Do you talk to yourself? (singing doesn't count)

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I talk to myself pretty often, mostly holding silent conversations (the "conversation rehearsal" which has been discussed previously.) I try to keep the out-loud stuff down to just a few quips, but it gets away from me on occasion.

Do you guys think that this (judging from the responses thus far, fairly common) trait could be related to the mechanism by which Aspie authors are able to write dialogue in their stories? I've seen some speculation in other threads but I have not seen someone bring up talking to oneself. I know I for one am much more erudite with myself than I am with others, duh .

I talk to myself, out loud-though not when anyone's around to notice (which includes when I'm out in public). If I don't talk to me, who will ? Have to keep myself company somehow !
I'm not directing my conversation at anything in particular (when alone), just narrating my reactions-it makes me feel better than leaving the words unsaid, stuck inside my head. Have a cat & I talk to her, though she doesn't talk back-I just guess about what her responses might be, were we to speak common language. Saying things that occur to me also helps me remember stuff better than if I don't say it-esp. if it's something not important enough (or I haven't time) to write it down.
However, I don't talk out loud when reading something to myself (such as book or article)-mention that only because I've noticed that some people do that with texts (saying words under their breath & moving their lips) when I'd expect them to be taking in the information silently.
As to speed of operations, mind>speech>writing. My thoughts/feelings usually have words much quicker than I can say them, and writing is slowest (and most effortful) of all.

I sometimes talk to myself when performing tasks that are outside of the normal routine I live by day to day.

I talk in my head.

I only do it sporadically when no one is around. I never do it in the presence of others. If I did, people would mistake my AS for schizophrenia.

Tim

I talk to my imaginary friends, which is technically talking to myself, even though I prefer not to think of it that way.

If I ever have a conversation with myself its usually in my head, otherwise I would sort of mumble some of what Im thinking outloud without even noticing until after I did it.

ya, guess repeating conversations so you can hear yourself and criteque what you have said sounds common, i always feel like such a jackass when I do this cause usually involves the conversations where I may have said something stupid or not make sence, or even somehow envoked a bad response from the other party.

I talk to myself all the time, in fact I sometimes even create another world in my head, or family and act like I'm that family member and start conversation with myself haha, its funny.

Me, Myself, and I are always engaged in a trialog.

Yes I do this sometimes. Whenever I feel comfortable and alone I will start talking to myself out loud, instead of keeping it all in my head. I talk to myself the most when I'm doing a task, almost like I'm instructing myself haha, my voice tells me what to do next.

So much so, it is becoming worrying, lol.

I'm very well known for my mannerism of talking to "myself". I don't worry about doing it in front of folks anymore; most have already marked me down as either crazy or extremely eccentric anyway. Talking to "myself" comes in a wide variety. I often talk to inanimate objects, like my Jeep, my computers, my camera (devices in general I guess), food I'm making, food I'm buying, etc. I love talking to my groceries at the grocery store. ("What's up mango-peach yogurt? You wanna come home with me? I can promise you a fun time!") [This gets me tons of strange looks, which amuse me. If I'm wearing my cowboy hat, I do this in an exaggerated Texan accent, even though I really have no such accent. Often I use a Scottish accent as well.] Sometimes I do talk directly to myself; sometimes I yell at myself; sometimes I talk out-loud about myself in the third person. Sometimes (often) I talk to my gods, even yell at them. Frequently I blurt out strange phrases and I don't know where they come from; sometimes I get caught in a loop doing this. Of course I talk to my pets (as if they can understand me). I even tend to yell at video games I'm playing ("You SO CHEAT!")

At work, I'm “famous” for walking around talking to myself, singing out loud, and "yelling" at my computers. Things I'm commonly heard saying to computers at work (right in front of people, even to my laptop at a meeting…):

"Could you respond to user input, please?"

"Faster, faster, FASTER!" <I snap my fingers when I do this> <- I do this one a lot

"STOP showing me the hourglass cursor, and just DO what I asked you to!"

"No... No... No... NO! There's no crashing allowed here!"

I used to keep the door to my office closed because of my propensity for doing this, until I realized that I'd often yell (and curse) so loud people could hear me thru the walls. Now it's just become one of many crazy things I'm well known for at work; fortunately I'm very good at what I do, and people in my field are in high demand, which brooks me great tolerance WRT to my mannerisms.

In all, I don't trust people who don't talk to themselves... I feel like... They're always hiding something from me.

Good fortune,

- Icarus Has Too Much Going On In His Head To Keep It All Crammed In There

Talking to yourself they are the best conversations you can have!! !! !! !! !! !

yeah...I talk to myself and to spiders and plants and cats and have very casual conversations with them about different stuff.
It is sometimes easier for me to sort things out if I do it out loud...But I am prone to start unconsciously doing it at any time....and certain people who don't know me by now are always saying "What?"..and I tell them I was just talking to myself.