Do you talk to yourself?

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I talk a lot to myself!
I speak but without sound (so just the mouth-movements) so no-one could possibly hear.

It's a wonder that this thread's not titled, "Do you talk to anyone other than yourself?"

Yes. I talk to myself a lot. I guess in a way its over compensation because I do not talk to many people and people rarely talk to me.

I talk to myself a lot. Hell, I even have arguments...

Yes, all the time

Yes,though not when I think anyone else can hear me.

Only in my head.

I always talk to myself, i'm the one person who can make sense of what I have to say. I tend to do it more when walking, which of course means I get a few strange looks over time, but it hasn't bothered me thus far, and doubtless never will.

All the time. All of the time.

I talk to my self a lot. Even when I was younger and had a relatively active social life, I did it often.

This is something where I have to wonder if this has anything to do with AS, or if it's just something that EVERYONE does. I know at work many times I've heard someone talking to themselves, and then sometimes they'll be embarrassed and apologize. So...maybe this is just something everyone does. (Time for my disclaimer-I don't know if I have AS, or am just a freak )

Is talking to yourself the same as thinking out loud?

Anyway, at work I'll say short things while I'm doing something, sort of to remind myself. Like I get to a part of a room, and say "okay, what am I doing" if I forget, or something like "okay, that should work" or something as I switch computer tapes on a server-stuff like that.

By myself I'll sometimes talk to myself more than that. I sometimes have sort of conversations with either myself, or imagining that they're with someone else, like imagining how a conversation would go. I sometimes find myself kind of pretending to talk through computer specs or things I'm interested in-sort of talking to an imaginary audience. I think that fits in with:

...this post. I think that's why I do it.

I'm not sure when I started, but I also insult myself a lot. I think mostly when I'm alone (or around a family member). I'll frequently have something pop up in my head-something I did or said that I think is stupid, that I should have said differently. These aren't big things, just like I misinterpreted what someone said, or realized I'd said something dumb after the fact, or couldn't come up with a good response at the time or something. Sometimes it'll be something recent, sometimes from years ago. When I'm alone and I'm feeling stressed, I'll a lot of times say "I'm stupid" or something like that out loud when they pop in my head.

I not only talk to myslef but also to inaminate objects.

I often do, especially when daydreaming or thinking - it can be quite annoying.

Does talking to yourself always mean talking out loud? I always took it as that till I was told it also means talking to yourself in your mind. At my last job, a co worker pointed out that my lips were moving after I said I wasn't saying anything when she kept asking me "what are you saying?"

I have talk out loud in the past before but I don't do it anymore. Sometiems I will say curse words to myself when I drop something or when I die in a videogame or when I mess up. I also curse to myself when I make a mistake. I say "Oh s**t" or "damn"
At work I try not to do it with employees around.

I talk to myself when there is too much going on in my mind. It's like thinking aloud in a way.

Of course. It's the only way I can get a good conversation Seriously it's mostly an internal debate. Hardly ever do I speak.