Is it normal to talk about your thoughts out loud to yourself?

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So, I have developed this habit and I don't know if it's healthy. Rather than keep worrying, I'd like to get an answer from other people--one way or the other.

I talk to myself a lot when I'm alone. It's like my way of thinking through, how to approach a conversation or just to clarify something in my head. The thing is, if I'm imagining a conversation then I also seem to imagine the person who I pretend to be talking to. I fully understand this is in my head and that no actual person just manifested from my thoughts, but can this be unhealthy. Cognitively, mentally, emotionally? What do you think--is it normal?

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  • Anime7
    10 years ago

    I do the same. Right down to pretending to have an imaginary conversation with the person and actually saying my responses out loud.

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  • sanan22
    9 years ago

    I've been like this since I started talking as a child.
    it's called visual thinking

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  • plainsight90
    9 years ago

    I do this in my head

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  • green_boogers
    10 years ago

    I do this which may or may not mean it's normal.

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  • NurseDiesel
    10 years ago

    I do these things which means its so totally normal.

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  • thr
    10 years ago

    It'd probably be awkward if someone walked in on you, and if it because of a lack of a social life, it might be more healthy to talk things through with other people.

    I don't think it's unhealthy, as such.

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  • RegGuy
    10 years ago

    Yes, it's normal. I do this too, all the time. Thinking out loud is simply fusing the physical and mental aspects of our physiology in order for us to remember better and to think more clearly.

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  • [Old Memory]
    10 years ago

    I don't think it has any ill effects, but I don't know of anyone who does this. I don't. I am not great at speaking though and prefer my mental voice and words to what I physically say.

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  • ucipher8
    10 years ago

    If i have a lot on my mind, ill think it out loud to myself and for myself to help me focus on the task at hand at that very moment. Sometimes when im alone, ill think out loud automatically because, no one is around.

    I can pretend to have conversations with anyone i know or have met. Its all a part of my super observant personality.

    Sometimes ill even think about something to myself, and then reply out loud like, "Hell no!".

    Frankly speaking, my brain is doing a million things at every second (blood circulation, reflexes, etc). I like to make sure that i stay focused or, just have someone to listen (me).

    I dont believe this can be mentally unhealthy, however its not the norm for "most" people. Personally i dont have any close friends, never really did. I suppose this is my main reason for thinking out loud

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