Have you seen someone talking alone?

India
June 3, 2010 7:53pm CST
I go for 10-15 minute walk every day after lunch on the bridge near to my office. What I saw today that a person was talking too loud (sometimes low) and there was no one around him, I thought maybe he is on the phone and I am not able to see that so walked closely towards him and tried to know if he is using Bluetooth device (I was scared a bit). There was no person or cell or a Bluetooth devices but he was talking about some event. I had never seen anyone talking alone with no living object around. May be he was actor and practicing his lines for some event ? Have you seen something similar?
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26 responses
@iamdong (51)
• Philippines
4 Jun 10
It's some kind called self-disorder. I even talked to myself when I'm alone. People who take time to think or make decisions sometimes talk to themselves. Just not to loud, someone might hear you and would think you need to go to a mental hospital.
• India
5 Jun 10
Many friends said its common so we should not worry about it, its just normal like other activities unless someone is really ill but how to know that ? Thanks for the response.
• Philippines
5 Jun 10
How to know if a person is ill might be a little hard. No problem.
@donsky14 (5947)
• Philippines
4 Jun 10
Oh yeah, I have a colleague who does that, lol...I don't find it weird at all cause she explained to me that she really does that sometimes to take away frustration. And I do that sometimes as well...when I'm like thinking out loud.
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@donsky14 (5947)
• Philippines
4 Jun 10
Lol..well goodluck to that!
• India
4 Jun 10
Oh that take frustration away? its good , I should try abusing someone alone when I am sick of that person :) Thanks for the response.
@webzap (884)
• Philippines
5 Jun 10
Talking alone doesn't mean the person is sick or have problem in the brain. But no, I have a friend in work way back in another company who talks alone while doing the regular office work. I gather that instead of working silently alone, she used to talk to whatever she do. While typing something like report or a memo, she used to say the word loudly while typing it. Although I was irritated hearing that at first but in the long run, I learned to accept that mannerism of him. Now I am used to hearing him talking like that. It became soft music to my ear.
• India
5 Jun 10
I would choose to work silently instead of speaking it, it does disturb others. Thank You for the response.
@ebuscat (5935)
• Philippines
4 Jun 10
For me yes i seen that the one is crazy hi feel talking to him self some in a loud voice but mostly talking to himself alone.
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• India
5 Jun 10
Why did I saw it for the first time, many people had seen it so early :) Thanks for the response.
• Philippines
4 Jun 10
yeah he's a beggar and i caught him talking to himself unfortunately i cant recall what he said. hes still around after ten years or more of walking and beggin. maybe that someone you found talking talks alone but for that time only. something irked him to talk.
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• India
4 Jun 10
May be this not uncommon as many friends said but I saw it first time so thought it may be just a reare chance that I experienced this. Thanks for the response.
• United States
4 Jun 10
oh my goodness!! i even talk to myself on a regular basis, studies have shown that talking to yourself is very healthy. if i am about to have a confrontation, i always rehearse what i want to say outloud...sometimes things sound different coming out of our mouth than they did in our head. you should try it....it probably makes you more sane rather than insane!!!
• India
4 Jun 10
Oh thats good to know, I never tried by speaking alone. I do think and introspect alone when puzzled of something or worried but never tried to speak it. Thanks for the response.
• United States
4 Jun 10
you should try it, of course if there is someone around they will look at you just like you looked at him, but in your own time or in the mirror is perfect!
• India
4 Jun 10
People will stare at me as if have gone mad :(
@kaylachan (69714)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
4 Jun 10
I'll admit to have done it a time or too. Though I can honestly say I have an excuse. I'm blind, and while being so, sometimes I can get wrapped up in a conversation I don't notice the person I'm talking too had decided to be rude and walk off. So end result, I'm left by myself talking to thin air. I'm not the only person this has happened too. It can happen mainly to blind people, but its possible this person could have been in a simular situation unaware of what's going on, or isn't going on around them.
• India
5 Jun 10
may be he was too much involved in his thoughts and did not realize that he is waling on the bridge. Thanks for the response.
@ET28LV (1890)
• Latvia
4 Jun 10
Hello! I do not understand that there is an unusual and unintelligible? Sometimes I too go through park and talking to myself. Because, I preparing my speech. On fresh air is easier to do it. Better working head and memory. In this world are people who speak with her own then they are alone, because they are sick. It is a disease usually people who do not have home ill with this disease. I do not know that man, and it is hard to judge. Have a nice day!
• India
5 Jun 10
Ok, so seems that this is a common practice and I was unaware of this. Its not good to be alone, I can understand fully as I am alone these days :( Thanks for the response.
