# Do you talk and laugh to yourself? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 17, 2022, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-talk-and-laugh-to-yourself/971739 "2022-09-17T22:28:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Didi44](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-talk-and-laugh-to-yourself/971739/1 "2022-09-17T22:28:49Z")
II firmly believe in, _It’s okay as long as you don’t ARGUE with yourself!_ 🤭 🤪 My boss sits in the cubicle behind me and every one in a while will comment on how it’s cute that I talk and sing to myself. I explained that when I’m singing, especially a particular Korean song, that means I’m really stressed. Another work stress relief is to think of something funny and I’ll sometimes let out an audible laugh to myself. I’m a guy and have been living by myself for the last 5 years, and other than at work or if I go shopping, don’t talk to anyone except occasionally to myself. The other day, I was watching a Korean variety show and found one of the guests really pretty. I was sure I knew who she was, but just couldn’t place her. When she finally introduced herself, I yelled out at the top of my lungs, YENA (Choi Ye Na from IZ\*ONE and literally laughed out loud for 30 seconds!. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-talk-and-laugh-to-yourself/971739/2 "2022-09-17T22:58:38Z")
I laugh _at_ myself. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-talk-and-laugh-to-yourself/971739/3 "2022-09-17T23:01:53Z")
Yeah, but I know I’m full of shit, so I don’t listen. ---
**Author:** ![Didi44](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-talk-and-laugh-to-yourself/971739/4 "2022-09-17T23:08:45Z")
100% agree with both your posts! Keep 'em coming! ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-talk-and-laugh-to-yourself/971739/5 "2022-09-17T23:14:54Z")
Oh yeah, all the time but I make out like I’m talking to the dogs lol. ---
**Author:** ![Didi44](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-talk-and-laugh-to-yourself/971739/6 "2022-09-17T23:27:18Z")
Ahhh…but who wins the arguments? LOL ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-talk-and-laugh-to-yourself/971739/7 "2022-09-18T00:57:19Z")
I say that I do, on account of the opposable thumbs and the bank account and all but they disagree and deep down I fear they might be right! ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-talk-and-laugh-to-yourself/971739/8 "2022-09-18T01:02:34Z")
It’s OK if you argue with yourself, too – as long as you listen to all sides of the argument. It’s not always OK to do it out loud. If you’re in a situation that calls for quiet, or if you’re supposed to be listening to somebody else, or if you’re freaking out others in the vicinity, it can be a problem. But that’s because you’re causing a distraction or being unreasonably distracted, not because of the specific way you’re doing so. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-talk-and-laugh-to-yourself/971739/9 "2022-09-18T01:11:45Z")
I’ve always said, talking to yourself is fine and normal, it’s when you talk to people who aren’t there that you should pause and take stock. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-talk-and-laugh-to-yourself/971739/10 "2022-09-18T01:12:28Z")
It’s okay to talk to yourself. It’s okay to reply to yourself. But when you say “Huh?”… ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-talk-and-laugh-to-yourself/971739/11 "2022-09-18T01:14:21Z")
Uh-oh. I’m in trouble… ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-talk-and-laugh-to-yourself/971739/12 "2022-09-18T01:49:00Z")
I don’t talk to myself so much as just think out loud. Kind of narrating my life. I retired right before covid hit and suddenly I was alone 24/7. I think I started doing it mostly to break up the silence. It was weird not to have people to talk to all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-talk-and-laugh-to-yourself/971739/13 "2022-09-18T01:57:07Z")
I do, but mostly just in my head. But I frequently talk to the things I’m working with. Like, I’ll tell the difficult object, " Nope, I win." I’m a carpenter, so I’ll say measurements out loud so I remember them. I frequently go days without saying a word to anyone except myself. I miss talking to my dog. He got cancer 6 months ago. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-talk-and-laugh-to-yourself/971739/14 "2022-09-18T02:05:43Z")
I’m so sorry about your doggie. 🙁 ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-talk-and-laugh-to-yourself/971739/15 "2022-09-18T02:22:30Z")
Thank you. It has been tough. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-talk-and-laugh-to-yourself/971739/16 "2022-09-18T04:25:24Z")
Given that you people don’t actually exist except in my imagination - yes, all the time. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-talk-and-laugh-to-yourself/971739/17 "2022-09-18T05:18:00Z")
I talk to myself. I make bargains with myself, too. “If I clean the kitchen, then I can sitdown and read for a half hour.” I lie to myself. If there is something to be done that I detest, I’ll tell myself I only have to do 50% of the work for now. Then, when I’m elbows deep in the mess, I end up saying, “Oh, Hell, I’ll just finish it.” I also yell and stomp my feet and run around in circles, after I complete the chore. And I come from an entire house full of people who argue with the TV. Does that count? ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-talk-and-laugh-to-yourself/971739/18 "2022-09-18T05:35:26Z")
I like to sing along to music, talk back at the TV [but not at a movie theater, that is just rude unless it is expected like Rocky Horror] and I not only hold conversations with myself, I hold conversations with my stoma P’tit Joey. [well, he farts and I use that as the basis of his part of the conversation. If it is really loud or smelly, mrAru will converse with him as well.] ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-talk-and-laugh-to-yourself/971739/19 "2022-09-18T07:30:34Z")
I laugh at you too. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Limmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-talk-and-laugh-to-yourself/971739/20 "2022-09-18T13:23:51Z")
I do. My family thinks I’m weird. But we all knew that already. On the bright side, I think it helps with the creative process. You say something almost unconsciously…then hear it as if someone else is saying it…then you react, and realize that what you said might have some value. Works particulary well with funny stuff, I find. So then I’m chuckling to myself…and again my family starts whispering “at least he’s entertaining himself.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-talk-and-laugh-to-yourself/971739.md?page=2)