Do you talk to yourself out loud?

[oh-eve]

What is the appeal of talking to yourself, I mean, why do you guys do it??

I can understand it helps you in a situation where you are very scared and you calm yourself down.

But besides that ... WHY??

Why not just talk in your head, I mean, it really makes no difference other then less people thinking you are nuts.

[AZgarden]

I think it helps to sort things out and focus. Or maybe I just like the sound of my own voice. LOL

[bingo3000]

Once in a while. It depends.

[aliasfinn]

I used to talk to myself all the time but I developed a stutter and didn't have the time to listen to myself so whenever I would start talking I would just walk away.

[MJ7]

I don't really care if I do or not. I do when people ask me about myself, other than that I don't.

[KimFreebish]

If I'm angry I'll yell at myself. I sing all the time if I'm alone. Sometimes I'll talk gibberish nonsense just because.

[MeteoMan]

Yes, and I answer back also. But I am not answering myself, the best way to describe it is that there are two people in my head.

[lizzyst]

since a small child. I think I got in the habit also when I was little because I was an only child living out in the country and no playmates. One time, when I thought no one could hear me, I was play-acting and doing all the characters and my mother said, "Who are you talking to???" It was embarrassing, but it does help center me and lets me focus; probably an anxiety release, too.

[Woodrow LI]

It is quite normal to talk to one's self at times. The problems arise if you talk to your self and turn your head and ask:

"Can you speak up? I didn't hear you."

[Sunscape]

Oh Woodrow, I do that all the time....
And I agree with another poster about only child doing this a lot , since you are all alone.Now that I'm old sometimes I don't hear well