Talking to people in your head

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They say 'this is rubbish'

I "speak" to people constantly in my head, sometimes mouth the words and look... *ahem* interesting while doing this. Sometimes. Other times people can't tell at all, but I digress.

I usually do this with real people to vent, redo how things "could have gone" or to try and figure out what exactly happen. I also do it for future encounters so that I have some counter arguments or just plain something to say. From time to time I have random "faceless" people just because... I'm usually bored.

Well everyone has a thinking voice in their head, like that interior dialogue that goes on when you're reading or writing something, or figuring stuff out. The difference between that, and having something like multiple personality disorder is knowing that you're doing it. It's like the saying, a sain person thinks they're crazy, a crazy person has no idea they're crazy. So your mulling over the issue, is a sign of good health. I think it also might be a sign of one of the typical problems Aspies tend to have, over thinking, heh.

I do this as well, mostly with people that I know in real life. If there's something I need to discuss with someone, particularly if it's a difficult conversation, I probably have the same conversation at least a dozen times in my head, saying different things and getting different reactions each time. It's like a rehearsal for the real conversation that's about to take place. Doing so really helps me with preparing for every possible outcome, as well as having the right words to say at the right time.

I use to have someone talking in my head, I stabbed him when I stuck a pencil up my nose.

I do this. All the time.

Is this not something that NT people do?

Ok I do this too, next question is this an ASD thing or something common to most people

I'll do it alot!!

I think that as long as you know the people aren't real, then you aren't mad. It's like people with OCD aren't mad because they realise their obsessions and compulsions are irrational.

The mind is constantly simulating. This is just how your program has evolved over time in my opinion. It seems you have developed a very active imagination.

haha yep. i analyze every possible way a conversation could go, if it happened. this goes along with daydreaming/obsessing about approaching people (especially the opposite sex). i thought it was "normal" until i found out it was an autistic trait a few years ago.