talking to myself inside my head, is it normal for autistic?

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I always talk With/to myself (in my thoughts) (not aloud, but in my head) we can disscuss Things, laf of Things and talk about Things, and they can comment on Things i do.

i was Wonder if this isa autistic/asperger symptom or if this is called a schizoprenic symptom?
because i dont hear them aloud as if some People talkning to me, but only i think it in my mind sort of difficult to explain

Is it a monologue, or a dialogue? (In other words, is there only one voice, or multiple voices conversing?)

If it's a monologue, this is typical of NTs. It's less common but still present in autistics. Psychologists call it inner speech, and assign it implausible importance for self-awareness and higher thought capacity.

If it's a dialogue, then it might be a schizophrenic or dissociative symptom. Or you could just be a creative person.

It's perfectly common for me. It's how I figure things out, by having a discussion about the subject with myself. I've even had some heated arguements with myself, but at least I always win. (that's funny)...

I'm not going to accept any schitzoid labeling either. So don't comment about such.

I don't think I stop talking to myself but I also talk outloud to myself and get caught a lot - I hate that - partly a constant fear of what I say. - I go over everything I say to someone only like a thousand times - so yes

I talk to myself in my head sometimes. Sometimes it's a monologue but others, it's dialogue. The latter usually happens when I'm trying to make a descision about something that is stressing me out.

There are many ways you could do it without it being a schizophrenic symptom. I play out dialogues between me and people I know in my head by imagining what they would probably say. In effect I do end up having a back and forth but it's not like I'm talking to myself it's just an internal simulation of a conversation that could happen but isn't happening. I was talking to my visualized mother earlier today but I wasn't literally seeing her and I definitely don't have schizophrenia.

You could be arguing yourself or talking with imaginary people that you actually believe are present and that's a whole different story. Even arguing with yourself can be insignificant. I'm sure everybody's done it at least a few times in their lives. They don't do it regularly. I'm guessing that in some cases having a conversation with yourself could be part of an illness but it doesn't have to be.

There is no way I could see internal monologue ever being a sign of mental illness. It's normal.

I do it . It's fine apart from when I am trying to sleep and I wont shut up

I do this all the time, and often out loud... I always call it "thinking out loud".

Oh goody! I thought I was the only person who tended to do this sort of stuff! I usually like to think and think talk in the voices of the people who inspire me, you know, cartoon characters or celebs. At the moment I'm starting to sound like the coffee addict Wally out of the off-air cartoon series Dilbert, I always wondered what it felt like to think like him. Just reading back on what I just written I kinda sound like a maniac now.

I have conversations with myself in my head. It's similar to having an imaginary friend, as though I am mentally talking to somebody who is with me all the time, but I don't talk out loud and act pathetic.

Yes.

My girl does this A LOT!! !! She has full blown conversations with herself... we can only hear the one side of any given conversation, but she is immersed in it. I don't see a problem with it as I have done the same exact thing since I can remember.... However, I learned to keep it low-key in public as it was embarrassing to get caught. She was diagnosed with AS and so I assume this is anopther aspect of her loveliness... but docs want her on meds to see if it is/isn't schizo.... Geez, I hate the idea of putting her on meds especially as a diagnostic tool. It may have something to do with where we live: midwest... I feel the docs just don't want to take the time to get to know her, to truly understand her. They just want to dole out some more meds to see where it leads. She has specifically said that she does NOT see people/things and that she does not hear "outside" voices. She simply talks to herself... A LOT.

We've accepted her the way she is, all the ways she is. She's an amazingly generous soul, but a loner. She has few friends at school but no one to hang with outside of school. She likes to sit in her room, drawing, writing, watching funny videos, all the while talking to herself..... My big concern is that someone somewhere down the line is going to see her talking to herself, think she is schizo and want to have her committed. Worst nightmare scenario EVER!! !

What the heck do I do?

Talking to yourself in your head, like thought bubbles in comics? Yeah that's me all the time, and it's a lot better than actually talking to yourself out loud where you can accidentally be heard doing so.

I talk to myself all the time. It's kind of like journal writing, except it's verbal. It's just how I process my thoughts, and make sense of problems, and I don't think there's anything wrong with it.

I talk to myself all the time. It's my voice when I talk to myself, so it's definitely not schizophrenia. I usually will rehearse in my head what I'll say when I'm in a conversation and I thought this was normal. I talk to myself about a lot of other stuff too, but again, I thought this was normal... I didn't know it wasn't...