Do You talk to Yourself?

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I do everyday, I'm fully aware there is no-one else, but I do it anyway...It's like "Instinct"
I tend to have conversations with myself and I seem to "swap" personalities...
I don't know many people with Autism/Asperger's also do it, but if you do, it's nice to know that i'm not the only one!

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I do this pretty much every day, although I try to limit it to silent lip-moving when I'm not alone. It is essential for organising thoughts. I also often narrate the steps of what I am doing for any multi-stage physical task, such as cooking.

Sometimes

yeah I used to do it more when I was living alone, but I still do it a lot

Thank-you to all who replied! It's helped me a LOT! I agree with melissa17b, it also helps me with organising my thoughts also

You're definitely not the only one. I talk to myself all the time and for me it feels like a perfectly natural thing to do. I do realise that other people don't see it that way though, and feel embarrassed when i get caught out because I don't realise someone else is there; even though they don't say anything. A lot of the time I talk to myself more than I talk to other people and I just can't imagine going through life not talking to myself. For me also, it is necessary for me to organise my thoughts.

i guess it's like keep myself accompanied by myself lol it makes me feel less lonely =)

All the time

ssssssssssh... I'm trying to talk to myself.

(Of course I talk to myself, over things I'm totally obsessed with).

duh of course who don't i use to do this all the time in elementary,

Who else is going to listen to me? Yeah, I talk to myself, mostly reminding myself what I am doing right now, and to the dog and to the materials I am trying to manipulate (Oh, just behave! to onion I am cutting up and a piece has scittered off).

Yep, I talk to myself. It helps me process my thoughts if I externalise them somehow. I also write down my thoughts. Writing helps even more, because then my thoughts are in visual form, and I process best through visual means.

Talk to myself, yes, sometimes it's the only way I can get an intelligent conversation

Vanilla_Slice

I talk to myself, make love to myself, take myself out for dinner, laugh and have a good time with myself ... it's almost as if I'm boyfriend/girlfriend with myself.

ADHD here...I definitely talk to myself though I try to be careful how I do it in public. It can be a help sometimes, when I have a lot going on, to keep myself on task.