What does it mean when you talk to yourself?

Answer 1

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A hundred years ago, people thought you were possessed if you talked to yourself. That was when psychologists determined that it's ok to talk to yourself as long as you don't get answers.

More recently, psychologists that it's ok to have an inner dialogue in which you ask and answer your own questions. So with the changing times, the mental health industry has determined that talking to yourself and getting answers to your own questions is ok. They just didn't think it was a good idea to have an ARGUMENT with yourself.

A few years ago (relatively) it was decided that it's actually ok to have an argument with yourself� so long as you don't loose the argument.

Yes, that's a joke. But it's the answer to your question in a way that puts things into perspective. First, it's all about perceptions. If others think you're nuts because you talk to yourself, perhaps it would be good to have the internal dialogue more quietly, in other words, don't say it out loud so that others can hear. But don't worry about it unless you start hearing voices that aren't really there. That is still the line that you don't want to cross.

PS:Found the article below on mental health useful.

Answer 2

1/ It's maybe because you're lonely or because you are currently passing or passed from a traumatic experience (like death, sickness, no money etc.). If it is so, you may seek comfort in yourself by talking to yourself.

Don't worry, it's perfectly normal. Everyone does it at one point in his life.

Don't worry too much about it

Chin up =D

2/ The person who answered above me is perfectly accurate. Sometimes a feeling of loneliness can cause this to happen as well. There are only few whom do this because of a psychiatric disorder. Sometimes distrust for others due to circumstances can cause one to only trust themselves and therefore speak to themselves rather than others. There is also those whom pray out loud therefore not talking to themselves but rather a higher power. So there are many reasons for this to happen, but yes it is normal. Most people do it, but a lot will not fess up to it either.

3/ Why? The answer is because you are a normal human being. I well remember when I was young my teacher at school heard me talking to myself one day and gave me a severe reprimand saying "talking to yourself is the first sign of madness"! That apparently being the belief of some mental health experts in that epoch. That was sixty years ago and I have continued to talk to myself throughout my adult life, normally only when I am by myself as if people hear you they may wrongly consider it weird.

But I have also found, contrary to what those mental health experts burbled in those days as stated above everybody talks to themselves at times. Far from it being something to be concerned about or in any way harmful to your physical or mental well being, it can in fact be an extremely helpful and valuable behaviour towards making you more successful in your life by assessing both your attributes and your failings most correctly.

Because if you talk to yourself you are talking to the world's number one expert on you and to your most trusted friend. There is nobody else in the world who knows as much about you. Because you are also talking to the individual on Earth who is most like you. The person who knows more about what negative or positive experiences you may have suffered throughout your life and understands best how they may have affected your thinking and your behaviour most authoritatively. By talking to yourself you can express your emotions and your feelings as angrily and as sympathetically as any Counsellor and to somebody who will not be offended, bored or upset by anything you say or any criticisms you may express about the person you are talking to. That is why talking to yourself can be so effective in helping you think through and work out any problems or dilemmas or failures realistically and decide how best to adapt to or address them.

Answer 3

Yes. You may have a multiple personality disorder.

Not necessarily. You may just be able to visualize different opposing parts of an argument at once, and prefer verbalizing your arguments in order to work the conflicts out.

Answer 4

Many people talk to themselves. It's perfectly normal, as long as you also talk to other people when they are around. By the way, I found the article below on mental health useful.

Answer 5

Absolutely! Its perfectly normal to talk to yourself! Don't worry!

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Answer 6

It Sometimes means thet you cant think quietly. Just like myself, talking outl oud sometimes helps your conprehension. And sometimes you just need someone to talk to.

Answer 7

No it is not. It can be a good thing! Talk to yourself when you're scared.

Answer 8

Yes, sometimes.