Hi to anyone reading this, is it weird to talk to yourself constantly? I talk to myself out loud or in my head and then I reply and have a full conversation with myself. I always feel like I talk to myself from different point of views. It is like talking to someone else like a friend but it is just myself, it feels like a guidance. I don't know how to explain it, it is just something I experience. Does anyone relate? Is this a mental illness or what is it?
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MrMegalomaniac
On year 8 of my unfortunate extended time
- Jul 24, 2026
- 44
I do this all the time.
Most people do it too, idk how often tho, helps with emotional regulation and processing things.I do that often too and have witnessed others doing it or talking about doing it quite a few times. It might be more prevalent in people who spend a lot of time alone though?
Pluto
Cat Extremist
- Dec 27, 2020
- 7,515
dust-in-the-wind
Animal Lover
- Aug 24, 2024
- 1,231
I talk to myself more in my head than I ever talk in real life. Sometimes I speak my thoughts out loud and just tell them to my dog.
Somewhat Suicidal
surviving anhedonia ≠living
- Aug 26, 2026
- 648
A certain amount of talking to yourself is pretty normal, at least among anyone remotely neurodiverse.
If it's really 'all the time' it might get a bit unhealthy and is maybe something to look at, also depending on the nature of the self talk, but what from you told us it doesn't seem the kind that points towards multiple personalities or anything like that...
desiderium
divinely inhuman.
- Nov 23, 2021
- 80
ALL THE TIME! I need to talk to myself to function in every day life. I need to talk myself through most basic actions, what I need to do, what my goals are (getting to work most days), and about everything in-between. If I get angry? I rant to myself in the comfort of my car. Tired? I coax myself into staying awake. Overwhelmed? I just gaslight myself into thinking that everything is alllll okay. Do I have things to do? I talk myself through every single step, even down to the direction I need to walk sometimes.
If I didn't talk to myself, I wouldn't be able to do everyday things or sift through basic emotions as they wash over me. It's much easier to talk to myself as if I were another person, so I can sort of analyze my thoughts, needs, or feelings as if they were happening to somebody else.Similar threads
