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I have a really strong inner monologue and find myself talking in my mind as if someone I listening to me all the time. Is this normal?
I do this too. I argue with myself in my head and have full conversations back and forth. I don't know if that is normal, it's just sort of how I think.
I think it's normal, I do this as well! My inner monologue is always going on about random thoughts, what I need to get done, etc. I find myself actually speaking out loud to myself when I'm alone at home sometimes, too.
I also have sort of "practice" conversations with people I am going to talk to and play out how it will go in my head and how I will respond, including disagreements. It's always been the way I am.
I don't know how much truth it holds, but I was told that talking to yourself, even if it is just your inner monologue, is the sign of a healthy brain. I think a lot of people do it, as I know several who do.
Yeah you gotta be really careful with your inner chatterbox though cos 80% of what it will tell you is negative
I used to do this. It was an imaginary effiy of someone I really admired. The identity of the person would change depending on who was in my life at the time. I don't know if we are/were doing the same thing so I don't know if what you are doing is normal or abnormal. For me, it was a childhood coping strategy for grief/loneliness/lack of emotional safety in the primary caregiver relationship. What about you? Do you have an idea of why you're doing it? Is it to relieve you of something?
That’s just an ordinary inner monologue actually. You may be slightly more active than some like that, but not out of the ordinary.
I try to challenge myself by seeing how many conversations I can keep going at once.