Anyone here "shower talk?"

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My son with AS does,as well as thump and bang around in there.

Yes, I talk to myself a lot in the shower. Really, I'll talk to myself anytime I'm alone. On occasion I've done this when I've forgotten other people are in the room. I do a lot of scenarios, but I also do repetitive vocals and echolalia. I also sing a lot when I'm alone. Singing short phrases from songs I like over and over is comforting.

I do this all the time and I am not diagnosed with aspergers lol.

Constantly. I am frequently rationalizing why people say and do things. I also try to figure out if the people I spoke to (even weeks or months ago) were trying to subtly be cruel to me, and if they were, why they were being that way. And it stops there- I can never pinpoint exactly why they acted a certain way. I end up having to go to my NT mom and ask her why people do and say certain things, and if what they said was actually negative. Kinda sad, now that I think about it, haha.

By replaying conversations I can often figure out the meaning, but it takes me some time. It once took me three months to realize a guy was expressing romantic interest in me, and even then I wasn't certain until I had asked him directly what he had meant.

I talk to myself constantly. I'm sure I look like a freak at the grocery store or where ever because I do a lot of intended facial expressions along with my intended conversations while I'm walking around. Geez, I'm a weirdo.

I talk out loud almost all the time while alone. I go over past conversations, reply differently, ect... I tend to get pretty abstract in the show though (word wise, associations become loose).

Mostly infront of a mirror, but we have a mirror opposite the shower
This is something I have always done, all the time at home, only if I'm very stressed outside my house or car.
I pretend to have a hands free set for my phone in my car so I don't look too wierd talking to myself.
I can't help it, tell my kids I'm "thinking out loud", got that phrase from my (spectrum) mum who is the same.
I repeat scenarios past & future, can sometimes get angry at shout at the person I'm thinking of, tends to be repetitive, going over the same scenario endlessly for an hour or two.
Very calming and satisfying, I think its a stim, certainly my biggest one since I don't have a swing
I sing too, similar but not the same.
Have had people look startled when I'm stressed & forget to stop myself in public

Wow so many of us do this I think it's an adaptive strategy to work out cause and effect in past conversations and to practice future ones. I used to do it on front of the mirror for hours when I was a teenager now i just do it whenever alone. I always go over and over the same themes until the emotion has subsided and I have a rational understanding of the situation Im analyzing.
It would be interesting to see what u guys think are your reasons for doing this, is it a stim as some of I have suggested, a mechanism for proceeding social interaction or something else entirely? Most Importantly is it helpful and adaptive or does it cause more problems for you?

I talk to myself before I go into the shower while I am in the shower and while I get out of the shower. I talk to myself wherever I go especially when I am alone.

I do this a lot, too! I think it helps me to hear my thoughts out loud, and practicing for future conversations and situations helps me feel better prepared and more comfortable when they actually happen.

As for the shower part, I think the relative security of the shower (bathroom door closed, shower curtain drawn, warm shower steam) is a more comfortable time to think out loud where no one can hear. I've also noticed that I talk to myself when I'm alone or when I feel I am alone (like when I'm in a public place, but by myself), regardless of where I am, so it could just be an extension of that.

The only person I truly make sense to is me. So I talk to myself all the time.

Not in the shower particularly, but I do talk to myself quite a bit. I generally try to keep it all in my head and just think about it, but I find myself at least mouthing the words quite often. I think I probably come off as a crazy person to most normal people.

This is gonna make me sound crazy, but I actually practice conversations with my stuffed animals. Like if I know I'm gonna meet a person the next day I imagine scenarios and talk them out as both me and the other person...with my stuffed cat

I am way too old to be doing this! I am only admitting it cuz this is WP.

I've been thinking about this, and I've realised that what I tend to do is cycle through the various responses someone might make to something I am going to say, so that it won't be such a surprise when they say it, and hopefully I won't freak out at how frustrating they are being.