Talking to yourself.

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I am not good at putting my thoughts into words in real-time, so I talk to myself about the topics that I have to talk about with others. Later, when I am talking to others, I say the same words that I used when I talked to myself earlier.

I am like a chef on a cooking show, "Here's one I made earlier."

does talking to yourself in your head, as in nonverbally, but still a discussion, count?

Kind of counts.

My answers are:

A - yes
B- how the hell would I know. I'm usually not even aware I'm doing it.

I talk to myself. It gets more of my brain working on the topic.

Personally, I have no problem with what people think when I talk to myself in public. If you have an issue with that, try wearing a bluetooth headset. Then they will expect you to talk to yourself.

I work most things out aloud.

The worst thing is I repeat conversations that I had with people over and over. I try to work out how I could have handled the conversation better (because like the rest of us, I'm very socially awkward). Sometimes I don't realize I'm doing it and mutter to myself right in front of people.

I talk to myself sometimes if I'm on my own. Sometimes I like the sound of my own voice. Sometimes I just practice.

I talk to myself all the time and I don´t think there is anything wrong with that. I rather talk to myself than with al lot of other people. I spend a lot of time on my own because of the fact that I need to and if I wouldn´t talk to myself I would probably forget how to speak at all.

My only fear is that I talk to myself in public without realising it.

It's the only way I can get intelligent conversation! LOL

Seriously though, I do talk to myself a lot, but I try to refrain from doing it in public.

yeah. mostly i keep it in my head but sometimes it comes out. sometimes i use it to practice my arabic, just reminds me what it sounds like and reassures me i can still speak it. most of it is probably best kept in my head. some of the stuff that comes out, honestly.

Yeah, I talk to myself. Mostly when I am by myself, sometimes when walking on street and it eve happened at work but then I really tried not to be to loud. Sometimes it's sentences, sometimes it's humming, sometimes just some weird noise that I find amusing.
I don't know why I do it, it just comes naturally to me and it's more or less TOL, thinking out loud. As long as I don't think I am having a conversation with someone else, while I am talking to myself, I does not worry me.

Cheers.

I don't so much talk to myself but I do feel compelled to speak. I repeat phrases that have become like "catchphrases" to me, I make up nonsense words and just make sounds. If I can't do this for some time (when in public for example) it's a bit of a strain and I have to watch that I don't do it without thinking.

It's very child-like but I guess I get some comfort from it. I feel compelled to do it more often when I am anxious. It helps "drown out" painful thoughts that are replaying in my head.

Can anyone relate to this? Is this stimming?