Posted by med_empowered on December 9, 2005, at 2:37:55
In reply to Re: Talking to Yourself, posted by mrgentle1 on December 9, 2005, at 0:34:04
OK, so if you talk to yourself and people SEE you, you may come off as "crazy" but...its really not a big deal. Sometimes, people with schizophrenia or other psychoses do talk aloud to people who aren't really there...in this case, though, its not that talking to themselves *means* they're crazy--its more the content (conversations with imaginary people out loud, which they think are actually occuring).
I sometimes talk to myself. Now and then my thoughts are so fast I can't write them down or anything, so I talk it out for a bit to calm everything down a bit. Also, sometimes I do "prep" before social events--I have social anxiety, so it calms my nerves a bit before I have to deal with people.
So..talking to yourself isnt a big deal. Just try not to do it in public.
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