Thinking in conversation?

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dunno how to explain this but i'll try
ok they way i think is by conversations in my head like if im nervous about something like talking to somebody i will reherse the conversation to prepare myself in my head including their responses
and when im thinking of anything else my train of thought is in conversation form if that makes sense
so is this an aspie thing a normal thing or am i insane

you're not insane, I have the same thing, i think it is anxiety based, i see it as calming yourself down and kind of counselling yourself to feel better about something, maybe talk to your doctor?
and you're not insane, my doctor said that its nothing like hearing voices in your head or anything, just that i might have alot to get off my chest etc.
good luck

nah its not a problem its just the way i think

fair enough

There was another thread about this recent-ish. Can't remember where it was but I remember someone saying that it's a normal thing to do. I was going to post about this myself - seems that the only way I can think verbally is to imagine I'm talking to someone and then have a (very one-sided) conversation in my head.

yeah, I do that...totally lose place in where I'm supposed to be...

That's pretty much the only way I've ever thought. I'll often have a two or three way conversation with myself, and they tend to be loaded with dry wit and sarcasm. I've also noticed that whenever I write notes to myself (you know, like reminders, "do this, do that") I refer to myself in the plural first person (so instead of saying "I need to wash the dishes" I'll write "we need to wash the dishes"). It makes me feel completely insane but writing "I blah blah blah" just seems too weird (but again, that's only when I'm writing stuff to myself. In normal conversation I use the singular first person pronouns).

I do the SAME! I will generally base it on their past thinking patterns, but then take alternate avenues.

dude, rehearsing a conversation in your head sounds normal and innocent compared to the ridiculously complex conversations i make up in my head. im embarassed to go any further into detail, but i may keep a continous and heartfelt conversation on in my head for upto an hour at the time :]

i talk to everything from ancient egyptians to vladimir putin