[TigerMandingo]

I'm usually mumbling the lyrics to whatever song is in my head.
People be like

[Redwood]

(08-23-2014 12:54 PM)Tuthmosis Wrote:  

Of course. The bad part is when I'm deep in a conversation with myself and a random chick comes around the corner and catches me. I used it to approach once: "You just caught me talking to myself. Don't act like you don't do the same thing." It hooked.

Nice.

And yes, I do talk to myself, mainly to just try to solve a problem that's been on my mind for sometime. I even do it in public.

[MrXY]

I've done it pretty much daily since I was a boy, when I used to wander through the woods talking to myself

I use it to analyze situations, solve problems, formulate arguments and figure out what I'm going to say to someone

I've been called out on it many times, as recently as a couple of weeks ago when I walking into a grocery store and a woman yelled "Hey are you talking to yourself?!" I just laughed, I long ago stopped being embarrassed about it although I do try to control it so people won't think I'm weird.

I actually think it's a sign of intelligence-I've noticed that intelligent people whose minds are more active are much more likely to do it while dumb people seldom talk to themselves

[kbell]

I do this at work when I'm having to multitask or do something complicated. I try not to do this but it happens. I have been called on it a few times.

[weambulance]

Sure, I talk to myself a lot. Brainstorming, rehearsing conversations, thinking through problems from basic principles. I do it in the car all the time, and I sometimes do it quietly in public. It helps to hear stuff out loud; it's like my brain sees it from a different angle that way.

I yell at inanimate objects sometimes too. Computers, cars, motorcycle, anything that can be a pain in the ass for no apparent reason. Neighbors probably think I'm crazy when I get hung up in the middle of car projects. "Why the fuck would you ever think this was a good design idea?!" and other yells in that vein are quite common.

The only person who's ever said anything is my dad; he thinks it's funny. Of course, he does it too.

[Travesty]

Only when I'm banging a mediocre 6 and am bored and wished she were hotter.

The girl usually doesn't like it. I still can't figure out why.

[Angry Beaver]

I do it all the time! I usually comment on my own actions, especially when I've fucked something up or need to concentrate.

"Well done, Angry Beaver, that was just awful!" And then I just start laughing, usually out loud. My friends are so used to it that they just shrug and move on. Also, after a rough day or a tense period at work I start talking to myself to keep focus.

Yes, the inner cosmos does indeed break through. It's fun!

[Switch]

Totally weird, I was just thinking if starting the same exact thread today when someone caught me talking to myself (I was in the middle of a wide open field (don't ask haha) and all of a sudden they were behind me). I talk to myself all the time. Almost all of my thoughts are said out loud. Rarely do I think only in my head. If not saying my thoughts loudly, I'm at least mouthing the words. I also use a shitton of fucking swear words in my casual-ass mother-fucking thoughts.

[Bill]

I like to do karaoke and read loud to adjust my voice. But I also like to practice talking to myself because it opens the creative part in the brain.

[BortimusPrime]

Talking to oneself is crazy. I only talk to Mister Nuts, the squirrel that lives in my apartment just outside my field of vision at all times.

[Felix88]

I like talking to myself in foreign language, especially in Japanese, it's fun.

[w00t]

all the time
I also pace through my room when Im trying to solve a problem (while talking to myself)

I dont do it when other ppl are around though. except in the gym where I mutter under my breath all the time

[ElBorrachoInfamoso]

When I was getting my PhD, I would pace around my apartment talking to myself whenever I was working on a particularly difficult problem. My spoken voice would take one perspective and my inner voice another.

[Coldfire]

I like to think out loud when I'm trying to solve a problem or make a plan

[Beyond Borders]

This thread has been really eye-opening to me. I mean, I assumed that some of you guys would say yes, but I didn't expect so many affirmatives.

Strange that talking to yourself outloud carries such a stigma when it's so seemingly common.

Then again, another poster mentioned a possibility of it being something more intelligent people do, and there are a lot of cerebral men in this space.

[pitt]

Funny enough, usually people don't tell me or even notice that I am talking to myself but last night I was out with this girl and she kept telling me to stop talking to myself, I told her that she is one of the few people that has noticed that I talk to myself because the majority of people don't usually notice that, she was like ''well that's because they are crazy too'' lmao. But I kept talking to myself the whole night, I didn't care. I think as long as you are a fun person to be around, nobody really cares if you are talking to yourself.

[LeightonBlackstock]

Yes, regularly

Sometimes I kind of interview myself whilst I sit on the toilet

I find it relaxing. I also practice upcoming potential conversations before bed

I also do the pacing thing like w00t said

[Mongo]

All the time, especially when I'm driving in the car. It helps keep my mind organized and clear.

[Lucky]

(08-24-2014 03:14 AM)w00t Wrote:  

all the time
I also pace through my room when Im trying to solve a problem (while talking to myself)

I do this too. Frequently I talk to myself to work out a problem or understand something. I talk to myself when I'm studying, which is why sometimes I hate studying in a library.

I also write things down all the time because I'm anxious that I'll forget something.

[simondice]

All the time, especially when taking a walk.
"I like hearing myself talk. It is one of my greatest pleasures. I often have long conversations all by myself, and I am so clever that I sometimes don't understand a single word of what I am saying" Oscar Wilde

I'm my own best friend and I always think my jokes are hilarious
I also read somewhere that people who do this tend to be smarter than most people.

[TravellingSoldier]

(08-23-2014 11:25 AM)Nascimento Wrote:  

Anyone sing to themselves?

I sing spanish opera songs freestyle hahaha

And yes I talk to myself... A lot of the times I'll be on the toilet or go in front of a mirror and create spontaneous speeches for hypothetical business/product ideas I have. I also talk to myself in Spanish to solidify my vocabulary and put myself into new situations.

[WanderingSoul]

Yeah, but it's generally "cocksuckin motherfuckin bitch" at something that's giving me trouble.

[EagleMan]

I don't talk to myself, I just think out loud.

[Kaii]

Yes, more often than I care to admit

Most of the time it helps me problem solve. I also do sing random songs that get stuck in my head.

[AneroidOcean]

Yep, talk to myself plenty and as someone else pointed out, often am figuring out conversations ahead of time, or imagining a scenario and working it out. It's interesting to have someone else point it out in this thread.