Do you talk to yourself?
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (44504)
Staten Island, New York
March 27, 2023 1:56pm CST
I talk to myself a lot when I’m at home by myself. It’s not like it’s a two-person conversation or anything. I’m just voicing things aloud. Whatever is on my mind, whatever is bothering me, things I wanna make sense of, etc.
Sometimes I complain as if I’m saying it to the person I wanna complain to and it goes great. And I kinda feel better afterwards. But then when it comes time actually to complain to said person my mouth just won’t open. How stupid is that?
I should be able to open my mouth and say anything that’s on my mind, whether good or bad, but that is just not the case. And it doesn’t even matter who the person is or which people I am with.
I can be sitting with a group of people and they are engaged in conversations but I just sit there in silence, wishing I was somewhere else...
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@snowy22315 (180358)
• United States
27 Mar 23
I talk to the cat. He will ocassionally meow in response, which I always wonder if he is saying...I don't know what the H. you are talking about...
. He only listens, to food, snack, bed, bubbles, squirrel etc. Things important in his world.
. He only listens, to food, snack, bed, bubbles, squirrel etc. Things important in his world.2 people like this
@snowy22315 (180358)
• United States
27 Mar 23
@lovebuglena He knows the words that are important in his world.
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@lovebuglena (44504)
• Staten Island, New York
27 Mar 23
I guess the cat only listens to what it wants lol.
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@JudyEv (339414)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Mar 23
@lovebuglena I've stopped listening!! If he's playing backgammon on the computer, he's working out the probability of certain numbers coming up.
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@lovebuglena (44504)
• Staten Island, New York
30 Mar 23
@JudyEv maybe that helps him win.
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@lovebuglena (44504)
• Staten Island, New York
28 Mar 23
Sometimes talking to yourself is a good thing. What does your husband talk to himself about?
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@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
28 Mar 23
You sound like an extroverted introvert. I am the same, but I learned how to deal with this. Except for rare occasions, I engage in conversations, no matter with who, if I am interested in the topic.
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@lovebuglena (44504)
• Staten Island, New York
30 Mar 23
Extroverted introvert. Haven’t heard of that phrase before.
@RasmaSandra (79649)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Mar 23
I always talk to myself when needed and talk to my cats. When I get myself down I pep talk myself in the mirror, I do it in both of the languages I know English and Latvian, Usually during the day if I talk to myself it is in English but when I say my prayers in the morning and at night those are in Latvian,
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@RasmaSandra (79649)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
29 Mar 23
@lovebuglena I am very tough on myself I look myself in the eye and say Are you dying? Do you have major problems? If not, then pull yourself together and do the things you have to do, It always gets me out of my slump and luckily I have been OK not for quite some time,
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@lovebuglena (44504)
• Staten Island, New York
28 Mar 23
I've heard people say that giving yourself a pep talk while looking in the mirror helps. Doesn't seem to work in my case. Like if I don't think I can do something, looking at myself in the mirror and telling myself I got this doesn't make me believe I can do this.
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@moffittjc (121540)
• Gainesville, Florida
1 Apr 23
I have conversations with myself all the time. Sometimes we get into big arguments, and I get sent to the doghouse and have to sleep on the couch. But I always apologize to myself the next day and then all is forgiven. lol
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@lovebuglena (44504)
• Staten Island, New York
1 Apr 23
Haha. What do you argue with yourself about?
@LindaOHio (177809)
• United States
17 Apr 23
I used to talk to my dogs all of the time. I don't talk to myself. Yes, you have a problem expressing your feelings. I wish you could express yourself better.
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@lovebuglena (44504)
• Staten Island, New York
18 Apr 23
Easier for me to write or text than opening my mouth.
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@kaylachan (69199)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
27 Mar 23
Happens to me sometimes. A lot of time I don't know if I'm being addressed or not, so people just think I'm ignoring them.
@kaylachan (69199)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Mar 23
@lovebuglena I get that sometimes, too.
