Talking to myself INCESSANTLY

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It's getting so out of hand, and I'm starting to freak myself out. I'm sure others have caught me in the act, and it's hard to stop. Do you do this? And if so, is it like you're thinking aloud or more like you're acting something out in your head? What can you do to stop it?

Write it down instead of voicing it? That way, you have a record of the conversation if it was meaningful or interesting. One method an autistic I know uses is to hold his cell phone/hand up to his ear. Most people assume that you're talking on the phone, and they've likely seen enough sane people use bluetooth headsets not to question it.

I once got asked if I used a hands free mobile phone.

Ah well. Like I always say: my thoughts make much more sense when I speak them out loud.

Imagine getting no reception, hand up to ear, and talking like this:
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i no longer care what other people think about my conversing with myself. i'm a hermit anyways so it just doesn't matter.

I do it without thinking...to me it is a very normal thing to do.

At first I would say to find an area where no one is around.
However, it's often difficult to find somewhere that there is no one...
On the odd occasion even if you find a good area, someone probably in your same situation walks past searching for a similar area, or maybe it's just random. x_X! Who knows...
Therefore I don't actually recommend this... You can't be too sure.

I think the best solution I've found is to write it down, however, if someone walks past they always like to know what I'm writing...
These are the situations I actually have something to talk about, however, my thoughts are usually too complex for them...

There is really no escape, I've practiced keeping the words in my head but when I get excited it comes out and I'm like @#%&! < Only after I come to the realisation which may sometimes be SEVERAL HOURS after I start.

I've had the hands free mobile phone question played a few times to me as well... I think this is the most plausible method if you cannot prevent yourself from vocalising your thoughts. Plug in some earphones and start walking in a hurry, it looks less suspicious.


It's happens when I'm trying to be creative and designing my own world, as well as when I'm trying to be serious and possibly doing mathematical calculations. To the point I'm actually drawing the econometrics equations with my hand... o_O!

I also talk to myself, a lot. It's the way that I work through my problems. It's almost like me being my own personal councelor. My favourite Kink does the same thing. I've seen YouTube videos to prove it. I'm not worried about it.

Absolutely!

I've done it all my life, and used to feel very ashamed, until I watched an interview with a writer saying it's necessary to talk to yourself and daydream in order to be a writer, so I guess it's settled then:

- we should all be writers!

PS I've heard other people who I believe to be NTs talk to themselves when they thought no-one could hear them.

Is it possible we all do it, but we're the only ones who'll admit it?

I'll admit it. I'm NT and I talk to myself ALL THE TIME! I get caught and I don't really care anymore. I think through everything verbally. I also do that to relieve stress if I've had a difficult day, but I do this kind in private. That's probably kind of like stimming, only verbally.

My mother did it too. I used to pick on her for talking to the cheese. Probably where I get it from. I can't stop it. Writing it out just doesn't do it for me, I gotta talk.

Guilty.

My whole way of thinking is basically a dialogue....one persona will have ideas, the other will question them, the first will reconsider and submit an amended idea, etc. I don't have a split personality, I know it's all me really, just that my mind works by critical dialogue with itself.

I often have difficulty in following my thoughts clearly if I remain mute while thinking, and voicing the thoughts helps me to focus on what I'm thinking. Therefore I talk to myself whenever I think I can get away with it. I do a lot of muttering which I just hope is socially acceptable.....I think there's a level of quiet muttering that isn't seen as all that wacky.

Rehearsing future communications seems to be more taboo, and unfortunately I do a lot of that - loads of stuff, and I'll probably never need to use most of it in actual dialogue, but it's good to have it just in case.

I've also noticed that I talk to myself for hours if I'm stressed out or excited by newly-discovered possibilities concerning the ambitions I care about. I guess it's just the usual "racing mind" that lots of people experience when the adrenaline's flowing, but in my case I say it all out loud if I don't think I'll be overheard. It's very hard to stop the process.....best thing I've found is to try to focus on some art, to try to shut down the logical part of my brain. But my logical side doesn't give up easily. It's as if it's really urgent to get all those thoughts voiced and examined before I lose them....they seem incredibly deep and important thoughts at the time, like I've just been plugged into the oracle of the gods.

When you talk to yourself, there's nobody to disagree with you...

I do sometimes but I mostly just make noises and sing in strange voices or quote stuff. I did on the bus stop today when I was alone.

I once tried to explain to a pair of popular girls in PE once that the most sensical or whatever conversation you can have is with yourself. I said that you understand yourself and you know what you're saying, but they were like, "WTF are you on about? Of COURSE you understand yourself." But they didn't know what I meant, I meant that there's no misunderstandings because there's no other person to misconstrue what you say. I couldn't quite explain myself though and the girls were really confused.

I will do it sometimes, but I talk quietly while doing it or try not to do it in the presence of others, so most people don't notice it.

I should write a book on all the things that I say to myself, publish it and make money.