do you talk to yourself?

jon boy · 03.05.2007, 12:02 PM

i do but not as much as some people i know. do you? ever said anything outloud when you should not have?

screamingskull · 03.05.2007, 12:06 PM

I've never said anything out loud that i shouldn't have (touch wood). I have been caught talking to myself and looked strangely at a few times before.
Mostly when i talk to myself i am saying something that i need to remember to do.

!@#$%! · 03.05.2007, 12:13 PM

of course i do. everybody does. about 90% of language is used for self-talk, which kind of counters the hypothesis that language evolved for communication (communication might just be an extra bonus). some times saying something outloud is the only way to make something stick out from the cluttler of my attention-deficit inflicted mind.

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also i talk in my sleep

and also i reportedly talk a lot when i'm in the shower-- yell, laugh, etc. however i have no recollection of these events.

sonicl · 03.05.2007, 12:14 PM

I do, yes, but I don't think I'm crazy. Generally I'm thinking out loud, discussing something with myself, or telling myself off for doing something particularly dumb.

king_buzzo · 03.05.2007, 12:30 PM

yes. i have only me to talk to.

gmku · 03.05.2007, 12:36 PM

Shh, I wanna answer this.

I didn't say anything.

You just did.

Did not.

Did, too.

You're driving me crazy.

You're driving me crazy.

Shh, you hear that?

What?

You didn't hear that?

Green_mind · 03.05.2007, 12:44 PM

I sometimes think I'm saying something out loud that I'm thinking about, bit paranoid, think things up that I don't want to think about, usually end up biting my lip or something

floatingslowly · 03.05.2007, 12:50 PM

I don't talk to myself so much as I do random inanimate objects (ie: my car and my computer...especially my computer).

at my last job there was a girl who would constantly talk to herself and then answer. it's when you start responding to your self-talk that you know you are crazy (unless you are gleefully unaware like she was).

pokkeherrie · 03.05.2007, 12:53 PM

sometimes thinking out loud or telling myself off when i really need to do something that i am avoiding. when i have a conversation then it's usually just in my head though.... maybe just occasionally one or two words might come out loud, but i never said anything i shouldn't have said this way.

jon boy · 03.05.2007, 12:56 PM

ive held conversations with myself before. usually when i am either very happy or angry. i have been overheard as well and told to 'keep the godamn noise down' even though i was on my own.

jon boy · 03.05.2007, 01:02 PM

the crazy option is more abou the crazy people you see in the street who mumble away to themselves. i usually end up with one sitting next to me on a train or bus as i seem to attract them. also a friend i know who worked in a prison said a good way to spot the inmates that where going to totaly lose it was to see if they talked to themselves a lot.

i do not mean that you are crazy if you talk to yourself.

!@#$%! · 03.05.2007, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jon boy

the crazy option is more abou the crazy people you see in the street who mumble away to themselves. .

a lot of those are actually people on cellphones

jon boy · 03.05.2007, 01:05 PM

with the invisible headsets. yeah they are annoying.

pokkeherrie · 03.05.2007, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jon boy

the crazy option is more abou the crazy people you see in the street who mumble away to themselves. i usually end up with one sitting next to me on a train or bus as i seem to attract them. also a friend i know who worked in a prison said a good way to spot the inmates that where going to totaly lose it was to see if they talked to themselves a lot.

i do not mean that you are crazy if you talk to yourself.

i'm not like that, but i chose that oprion anyway.
by the way, i refuse to believe that the majority of the sonic youth board is completely sane.... plenty of nutters around here.

Quote:

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

a lot of those are actually people on cellphones

haha... i remember a few years ago when i first saw someone using a mobile phone headset. for a minute i thought the guy had completely lost it, not just having a conversation out loud, but even a phone conversation with himself!

edit: yes, what jon boy said.

foxforce5 · 03.05.2007, 01:22 PM

I get caught singing to myself frequently.

kat~topia · 03.05.2007, 06:23 PM

yes i do & i don't care if that makes me crazy...

drrrtyboots · 03.05.2007, 06:34 PM

i figure when you're thinking about something, you're talking to yourself. and then maybe you decide to carry out conversations. and MAYBE you decide to murmur them at a barely distinguishable level. all in good fun right?

Hip Priest · 03.05.2007, 06:38 PM

schizophrenicroom · 03.05.2007, 06:42 PM

i talk to myself, but it's usually "what the fuck is this/where is that damn page" kind of stuff during school.

kat~topia · 03.05.2007, 06:42 PM

sometimes i am the only one who will listen to myself...& sometimes i don't even bother listening to myself...

