Why do Aspies talk and sing to themselves?

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Not anymore, haha~♥

You didn't say if you talk to yourself. If not, it sounds like you didn't vote. I also like to have a radio, music, or a podcast going if I am not actually reading or watching something. Otherwise, I will sing, hum, or whistle.

I talk to myself sometimes, though I like to pretend that I'm having conversations with my imaginary friends. I do it because it helps me when I feel lonely, and I come up with entertaining dialogue. Also, when I take on the roles of my imaginary friends, I feel like an actress.

I sometimes sing to myself as well. I do it because it feels good to sing. I wish I were a good singer so that I could sing for other people.

At this stage in my life, I'm only given to talking to myself. I regularly sang to myself when I was younger though, and often in places where such things would attract some very strange looks!

I'm unsure of why I do this, or of why it seems to be a behaviour that's more common among autistic people. Speaking from personal experience, I just seem to find it very satisfying on some basic, instinctive sort of level...

I often have long involved conversations with myself because I am trying to role play a social situation to pre-plan how I go about saying something to someone, but often times, the conversation with myself never happens with other people like I planned it to, but it does decrease anxiety. I also "think outloud"
When someone interupts me while I am talking to myself...if I know the person well, I will say, "Dont intrupt me ...I am talking to myself" as a joke myself.

Somethimes. Even if i am a bad singer and i don't like to sing, somethimes i sing when i'm listening song (more for pratice with foreign language rather for a real pleasure of sing) or when i have a song stuck on my head.
about talking, often i say sentences that characters of my stories should say, or i repeat sentences from youtube shows i have seen transtated in italian (from metalocalypse 'watch your language murderface!' )

Yes, when i was little i talked a lot with myself. It was for pratice on verbal thinking, because at that time i could think only in pictures, movies and colours, and i though that learning to think in words would help me to have a more fluent speech. My parents didn't like that. it happened also when i watched movies in my head and i said aloud what my characters was saiyng in the movie.

I talk to myself a lot. I have conversations, clarify thoughts, make plans, remind myself of things, talk about any anxieties I'm having. I laugh to myself a lot. And I sing quite a lot, just random things. I often have songs going round and round in my head, I'll wake up with them, and they stop me from sleeping properly. I'll find myself singing lines over and over again. That can really annoy me.
I have always talked to myself, but it has got worse over recent years, as I am alone for most of the time.

Aspies talk to themselves because it will sometimes help them emotionally work through feelings and events that happen in their life. It can also be a way to help mentally prepare for certain situations such as a job interview or a meeting.

Many people misinterpret talking to yourself as an indication of losing contact with reality (i.e. hallucinating). While it may be true in some cases, in many other cases this assumption is simply flat out wrong.

I don't sing to myself though and for me personally I find it very distracting when I hear this.

I wonder if it's got something to do with mimicry too.

I can pick up accent involuntarily. When I put on these accents I first have them in my internal monologue but I like speaking with them out loud because they are really strong to me. I have a very strong auditory thinking style. Could also be why I make noises too.
When I sing I can mimic the singer perfectly too, sometimes without even realizing it. It's hard for me to sing a song in my own accent, whatever that is.

I often hum and occasionally sing. It's enjoyable & relaxing.

I do that too, but only in my mind.

I do this too, for the same reasons.

I also talk to myself to stay focused on a task or to work out a problem. I've come up with some pretty good solutions when doing this.

Often, I may pretend to be talking to somebody (often a fictional character) when trying to work out a difficulty ("Okay, this is what's going on, what do you think I should do?"). Then, when the answer comes, I even say "Thank you (whoever it is)."

If I have a song in my head (or several, like now) I will sing to myself, over and over. Sometimes, if I'm learning a song, I will repeat it multiple times until I have memorized it correctly (I don't like when I miss words).

I talk to myself a lot. I do it to get conflicting thoughts out of my head and into the room to think more clearly. When I need the ideas again, I find it easier to retrieve/remember them.

I essentially use the space around me as an extension of my brain. I find it hard to contain everything if I don't do this. Though I try not to do this in public. It's kinda disconcerting to others, and I hate causing others discomfort.

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I also second that motion again. I talk but do not sing to myself occasionally primarily because there is nobody else out there to talk to and also to state the truth when other people get me totally wrong.

I also like Kon's idea of verbal stimming behavior.

I have a neighbor whom I hate with a passion who both talks and sings to himself (in the shower). He is very obsessive (especially about my private life) and I have often thought he just might be an Aspie too, although he is probably too brash to be so. This thread makes me wonder about that once again.

Because I have a lot in common with myself!

We have so much to talk about.

And since we know each other pretty well, we can talk about everything and anything without fear of being judged.

I know I can always depend on myself.

Also, if I want to call up at 2 in the morning to talk, I'll always be there for myself.

you took the words right outta my mouth
i talk and sing to myself, to keep myself company [i'm a hermit] and to entertain myself. when i do this i'm not lonely anymore. it helps to keep me sane.

Haha, awesome!
exactly, talking to yourself isn't insane, not doing that would be.