I find your avatar awfully apt for this statement.Angelous Wang said:
Also, I prefer the idea that sanity is merely one form of insanity anyhow
So we're all mad here....
Am I Insane?
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Also, I prefer the idea that sanity is merely one form of insanity anyhow
So we're all mad here....
Lots of people do that, myself included. But I have the Chinese symbol for insanity tattooed on my right wrist, so I might be insane.
You're not crazy. Lets just agree on 'eccentric' and call it a day.
You're not crazy. Lets just agree on 'eccentric' and call it a day.
Read the title and yes you are mwahahahaha!
my actual answer is no though as I sometimes do this when I need to process my thoughts if there's no one else about
my actual answer is no though as I sometimes do this when I need to process my thoughts if there's no one else about
oh god eggsnham your picture it's...it's...I mean I just...dear god!! it's like lambceptionEggsnham said:
You should probably ignore Daystar: As I already mentioned just moments ago, we are all figments of our fevered psyche...but you know what would help quiet all of the weirdness? Sweet, cleansing, flames...share their light with the world.Daystar Clarion said:
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I do this with myself as well: Conversations, debates, explanations, concepts, ideas, etc. I'm pretty sure I'm sane...I think...
Your avatar answers that question. Seriously, bro, of all the avatars on this site, yours and that one guy who has kirby popping out of Sonic's eyes are the only ones that give me the jibblies.
Anyway, my policy concerning all matters of self, whether it be mental health, if you are wrong, or otherwise: If you have to ask, you probably are.
Anyway, my policy concerning all matters of self, whether it be mental health, if you are wrong, or otherwise: If you have to ask, you probably are.
Generally if you can wonder about your own mental stability your fine. Someone who is genuinely insane is incapable of recognising it or even giving the possibility consideration.
My older brother is a Paranoid Schizophrenic. I've got an entire lifetime's experience in dealing with a TRUE mad man (though now that he's older he's gone through a natural body chemistry shift that's left him mostly stable--mostly).
The real nuts are CERTAIN that they AREN'T crazy. Trust me--it's not pretty dealing with a truly insane individual.
The real nuts are CERTAIN that they AREN'T crazy. Trust me--it's not pretty dealing with a truly insane individual.
Bad Daystar!Daystar Clarion said:
You're not crazy. I do such things all the time, mostly to revise things I've already learned and to check my own understanding of things. I have "imaginary" conversations with myself in order to pose questions to myself, to check whether or not I've fully thought things through. It's a useful tactic.
As long as you know it is yourself, you're not suffering from delusions, which means that you're probably not mentally ill. There are many mental illnesses, but the ones you are concerned about (the psychotic illness), require you to believe that the voices are coming from outside your head. Really mentally ill people will hear voices as clearly as if someone else in the room is talking to them - the voices will not go away and are often derogatory, controlling or threatening. Sometimes they hear two or more voices talking about the patient, often criticizing their choices and lifestyles.
As long as you know that you are talking to yourself, and as long as you don't ACTUALLY hear voices, then I think you're fine.
As long as you know it is yourself, you're not suffering from delusions, which means that you're probably not mentally ill. There are many mental illnesses, but the ones you are concerned about (the psychotic illness), require you to believe that the voices are coming from outside your head. Really mentally ill people will hear voices as clearly as if someone else in the room is talking to them - the voices will not go away and are often derogatory, controlling or threatening. Sometimes they hear two or more voices talking about the patient, often criticizing their choices and lifestyles.
As long as you know that you are talking to yourself, and as long as you don't ACTUALLY hear voices, then I think you're fine.
No. This is a thing the human brain does to improve you're social skills. You ask yourself a question and subconsciously you come up with an answer as a reflex. I don't think you have much to worry about unless... You know, it wants you to do bad things.just fighting with yourself how ever, that's sane.
I don't think you're insane.
It's just a thought process, I sometimes do similar thinking things when faced with a more challenging problem.
You might see it as an "inner discussion" while others just see them as... well, thoughts
But based on your topic headline I came in here with one sole answer: Yes
Then the first thing I saw was your avatar, answer still: Yes
Then I gave your text some thought and made my more subtle answer: see above
It's just a thought process, I sometimes do similar thinking things when faced with a more challenging problem.
You might see it as an "inner discussion" while others just see them as... well, thoughts
But based on your topic headline I came in here with one sole answer: Yes
Then the first thing I saw was your avatar, answer still: Yes
Then I gave your text some thought and made my more subtle answer: see above
Sounds very normal to me, your mental health is doing just fine, OP.
Anyone ever have that internal debate with yourself, but without the use of words? I mean, when you try to think about the words you used with yourself, and discover that you didn't actually use words, only images, feelings, instinct?
Anyone ever have that internal debate with yourself, but without the use of words? I mean, when you try to think about the words you used with yourself, and discover that you didn't actually use words, only images, feelings, instinct?
Nope, you're fine, I'm worse... I've names some parts of my mind and given them personalities and ask them opinions when I need help with a decision... They are not imaginary friends, they are the people that live inside my head...
I love Colin Mochrie. Him and Ryan Stiles are one of the great comedy double acts.Asita said:
OT: I talk to myself all the time. On mornings where I don't have work, I really like to go for 2 hour walks, which I did this morning, and it wasn't until I got home that I realized that I had talked to myself about the Baker Venkataraman rearrangement for the entire walk.
The strangest topics flit through my head at times.
Read something the other day about talking to yourself.
Probably misquoted: "Talking to yourself is normal. If you're talking to someone else in your head you're insane."
As long as you're not hearing voices you can't control it shouldn't be unnormal. I don't talk to myself, as far as I've noticed, but according to this thread it's quite common.
Probably misquoted: "Talking to yourself is normal. If you're talking to someone else in your head you're insane."
As long as you're not hearing voices you can't control it shouldn't be unnormal. I don't talk to myself, as far as I've noticed, but according to this thread it's quite common.