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03.05.2007, 12:02 PM	#1
jon boy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: psycho battery Posts: 12,161	i do but not as much as some people i know. do you? ever said anything outloud when you should not have? __________________ Sarcasm[A] is stating the opposite of an intended meaning especially in order to sneeringly, slyly, jest or mock a person, situation or thing \|@ <------- Euphoric brain cell just moments before expiration V _ \ / _ PING <-------- moments later / \ http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljhxq...isruo1_500.gif
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03.05.2007, 12:06 PM	#2
screamingskull invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: england Posts: 5,580	I've never said anything out loud that i shouldn't have (touch wood). I have been caught talking to myself and looked strangely at a few times before. Mostly when i talk to myself i am saying something that i need to remember to do.
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03.05.2007, 12:13 PM	#3
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,648	of course i do. everybody does. about 90% of language is used for self-talk, which kind of counters the hypothesis that language evolved for communication (communication might just be an extra bonus). some times saying something outloud is the only way to make something stick out from the cluttler of my attention-deficit inflicted mind. -- also i talk in my sleep and also i reportedly talk a lot when i'm in the shower-- yell, laugh, etc. however i have no recollection of these events.
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03.05.2007, 12:14 PM	#4
sonicl invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,527	I do, yes, but I don't think I'm crazy. Generally I'm thinking out loud, discussing something with myself, or telling myself off for doing something particularly dumb.
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03.05.2007, 12:30 PM	#5
king_buzzo invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 11,110	yes. i have only me to talk to.
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03.05.2007, 12:36 PM	#6
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Shh, I wanna answer this. I didn't say anything. You just did. Did not. Did, too. You're driving me crazy. You're driving me crazy. Shh, you hear that? What? You didn't hear that? __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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03.05.2007, 12:44 PM	#7
Green_mind the end of the ugly Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 827	I sometimes think I'm saying something out loud that I'm thinking about, bit paranoid, think things up that I don't want to think about, usually end up biting my lip or something
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03.05.2007, 12:50 PM	#8
floatingslowly invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 21,165	I don't talk to myself so much as I do random inanimate objects (ie: my car and my computer...especially my computer). at my last job there was a girl who would constantly talk to herself and then answer. it's when you start responding to your self-talk that you know you are crazy (unless you are gleefully unaware like she was).
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03.05.2007, 12:53 PM	#9
pokkeherrie invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 4,289	sometimes thinking out loud or telling myself off when i really need to do something that i am avoiding. when i have a conversation then it's usually just in my head though.... maybe just occasionally one or two words might come out loud, but i never said anything i shouldn't have said this way.
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03.05.2007, 12:56 PM	#10
jon boy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: psycho battery Posts: 12,161	ive held conversations with myself before. usually when i am either very happy or angry. i have been overheard as well and told to 'keep the godamn noise down' even though i was on my own. __________________ Sarcasm[A] is stating the opposite of an intended meaning especially in order to sneeringly, slyly, jest or mock a person, situation or thing \|@ <------- Euphoric brain cell just moments before expiration V _ \ / _ PING <-------- moments later / \ http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljhxq...isruo1_500.gif
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03.05.2007, 01:02 PM	#11
jon boy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: psycho battery Posts: 12,161	the crazy option is more abou the crazy people you see in the street who mumble away to themselves. i usually end up with one sitting next to me on a train or bus as i seem to attract them. also a friend i know who worked in a prison said a good way to spot the inmates that where going to totaly lose it was to see if they talked to themselves a lot. i do not mean that you are crazy if you talk to yourself. __________________ Sarcasm[A] is stating the opposite of an intended meaning especially in order to sneeringly, slyly, jest or mock a person, situation or thing \|@ <------- Euphoric brain cell just moments before expiration V _ \ / _ PING <-------- moments later / \ http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljhxq...isruo1_500.gif
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03.05.2007, 01:05 PM	#13
jon boy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: psycho battery Posts: 12,161	with the invisible headsets. yeah they are annoying. __________________ Sarcasm[A] is stating the opposite of an intended meaning especially in order to sneeringly, slyly, jest or mock a person, situation or thing \|@ <------- Euphoric brain cell just moments before expiration V _ \ / _ PING <-------- moments later / \ http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljhxq...isruo1_500.gif
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03.05.2007, 01:22 PM	#15
foxforce5 bad moon rising Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Utah! Posts: 196	I get caught singing to myself frequently.
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03.05.2007, 06:23 PM	#16
kat~topia little trouble girl Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: in my head Posts: 45	yes i do & i don't care if that makes me crazy... __________________ Love has come to stay in all the way its gonna stay forever and every day it feels like a wish coming true it feels like an angel dreaming of you...
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03.05.2007, 06:34 PM	#17
drrrtyboots invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: in the forest(s) Posts: 2,946	i figure when you're thinking about something, you're talking to yourself. and then maybe you decide to carry out conversations. and MAYBE you decide to murmur them at a barely distinguishable level. all in good fun right? __________________
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03.05.2007, 06:38 PM	#18
Hip Priest invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Birkenhead Posts: 9,397	Yes. __________________ Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. http://www.flickr.com/photos/outsidethecamp/
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03.05.2007, 06:42 PM	#19
schizophrenicroom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: behind you Posts: 10,807	i talk to myself, but it's usually "what the fuck is this/where is that damn page" kind of stuff during school. __________________ fuck i'm frustrated, freaking out something fierce, would you help me? i'm hungry and i stuffer and i startle, i struggle and i stammer til i'm up to my ears in miserable quote unquote "art"
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