Is it normal to have conversations with yourself out loud?

I talk to myself. A lot. That's normal. I have conversations with myself. Also normal. I speak out loud, and then I imagine the other person's voice responding to me in my head. Now sometimes, I forget that I'm not actually talking to another person and I forget I'm talking to myself. The voice responding I don't even think of now; I just start hearing it when I start talking to myself. Is this normal?

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71% Normal
Based on 97 votes (69 yes)
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  • NurseDiesel

    I talk to myself all the time. I burst out laughing to the point of tears at stupid thing that I say to myself or just random things that I think of. I need no company to be entertained...where's my helmet?? The one with the "I'm special" sticker on it.

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  • lefont

    sounds like you just trained your self to respond to your own thoughts or something like that.. I remember when I was younger I loved this one book and was looking through the book rack and found a sequel and said out load "oh my gosh so and so 2" then I found a third book did the same thing and then found a fourth and kinda kept mumbling to myself well should I read what I was going too or read the second book and this girl in my class heard everything! she thought I was being kinda crazy and I kinda just laughed it off and was like I just loved that first book and apparently was thinking out loud.. maybe just try and be more aware to see if it's not a bigger issues but it doesn't sound like it is.. the point of my story was sometimes it's easier to think out loud to figure your thoughts out

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  • I definitely talk to myself, nothing wrong with that. Full conversations, maybe. Hearing other voices or imagining them would probably be considered problematic though.

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    • sanan22

      imagination is perfectly normal

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  • sanan22

    I do that too and I wonder about the same thing

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  • plainsight90

    Not sure if I am the best to answer this question. However, I've grown up with people who do this. One of them is my mom. She talks to herself when she is alone, or thinks she's alone. I don't think it's normal when she does it because she gets upset too.

    Honestly, I've had conversations with myself too and imagined conversations with others, but not out loud.
    Anyway, is it normal? Maybe. Maybe not. But you are not alone.

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  • worriedgirlhere

    Danisnotonfire ref?

    If not check out his recent video on YouTube. :)

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