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• India
4 Jun 10
i have seen some when they are so happy ,when they are happy they used to do in the excitement and it is so good that we have to put our feelings in the way we loved.there should be less in tension and so it is good for the earth to think different and work in the way one loved..!
• India
5 Jun 10
He was not sounding happy but concerned about something, may be some worried came out. Thanks for the response.
• Malaysia
4 Jun 10
yes i have! and i've even been drunk enough to have been talking to myself it's funny when i think about it now... but i hope that i won't ever end up talking to myself like that again!
• India
5 Jun 10
I have seen drunk friends talking alone but this guy was not looking drunk and it was around 1:30 pm day time so unlikely that he was drunk. Thanks for the response.
• Malaysia
5 Jun 10
maybe that guy started drinking after lunch time?
@Alan70pct (171)
• China
4 Jun 10
I once saw a girl speaking to herself.I felt strange as u did so I looked carefully and I finally found out that she was preparing for a speech.
• India
5 Jun 10
Ok, she was preparing for the speech, good that you could find that :) Thanks for the response.
• China
5 Jun 10
Aha,that's funny ,isn't it? U r welcome ,my friend.
• United States
4 Jun 10
I talk out loud to myself sometimes. It helps me to learn things and remember things.
• India
5 Jun 10
Great, if it helps to remember things I should try out. Thanks for the idea.
4 Jun 10
Haven't seen much but I do talk to myself, i even act out alone but only in private places where nobody else could see. They might think I'm insane if they would see me acting so strange. I do that because it releases an amount of stress in my mind and it makes me more fluent in english, plus I use those when I'm thinking about an idea or stories to make (because I'm a writer). It feels good... and weird somehow.
• India
5 Jun 10
Ok, so you know that yopu are acting , its good but people talking unknowingly is danger. Good luck for acting and writing :) Thanks for the response.
@sharad7 (85)
• India
4 Jun 10
Yes many of people talk alone in their home may be possible they are in any kind of tension or may be possible he or she have a kind of diseases in his or her body so without any kind of knowledge we can't say that why that person is talking alone in his home or any other place so neverbe afraid about that things.
• India
5 Jun 10
Thats possible but not good if doing this because of some disease. Thanks for the response.
@anklesmash (1412)
4 Jun 10
I've driven past this woman a few times and seen her lips move as if she was talking eventhough she was alone and not on a phone or using bluetooth.
• India
5 Jun 10
Thanks for the response.
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
4 Jun 10
I have often seen people talking alone to themselves. Sometimes I think they are just thinking out loud. they may not reaalize that anyone else can hear them. I used to work with a woman in the mall that constantly talked to herself. Once when i was younger, I used to see a man walking downtown. He would be singing to himself. We all need someone to talk even if it iss ourselves.
• India
5 Jun 10
I sing alone many times but never talk alone. Thanks for the response.
• Bulgaria
4 Jun 10
Its not so strange as it seems. In my country this happens often than I would like. When someone has no future and money its normal to go a little bit crazy.
• India
5 Jun 10
May be I saw it for the first time so appeared strange to me. Thanks for the response.
@machivado (528)
• Indonesia
4 Jun 10
Well, it's pretty rare to see someone do that...But I had that experience..Maybe he was planning something too hard that he had to speak it out...Well, anyway..that was pretty unusual..
• India
5 Jun 10
Itr was rare for me as well but many of mylot friends have seen this earlier and many time so ok. Thanks for the response.
@annavi23 (6522)
• Philippines
4 Jun 10
alone - man acting alone
yes,maybe he was just practicing his lines for his act. or just making or getting some attention from others. well,sometimes i also talk to myself but only in my mind. sometimes i also murmur lyrics when i sing by myself when i was walking in the street. it's not bad to do that,right? or sometimes there were also people on the streets like they're not on their ownself. sometimes being a beggar or a street person can make someone crazy. i know there are lots of reasons why sometimes people do talk alone,my friend!
• India
5 Jun 10
He was not begger for sure, may be he was practing some thing for future or some thoughts became loud :) Thanks for the response.
@dayle59 (152)
• Philippines
4 Jun 10
i have seen a few of those walking in the streets. those who are, i think, having mental problems. its just sad that the government doesnt have enough money to put them in a rehabilitation facility. not only those who are having mental problems, but also those children who are strolling around the streets.. :-/
• India
5 Jun 10
This may be the case that he was not stable mentaly but from first look or when I went close to him it was not clear, may be. Thanks for the response.