anyone else find "talking to themselves" stops mental stagnation?

hahaha, yeah, i get like that sometimes, especially if i have to explain something to another person, especially in speech lol

heads 3 steps ahead of mouth, then head goes into a cycle of backtracking, then forwards, changing thoughts, drives me insane(er)

add noise or someone trying to talk over me into the mix, i can barely process my own crap let alone someone elses lol

My speech can't keep up, so I usually exclaim one or two words from a sentence, I recorded it once, a total nonsense LOL

yeah, its picking the useful thoughts from the un-useful and focussing on that instead or you become bogged down inside your own mind

haha same, hate hearing my voice, im sure others do at times too haha

cant remember an awful lot from my childhood, just that i was an "odd kid"

Hello

I have found that talking to myself helps. If I’m approaching a piece of work, I’ll discuss it out loud. This helps me to clarify and to prioritise the thoughts that are useful to the task, among ones that aren’t. I often discuss things with myself so that thoughts and ideas are not lost in a mind which overthinks, and strays off track.

Yet, I have found that I often talked to myself as a child. But memories of this are to do with mimicking tv programmes or a particular impression of a voice I’ve heard on there. I don’t think there was any real benefit to it, and not really any logic. Or maybe it was meant to take the place of friendships which I didn’t have interest for while at primary school and nursery. 
I also did a lot of pretending as a child. I would often pretend I was a teacher with an imaginary classroom and pupils. I think I noticed the authority of teachers in my primary school, and felt it satisfying to become them, away from the school environment. So that was another example of talking to myself. 
Maybe in adulthood, I have found a way to utilise something which I have always done, and to give this habit real purpose :) 

So glad others can admit to doing this - there’s nothing wrong with talking to yourself :) I think it’s healthy and has its advantages. Ironically, I cannot stand listening to a recording of my voice. But hearing myself speaking in the moment is different. It’s good to share this I hope :) 

yeah, thankfully hasnt happened, but yeah, its a concern sonetimes, but i do tend to try to just storm off away from places that i do that at as soon as possible.

i havent, no, i know of it, but will look at a synopsis.

I talk to myself when I'm feeling stressed and doubting myself. I know it's just me but it helps to talk about it.

If you type : and then grin it comes up with some laughing ones like these   

I like the emoji's here there cute.

emoji shows if you type the equivalent text and wait a second

e.g. :) for

be careful, if police will try to manhandle you during meltdown, what do you think will happen?

Have you read ''Curious incident of the dog in a nighttime''?

im pretty sure they do, so far so good though hava

Awesome comment. I sometimes wish there was a 'laugh' emoji on here (a '+' will have to do), though I can understand why 'less is more' works best for the forum. And, come to think of it, I seldom laugh these days. So thanks!

Yes I have started saying aloud and counting on my fingers for formulating a task. Step one, step two etc. 

I also talk aloud in the supermarket. "Right! Butter!" Or "oh no there's no broccoli left". It's like I know I shouldn't be doing it but I don't care. I know the odd person looks at me or hears but a quick process in my brain just says "you shouldn't have done that but oh well". I think it's a way to focus my mind.

Talking to oneself is most gratifying because the recipient really seems to understand what I'm trying to say.

LOL yeah go careful if people see you in public that might report you. 

i do that in supermarkets, just keeps attention on task at hand, after doing my "terminator" scanning aisles, then storming through quick as possible 

sometimes followed by a rant to myself if not an outburst cos im a miserable git lol

I talk out loud as it helps me follow instructions.

At home, if I go to a room to do something or am preparing a meal I do it.

I also talk myself through work if there are lots of stages. It used to annoy a colleague so had to whisper, but fine now I work from home.

i just have to watch out for random impulsive outbursts lol

other than that, just good fun

my heads too muddled and "busy" all the time to internalise it

and yeah, almost spread coffee on toast yesterday, so, insults at myself abounded lol

i do the same, audiobooks at night, fall asleep to them

it distracts my mind and i focus on it instead, just has to be at the "right" volume otherwise its too distracting.

daytime, its music, i find that music with a lot going on in it, various different sounds, and either no lyrics or lyrics in a language i dont understand help me best, and drowns out external noise, as well as the internal

even if music with an "aggressive"(most of what i listen to is) sound, calms me a lot

I think so too.