Poll: So, do you talk to yourself ?

[Navvan]

I talk to myself quite a bit when I'm alone. I try not to when other people are around, but sometimes I do.

Its cathartic and helps me focus.

 

[GameMaNiAC]

I usually just ask myself something out loud when I'm unsure of what to do.

Something along the lines of "What should I play now?" or something.

I don't tend to reply to myself, though. Not by word, anywho. By doing.

Or also when I'm frustrated, I start swearing out loud, even if I'm on my own and nobody hears me.

 

[Artina89]

Yes I talk to myself regularly. I find it helps me if I talk through a problem with myself, I also find it easy when I am planning my day.

 

[R4ptur3]

yeah I talk to myself quite often because I'm a bit crazy haha. There's no other reason really. I don't do it in front of people though, I'm not that mad yet.

 

[Basement Cat]

I used to, but I don't anymore.

The VOICES and I aren't on speaking terms, right now.


Hey, I just did italics. And this is bold. And this is underlined. And this is struck through.

I feel like I've got a new toy, learning tricks like this.

 

[mental_looney]

Yes I talk to myself quite a bit and maybe sometimes refer to myself in the 3rd person - such as "why did you do that beck that wasn't very smart?" and then answer myself. I'm not crazy.

 

[drh1975]

Sometimes I'm the only person I can have an intelligent conversation with.

 

[Sanat]

I sing to myself more than talk, and it's normally about trivial actions that I'm currently doing. Example:

*scrubbing windows*

"Oooooh, these windows... don't wanna come clean~
How I wish, yeah I wish, that they wouuuuuld!
But I can't let 'em sit, they just don't do shit,
But stay dirty all... day loooong~"

 

[AlwaystheUnlucky]

I do, but only to talk about how fluffy a tail is and how much I want to touch it.

 

[Lunar Templar]

I talk to myself all the time.
Sometimes even full on conversations.
Sometimes myself answers back.

i've done that to,

some times, its the only way to have intelligent conversation

 

[Titan Buttons]

I only ever matter things to myself to workout what I'm going but I do it when ever I need to, I have to explain myself sometimes but it's not a big deal to do that.

 

[EHKOS]

Yeah, but only in my head. I can think faster than I can speak, plus I don't have to explain shit, because I already understand.

 

[Alakaizer]

I prefer to think of it as "vocal thinking," as it helps me ensure that my ideas are coherent. There's also the occasional swearing at inanimate objects as well.

 

[2733]

Glad to see I'm not alone. Though as an addendum, what do you guys do when somebody 'catches' you? Do you pretend nothing happened, start singing (as if they'll believe you) or just keep talking?

I mostly rant to myself about whatever is bothering or interesting me, so any poor soul foolish enough to "catch" me gets sat down to hear the whole thing.

 

[The Ubermensch]

Is talking to a tulpa really talking to ones self?

I have two, Gunnery Sergeant Heartman from Full Metal Jacket and Motoko Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell... They yell a lot... Heartman calls me a cum guzzler a lot and Motoko assaults me on my motivations.

>.>
<.<

I don't have a problem, really

 

[klown]

I talk to myself all the time, I am right now as I write this. I tend to play through conversations in my head and then criticize my responses to my questions for being to wordy, or being too rude. I'll do it to the point where I'll talk myself out of interacting with the person, because my responses to the questions I think they'll ask are terrible, so I'll just keep quiet.

 

[XMark]

I talk to myself quite frequently, and I'd probably look totally nuts if anyone caught me. Especially when I'm using different accents.

 

[Andrew Drake]

Doesn't everyone?

 

[Powereaver]

Talking to the cat doesnt count! because then youre talking to the cat! but i talk to myself all the time.. they say its a sign of intelligence.. so im a friggin genius! but i do get a fair few weird looks from people, oh well their loss.

 

[Call me Baz]

Always

I even have conversations with myself, often when I start along a train of thought, realise that my point isn't related to the topic at hand then I discuss with myself why I began to think of my previous point.

I also give myself grief over mistakes in League of Legends when I do something stupid (which is far too often for the amount of hours I've put into that game by now)