Why do people talk to themselves?

Factual Questions
1

I suppose many people do this occasionally (especially when angry or suprised), but why do some people do it all the time?

2

I can only speak for myself, but I find it’s the most reliable way of having an intelligent conversation.

3

Who’s gonna argue with you???:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

4

I talk to myself all the time, and once asked a counselor about it. Her opinion is that I talk to myself because there’s nobody else to talk to. The things to watch out for:

  1. Actually having conversations with people you know aren’t there.
  2. Talking to yourself when there ARE other people there.
  3. Doing what the voices tell you to do.
5

Zoe, Zoe, Zoe – why can’t you think of anything clever to say?

6

It helps me organize my thoughts. Sometimes I work out what I plan to say to other people.

Sometimes it looks like I’m talking to myself, but I’m actually singing to myself (just very softly).

7

Sometimes I see people walking down the street talking to themselves but actually they’re just using one of those earpiece thingys for cell phones.

8

I once heard it said that a thought cannot be complete without verbal expression. I don’t know if that’s true, but I do know that when I really need to remember something, I’m more likely to remember it if I “tell myself” out loud, rather than just think it. It’s like hearing it sets it in my mind.

9

In some sports related activities, I talk to myself (or sing a very basic song like “row, row, row your boat” ) to make sure I’m not holding my breath.

I do sing to myself often… just to entertain myself.

10

I was just asking myself that question.

11

To hear themselves think?

12

[sub]<to make sure they got it right>[/sub] Sometimes people sorta rehearse what they want to say before they actually say it. Just to be sure they got it right, I guess. Like a mental “Preview Reply”.
Peace,
mangeorge

13

Also, this one of the tricks stutterers can use to say something without stuttering. I used to stutter, and would practice what I wanted to say first, then say it out loud in one long rush. Worked pretty good. The method is probably obsolete by now, though.

14

I couldn’t agree more.

15

I couldn’t agree more.

16

Somehow : processing a thought just doesn’t work the same if it is all done internally. I am a cronic self-conversationalist. I do make sure no-one ever sees or hears me do it. but there are times when I have not been paying enough attention to my outer world.