Stop talking to myself

I talk to myself a lot. Not out loud, but my lips move. I’ve been doing this for almost four years. And I always denied it. But I just caught myself doing it again, while looking in the mirror. I talk to imaginary people or just to myself. I imagine situations. Or I just start a conversation with myself. Sometimes I don’t even know I’m doing it, for example: at school, and it gets me into the weirdest situations. I’m not crazy, that’s for sure. I want to stop this, but at the same time I don’t. It helps me figure stuff out in my head (I’m really stressed sometimes, and it helps me to calm down) and sometimes it makes me feel less alone. Okay, it does sound a little crazy like that. But yeah. I hope I can work this out, or something.

I seriously do this all the time—at least once a day for some times up to two hours at a time. I usually plant myself in a scene that I wish I could one day be in, which usually involves people that I know, at times persons who I don’t know that well. I also play music really loud and walk around my room when I do it so my roommate doesn’t hear my having conversations with myself. It’s weird…and I’ve been doing it since I was really young (I’m now 19). The weirdest part about it is that I don’t see myself stopping because it’s my own way of laying out my aspirations, and some times lays out the path for me getting to them. The one time that I stopped for about two years was when I was the most content with my life…my suggestion is to find something that makes you really happy and then you won’t need to escape to this place.

idk… its like… i talk to myself all the time but i dont want anyone to see me do it. Im talking to people who arent there… a lot of times its people and friends i know. && everytime someone walks in my room i act like im doing something else… i would be so embarassed if someone saw me doing this… i need to figure out how to stop but i cant. Any suggestions ??

What crap?! What’s wrong with talking to yourself? What difference does the simple act of verbalizing a thought do to your being, or theirs?

No, it’s not abnormal, and it isn’t normal either, it just is. If you like doing it, you do it. You’re not shouting into their ears, it’s just a plain conversation. And if someone has a problem listening to a conversation that’s not a dialogue, well, it’s their bad. If you knew, if you ever knew what was going on in their head, you’d probably hate them. At least you have nothing to hide, and you’re not doing any harm. You. Are. Just. Talking.

(Oh, and that was for myself)

but i love doing it too much im not mental i just like my own company and that can be a lonely pastime I think it can make you better at knowing what you want to say too

Is it really abnormal? Sometimes I think aloud and my mouth moves but there’s really no sound coming out, which is good. But my aunt saw me today moving my lips and she said she always catches me doing that. And I didn’t know, maybe it’s subconscious. But now i’m aware of it and I want to stop it. I don’t want people to think I’m crazy… even though I’m not.

I know crazy is when you hear voices in your head. I’m just voicing out my thoughts and sometimes I just don’t want anybody hearing what I want to say. So I’m just keeping it to myself by doing that.

I don’t know how to completely stop this but I will try to be more conscious when around people.

im conflicted here. i find talking to myself incredibly helpful, to work through my creative ideas – its a process that works for me. but socially, im quite self-conscious about it and know it could be seen as just plain weird. i have said somethings random aloud at work, and while its sometimes appropriate, ie. “hrmm. where is that book?” sometimes (often) im not thinking about work, and that comes out: “why doesn’t he love me?” etc. part of it is that im not in a relationship right now and i live alone … but starting today i will have a houseguest / roommmate, so hopefully that will keep the self-talking to a minimum.

other than being around others more, i cant think of a strategy to quell this. i dont want to do hypnosis, because like i said – it is part of my creative process and i dont want to necessarily inhibit that …

I talk to myself to people that aren’t there. Usually they are real life friends of mine. I do this all the time but when I’m not alone in the house I get very embarassed. My dad used to do this when I was a kid and it used to freak me out. I think my kids and dh feel the same way about it!

im bored i do this when im alone and bored and i see something gay or creepy or somethin idk? im boreddd :0

i want to stop talking to myself. i think it’s because im really shy and in school i don’t talk to alot of people only the people i feel comfortable with. i do it when im at home by myself