Conversations with himself!!

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Tristan will wander around thinking out loud then he will ask himself a question. A few seconds later he answers his question in a totally different tone of voice. It's really odd. He will have entire conversations with himself switching his tone of voice when he responds to himself. He just recently started doing this.

Any other Aspies do this?

I do that sometimes myself.

Tim

Maybe that's the original 'thinking out loud.'

yep. i'm either trying to amuse myself and figure something that i couldn't understand in my mind.

I think out loud very often; it annoys people in maths! I used to make stories in my head when I was younger and talk them out. I still do that sometimes.

Hi My son who is 9 and is awaiting a positive diagnosis of asperger's has been doing this for the past 6 months. In school and at home. I used to wonder who he was talking to cos he would ask a question and then answer himself. Now he has progressed to having full blown conversations with himself, if I had to explain it to someone who would not understand i would say he is like Gollum in Lord Of The Rings when he is talking to himself.

Hi My son who is 9 and is awaiting a positive diagnosis of asperger's has been doing this for the past 6 months. In school and at home. I used to wonder who he was talking to cos he would ask a question and then answer himself. Now he has progressed to having full blown conversations with himself, if I had to explain it to someone who would not understand i would say he is like Gollum in Lord Of The Rings when he is talking to himself.

Hi My son who is 9 and is awaiting a positive diagnosis of asperger's has been doing this for the past 6 months. In school and at home. I used to wonder who he was talking to cos he would ask a question and then answer himself. Now he has progressed to having full blown conversations with himself, if I had to explain it to someone who would not understand i would say he is like Gollum in Lord Of The Rings when he is talking to himself.

I think that way, but don't speak out loud.

I do that all the time, I think it is because aspie desire to know whats going on and stuff so I tell myself that, it helps sometimes. Don't know what he answers in another voice... probably just trying to be goofy .

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I kind of do that. I talk to myself, even out loud, just not in a different voice. Talking out loud helps me think. I don't know why it does, just that it does.

Does he have any imaginary friends?

I do that sometimes myself, jsut not in different voices. When i am in the middle of a task i will walk myself through each step verbally. Sometimes after a conversation with a real person i will talk to myself about the conversation. Sometimes i just talk to myself because nobody wants to carry on a conversation with me at my intelligence level.

But yeah, i do talk to myself.

One of my two sons does that [very sotto voce] but as he also has a severe speech delay [and echolalia] I think this is great, he's sort of practicing and I get to hear a little bit of what's going on inside him, which helps me understand him more, I think it's great.
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I used to do that while in preschool. The preschool I went to had an on-site playground, where there was a gazebo. During outdoor playtime, I spent most of the time sitting by myself in that gazebo, talking to myself. The talking consisted of reciting an impromptu story about my dream house, which was very drawn out, covering all the details, down to the pattern on the lampshades.

He could be experiencing delayed echolalia....recalling entire conversations that were had around him or on television shows.

My son does this and alters his voice to reflect another speaker. We love it because he did not speak for years. He can recall conversations that were had months and sometimes years ago.

Or your son could just be really creative!