Look…I’ve talked to myself my whole life. Sometimes I need to hear my thoughts articulated in so many words to see if they make sense. I do this when I’m alone. But of course occasionally I get overheard. :o .
And some people think I’m nuts. But I think as long as I know there’s no one else listening and talking back, I’m not nuts. Merely eccentric.
I think it helps my thought process. What do you think? Do you do it?
I do on occasion. Not a lot, but usually short statements like “that was stupid” or something similar. Hell, I did it just now to test it out.
No. Yes. NO! YES! SHUT UP! YOU shut up!
I talk to myself all the time. I think it’s pretty normal really…
Eh, I don’t see anything abnormal in it. Then again, since I do it myself, I probably wouldn’t. I mostly call myself names and otherwise chide myself. I also try out bits of dialogue and descriptions aloud.
Now, if you say things like, “Yessss, my Preciousssss, we’ll ssstranglesss them in their sleepsesss”, that might be pathological. 
I was just thinking about this yesterday. I went on about a 5 mile walk and intermittently vocalized some of my thoughts during the walk. I think it was more out of boredom than anything else.
Damn, beaten to it.
I talk to myself quite a lot while working, especially when trying to visualise problems. When I was studying physics, I’d often be found sitting at my desk waving my hands in the air, muttering to myself. I think it’s a useful way to organise my thoughts and see how they’re fitting together. I often talk to myself in my head as well, a sort of running monologue of “Hmm, what happens if we try this?” and “So what we really need to do is to make that class a subclass of THIS one!” - but again, it’s more in problem-solving mode.
I do occassionally acknowledge things like “Ye gods, you’re an idiot” when looking at myself in the mirror after a night on the tiles which wasn’t a particularly good idea on a weekday, and I should probably also say I find I talk to myself more when I spend extended periods of time alone.
I *think *I’m still within the bounds of “eccentric”.
The problem with talking to myself is I always get caught up in an argument with myself about whether I should refer to me as “you” or “I,” I can never ever agree on which one is more appropriate.
However, I think the OP is just referring to thinking alous. That’s different. And perfectly normal. I am especially prone to doing that when I’m practicing something, and pause because I did something wrong and start criticising myself out loud without really thinking about it.
The way I understand it, it’s perfectly normal to talk to yourself, but if you start having a conversation, then all bets are off…
Sure, all the time. We’re all mostly just entertaining ourselves anyway, so why not?
I’ve worked the overnight shift for years now. I don’t think I talked to myself before this but I certainly do now. I think the two are related, but I don’t think it’s all that strange.
Now if you would like to talk about my fear of umbrellas…
I do most of my self-talk silently or extremely quietly. What I do out loud, though, is narrate. I’ll do it on the phone or in the middle of a face-to-face conversation, too. I do it mostly for the amusement of my friends.
I’ve talked to myself all my life. Lately, though, I’ve noticed that I’ll tell myself things that I’ve already figured out. Like:
“Hmmm, I wonder where my keys are.”
As if I just thought of it. Is that weird?
I only swear at myself.
“OUCH FUCK!”
The only intelligent conversation I get is when I talk to myself.
And my dog.
And cat.
I’d…like to exercise my 5th Amendment rightsin regards to this question.
No, and neither do any of the voices in my head.
I don’t have much opportunity to do it these days, but in the past, I had to make frequent long drives. Usually, I’d sing along with the radio, but sometimes if I had something on my mind, I’d tell myself about it out loud, explaining the whole thing as if I were telling someone else. Then I’d describe my feelings about the situation, alternatives I’d tried, etc…I could have talked aloud for hours. And usually, by the end of the trip, I’d have some sort of new insight.
If I were a religious person, maybe I would call talking to myself praying, and call the insight my answer from God.
I talk to myself all the time. Yeah, I get snickered at all the time. But I don’t believe it’s pathological at all. I do it to organize my thoughts and if I’m alone for a while, it kills the boredom.
What would be pathological is talking to oneself and thinking you were talking to someone else.
's OK so long as you don’t get into a fistfight with yourself. I’m told those hurt.
A secret talent I have is doing accents. I can do a killer Aussie accent, something that few people can pull off. I practice my art in the car. Well, in between belting out “We Belong.”
That’s pretty weird, but not pathological. Right??