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Talking to myself: the inner dialogue

Gordon-not-Ramsay

I don't know about any of you guys, but I do talk to myself. It's hard to control, because I will mutter any disdain I feel, often loud enough to be heard. This obviously causes conflict. I've started singing instead, changing lyrics to match my frustration.

I think of Austin Powers. The scene where he is being thawed out from cryogenic freeze. He sees Liz Hurley and says, "I bet she shags like a minx... how do I tell them I have no inner monologue?"

That's what I'm like (but without the misogyny or the chest wig).

Does anyone else do this? Does anyone else feel like their inside voice is switched off? Are you compelled to speak your thoughts? WinkThumbsup

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  • I think a lot of people do that. I do that a lot when playing my video games, or when I’m walking around in my bedroom. I will have a conversation with myself, it’s annoying if my mum hears me and she says who were you talking to. Maybe I’m too much like Gollum lol

  • in reply to Aaron

    I think we all talk to ourselves, being o the pre digital generation it still takes me by surprise when I see so many people apparently having conversations with themselves, then I realise they're on the phone and have ear plugs in and are not the mad axe murderers that they would of been seen as years ago.

    If you are voicing your self talk inappropriately then it might be worth seeing you GP for a chat about it, things like Tourettes are quite common and don't all involve shouting obscenities at random strangers and you can get help from a psychologist to help with it, I know someone who suffered that way and felt a lot more in control afteerwards.

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  • in reply to Aaron

    I think we all talk to ourselves, being o the pre digital generation it still takes me by surprise when I see so many people apparently having conversations with themselves, then I realise they're on the phone and have ear plugs in and are not the mad axe murderers that they would of been seen as years ago.

    If you are voicing your self talk inappropriately then it might be worth seeing you GP for a chat about it, things like Tourettes are quite common and don't all involve shouting obscenities at random strangers and you can get help from a psychologist to help with it, I know someone who suffered that way and felt a lot more in control afteerwards.

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    I realise that it's not necessarily and autism thing. People in general would ask themselves, "where did I put my keys?" It's usually a question. I think I tend to critique myself and others. Maybe an awkward exchange would lead me to ponder about what I could've done differently, were they in the wrong or me: that sort of thing. Although, I'm doing it out loud like I'm in The Wonder Years, narrating my own life.

    It's annoying, but it does help me justify situations and my actions to them. Often, I don't even reach a positive conclusion.

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