Talking to yourself

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Hi I haven't posted here in quite some time as my parents said I needed a break from WP it was beginning to become one of my obsessions (sigh) but I'm back and have some questions. Does anyone here frequently talk to themselves I do it most often when playing video games eg. We walk left to get these coins / we need to clear this level etc. AS or my weirdness???

I used to a lot, especially when I was in middle school (ten years ago). Now, I mostly do it when I need to talk myself through something... When I need to talk specific steps in order to not completely mess something up

I do this when I need to psyche myself up to accomplish something.

I talk to myself all the time, but usually only when I'm alone. Sometimes, I do it in front if other people, usually when I'm trying to figure sonething out, and whenever they ask about it I just say I'm thinking out loud. I try not to do it in front of other people, as I've been told that it's "weird", but when I'm by myself, I can go on whole monologues.

Yeah, I talk to myself quite often, but not usually outloud. Sometimes I will though if no one is at the house.

...However INSIDE my head is a different story. It might sound kinda strange but I have conversations with my soul several times a day

Basically all I mean by this is my head (what I think logically) will converse with my soul (My emotions and heart) it really is as if they are two different entities almost.
I enjoy it actually, sometimes they get pretty long and in depth...infact I just had one last friday while taking a 3 hour drive to my grandfathers house with my dad for 4th of July celebrations.
The whole ride i acted like I was asleep, but in reality I was talking to myself the whole ride up there.

I dont find anything wierd about it personally, some cultures call it "meditation".

This is something I do all the time.

Everyone does it, and it's completely normal. It helps organise thoughts. There have been studies on it.

I talk to myself when I'm alone. That's my way of solving my own problems. I don't have a counselor or psychiatrist and my parents aren't very supportive, so I need to support my emotional self by talking to myself. I find it very soothing to be my own listener.

I don't talk to myself so much as I talk to my imaginary friend. He used to have a form I could see when I was younger, but these days he's more of a disembodied voice. I talk to him all the time when I'm alone, and occasionally out in public, such as when I'm on the bus or looking for something in a shop, but I try not to do it too often because I know people will think I'm weird. In school, I talk myself (silently) through test questions too, especially maths; it enables me to understand them better.

all the time. and it's mumbling no one understands. and I say "we" when doing it.

I sometimes talk to myself in foreign languages when nobody is around. I haven't done so lately because my neighbors can hear me through the walls.

yeah. for the most part i'm just annotating everyday thing that happen in my everyday life, short words, more often phrases like "what is that, there", "what am i doing". when i get rather upset for any reason, i ditch english entirely and repeat foreign or made up words out loud. recently i took a walk in public when i was upset, repeating čtvrtsmr?ť to myself...i got weird looks of course.

inside my head is rather different. to put it simply i can have, i guess "arguments" between my heart and brain, in other words heated debates between my emotional side and my logical side, when deciding what to do.

I don't do it.

I talk to myself sometimes when I'm upset.