Do you talk to yourself when you are alone?

[binchilling]

When I am alone and making plans, I talk to myself, sometimes as if I were telling something to someone, and sometimes as if I were talking to my lover. I'm preparing for the university exam and I'm solving the question in my head as if I were explaining it to someone. I don't know if it's because of loneliness but Doing this relaxes me. Wondering if it's a normal experience I don't do this all the time, but it gets worryingly stuck in my head. Could it have something to do with loneliness?

 

[Teamwork]

I do it all the time. I live with two others who are habitual headphone users. One to watch tv, the other always plugged in to something they are listening to. It makes it so my internal dialogue is always active. sometimes I hear it as a coach, or I call it my coach. Basically advising me to keep going on a task or remember to do something, or saying what were you going to do? Anyway I suppose it is just a way to interact when no one is interacting with us. I’m not particularly lonely more disconnected from people but it doesn’t bother me much. Sometimes I like quiet and just not bothering with people like they don’t bother with me. If I lived alone would be the same. The internal dialogue has to go somewhere if there is not an external outlet.

 

[binchilling]

ˆIf I lived alone would be the sameˆ
What do you mean with that? Other voices in your head to order you?

 

[mszl]

Sounds pretty normal for me. If it's something that helps you organize thoughts and is not intrusive then utilize it and don't worry.
Actually, at my previous job I had friend who would constantly talk and brain storm with himself. He was sitting next to me so headphones were obligatory.

 

[whiteraven]

When I am alone and making plans, I talk to myself, sometimes as if I were telling something to someone, and sometimes as if I were talking to my lover. I'm preparing for the university exam and I'm solving the question in my head as if I were explaining it to someone. I don't know if it's because of loneliness but Doing this relaxes me. Wondering if it's a normal experience I don't do this all the time, but it gets worryingly stuck in my head. Could it have something to do with loneliness?

All the time. And I suspect it's very normal for people when they are alone.

 

[Tinyflame]

I believe it's quite normal when alone, or even when not. It's called 'thinking out loud' sometimes. Sometimes I do it alone if fed up or pissed off, to voice the emotion or to do so to say how I really feel or to avoid responding to others in a way I may regret especially because it will likely escalate or I know I am angry,. Or r I reinforce/ repeat negatives about myself aka the inner critic, usually based on negtives others have said to me. Or sometimes it helps me make decisions, especially to cut ties, or let go of something, sort of verbalzation. Also it helps people remember. Or clarify thoughts. Depends on one's mood and emotional regulation I guess. Very normal.

Metacognition is just being aware of how you think. It's not pathological or abnormal, and people do so in ways most conducive to them.

Only you know if you feel lonely, or whatever you are feeling, and how you respond to that. Silence can make people feel lonely, or calm, or scared, or neutral, or peaceful, or overwhelmed, or anything in between, or all or the above at different moments.

 

[StephMax]

When I am alone and making plans, I talk to myself, sometimes as if I were telling something to someone, and sometimes as if I were talking to my lover. I'm preparing for the university exam and I'm solving the question in my head as if I were explaining it to someone. I don't know if it's because of loneliness but Doing this relaxes me. Wondering if it's a normal experience I don't do this all the time, but it gets worryingly stuck in my head. Could it have something to do with loneliness?

I often find myself doing this. Sometimes I'll be walking or driving and I'll narrate the thought processes going on in my mind; I'll talk through the reasons I am no longer with an ex, and my divided mind on all this, I'll be speaking as if I'm talking to a friend. Other times, I'll be telling myself, it's alright, you're alright, you're not a bad person, as if to soothe myself. I did think about how funny it was but also, I think it is sweet. Life is hard, lonely, of course humans are going to want to try and find some comfort even if that means talking out loud while alone.

 

[binchilling]

I often find myself doing this. Sometimes I'll be walking or driving and I'll narrate the thought processes going on in my mind; I'll talk through the reasons I am no longer with an ex, and my divided mind on all this, I'll be speaking as if I'm talking to a friend. Other times, I'll be telling myself, it's alright, you're alright, you're not a bad person, as if to soothe myself. I did think about how funny it was but also, I think it is sweet. Life is hard, lonely, of course humans are going to want to try and find some comfort even if that means talking out loud while alone.

This is exactly what I experience.