Post: #46

(08-23-2014 11:25 AM)Nascimento Wrote:  Anyone sing to themselves?

I sing spanish opera songs freestyle hahaha

And yes I talk to myself... A lot of the times I'll be on the toilet or go in front of a mirror and create spontaneous speeches for hypothetical business/product ideas I have. I also talk to myself in Spanish to solidify my vocabulary and put myself into new situations.

Post: #47

Yeah, but it's generally "cocksuckin motherfuckin bitch" at something that's giving me trouble.

Post: #48

I don't talk to myself, I just think out loud.

Post: #49

Yes, more often than I care to admit

Most of the time it helps me problem solve. I also do sing random songs that get stuck in my head.

Post: #50

Yep, talk to myself plenty and as someone else pointed out, often am figuring out conversations ahead of time, or imagining a scenario and working it out. It's interesting to have someone else point it out in this thread.