Anyone here "shower talk?"

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I do this all the time, either practising future conversations or going over old ones (and yes, I will re-write this post in my head several times!) I've just realised that my son does this as well and we both specifically do it in the shower, I think it's something to do with sensory seeking, we can both spend ages in there!

When I'm by myself, I talk to myself most of the time. I am usually at home, but I also talk to myself in the car. I do not talk to myself in the shower, however. I need to concentrate on bathing to make sure I do a good job. I don't want to offend anyone, after all.

When I do talk to myself, parts of myself talk to other parts. In a way, I have many of the symptoms of Dissociative Identity Disorder. But there are many differences. I know about all of my "selves," I am aware of them when they manifest themselves, and I am both the "waking self" and the "hub," the "self" who binds all of the rest. I call this condition Associative Identity Disorder.

I currently have nearly one thousand "selves," and the number keeps growing depending on the need. Although most of my "selves" are now dormant, they still exist, and on occasion I recall them to discuss certain topics. I generally limit the number of "selves" in any particular conversation to three or four, just so I can keep them straight. - LJS

My father talks to himself the most and possibly talks the most overall when he is brushing his teeth, and the toothbrush and toothpaste are in his mouth. He also talks to himself in the shower and the bathroom, doing what most people are doing when they are reading there. The topics are almost always the same, about a war involving the Americans, Germans, and Japanese, with a little bit of commentary on various political figures thrown in.

Not so commonly in the shower, but I play out almost all convos I expect to have or have had that I need to think about, as if they were happening again, in my head. Like a movie, and I normally only actually hold my half of the convo. I sometimes realize I just frowned 'out loud' in line at the store or something, in response to an in-head convo.

If talking out loud to yourself is concerning to you in your own home, try Sign Language, it's super easy to learn and no one can hear it lol!

I discovered something nice about ASL too, your body language is sentence structure, not proof that you are telling the truth.

I don't talk to myself in the shower unless I'm flipping out at myself for dropping something. But I THINK in the shower A LOT.

I spend more time in the shower thinking than showering. And yeah, ways to fix past conversartions come up often. Every once in a while I even give a prep talk to myself ;D

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhF060VmS1g[/youtube] Sometimes I feel like I got this guy in my head whenever I talk to myself or argue with myself.

Yes, I talk in the shower very often.