Do you have out loud vocal conversations?

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I would have to say I do this all the time. I also often find myself repeating back to myself people's responses in real conversations. Either in my head, very quietly, or just mouthing the words.

I do it a lot. I also know NT people who do it. It's not THAT uncommon. I think NTs are just more likely to be aware not to do it in front of others.

I know that for me, sometimes I have too many trains of thought all going on at once, so when I say one out loud, it helps me focus on the one that I want to focus on. The other reason why I do it is definitely related to rehearsing.

YES

I do it a lot of the time. It's funny I never even really thought about it until I saw this post. I guess I've just done it my whole life so it's always been my normal. I do it only when I'm alone though.

resounding yes!

No, never. Any conversations with myself or imaginary people take place in my head.

All the time. I guess it's sort of my way of anticipating the possible ways a potential conversation might go, and having a sort of "script" prepared. It does get awkward though, when multiple people a day on campus ask me why I/m mouthing silently to myself... I'd say a solid 80% of the people here think I'm crazy.

Not at all, but I talk to myself quite alot.

Yes.
Unfortunetly.

Used to be really bad about it.
My job, counting inventory, involves long hours of reptitive nonverbal tasking with a portable computer.

When sleep deprived and pumped on caffine and whiping myself to count faster I would often drift into an angry frame of mind- and relive fights with my parents etc from years ago. Coworkers would hear me not only speaking aloud, but even answering myself- or thats what it would sound like. Very embarassing.

Have gotten better at not doing that lately.

I talk to myself a lot when I'm alone. One time I scared myself, I got into a whisper conversation with myself that was a little too much like I was two different people. It was a little creepy and I was worried that maybe I was going crazy.

I talk out loud alone all the time. I am 40, and I am tired of it. My family has noticed it for years, and they think I am out of my mind.

since, from when I was little, my dad would always ask why it sounds like I'm talking to myself.

I'll hold conversations with myself, speaking in first person and then in second person as if two people were conversing. I'll speak as "me" and then I'll speak as "them" but the whole time I know it's entirely me. It's not so much rehearsing, I mean I think it is sometimes but mostly it's easier for me to express my thoughts verbally and I think I just make this other voice up so it feels like I'm talking to someone because I guess it's my desire to express myself to someone. I've done it all my life and really I just do it automatically like a second nature, I don't really think about it or do it on purpose. I'll just start doing it and I'm just sort of really unaware as to why really, these are just my best guesses.

I do.

I wonder if NTs ever do this.

When I am thinking a problem through I pose questions to my self and answer them. I make conclusions and then poke holes in my own logic. I tend to start doing this all out loud when deep in thought. My friends and family know this and if they are working on something with me they will join in by suggesting things to me. They know not to expect a direct response from me right away. Strangers think I am nuts if they see me doing it though. I also tend to speak very loudly which does not help. School blew for me obviously. School would be great without all the people.

When walking along or unconsciously stimming by running about the room, I often get so lost in fantasy conversations between the person who's my special interest at the time and another person, or between any two people about an abstract subject I'm analysing, that my face and mouth act out the conversation. The words don't come out loudly, clearly or completely, so no one can hear specific words, but I'm told it's very bizarre. I'm usually only lost in my fantasies enough to do this when completely alone or with only family around, so my family see it sometimes. My sister gets irritated by it and says "you're going nutty again, stop going nutty".