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@lovebuglena (44504)
• Staten Island, New York
28 Mar 23
@kaylachan It's a weird feeling when you say something and the other person doesn't seem to hear you.
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@lovebuglena (44504)
• Staten Island, New York
27 Mar 23
Sometimes I may say something to someone but it’s as if they don’t hear me. Or maybe they’re just not paying attention.
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@carebear29 (31962)
• Wausau, Wisconsin
28 Mar 23
I think we all do to be honest. I catch myself doing it
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@lovebuglena (44504)
• Staten Island, New York
27 Mar 23
It’s OK when you’re home alone. But if you do it when you’re around people they’ll think you’re crazy.
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@AnneW21 (2138)
• Wisbech, England
27 Mar 23
@lovebuglena Well I must be mega crazy
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@lovebuglena (44504)
• Staten Island, New York
27 Mar 23
@AnneW21 I’m sure you’re not.
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@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
28 Mar 23
No, I don't talk to myself... And if I have something to say, I just say it and let other people know how I feel.
I'm sorry you have difficulty doing that.
@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
28 Mar 23
@lovebuglena Sometimes I hurt feelings when I don't mean to... I need to learn to think before I open my mouth.
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@lovebuglena (44504)
• Staten Island, New York
28 Mar 23
@DaddyEvil All people should do that.
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@lovebuglena (44504)
• Staten Island, New York
28 Mar 23
I wish I was like that. Life would be so much better then.
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@sallypup (60948)
• Centralia, Washington
27 Mar 23
I hear my husband whispering to himself when we're both trying to sleep at night. Kind of bugs me.
@sallypup (60948)
• Centralia, Washington
27 Mar 23
@lovebuglena I don't know why hubby does that. I don't want him getting irritated so no I'm not telling him that it bugs me.
@lovebuglena (44504)
• Staten Island, New York
28 Mar 23
@sallypup I would not want to irritate my husband either so probably wouldn't ask.
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@lovebuglena (44504)
• Staten Island, New York
27 Mar 23
Why is he doing that? Did you ever tell him it bugs you?
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@allknowing (135903)
• India
28 Mar 23
Yes I do and hope those who hear me think I am on the mobile (lol)
@allknowing (135903)
• India
28 Mar 23
@lovebuglena Seems the other way around (lol)
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@lovebuglena (44504)
• Staten Island, New York
28 Mar 23
Haha. Nowadays with bluetooth and having earbuds when on the phone it can appear that a person is talking to themselves when in fact they are talking on the phone.
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@RebeccasFarm (89832)
• Arvada, Colorado
27 Mar 23
Yes I do. But not very often.
And if in a group of people I love to converse with them. Usually.
@RebeccasFarm (89832)
• Arvada, Colorado
27 Mar 23
@lovebuglena Yes I can understand that Lena. But sometimes what is there to say?
@lovebuglena (44504)
• Staten Island, New York
27 Mar 23
It’s not a good experience when everyone around you is talking but you are silent. You feel out of place and want to be anywhere but there.
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@lovebuglena (44504)
• Staten Island, New York
28 Mar 23
@RebeccasFarm A person may choose not to participate in a certain conversation but a person should always be able to participate in any conversation, even if it's just asking questions and not giving your views or opinions or knowledge on something.
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@lovebuglena (44504)
• Staten Island, New York
28 Mar 23
Glad I am not alone in that.
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@Deepizzaguy (102513)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
27 Mar 23
I am guilty as well of speaking to myself when I am alone at home.
@lovebuglena (44504)
• Staten Island, New York
28 Mar 23
It fills the silence lol.
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@Deepizzaguy (102513)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
29 Mar 23
@lovebuglena That is true.
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@solidcodes (1764)
• Philippines
28 Mar 23
I self talk often.
But when people saw you talking to yourself.
They think you are crazy.
@lovebuglena (44504)
• Staten Island, New York
28 Mar 23
That is very true. I remember I saw one guy walking along the street talking. No one was around. Found it weird that he was talking to himself (as if it was a two-person conversation) but then I realized he had a bluetooth thing in his ear and was actually talking to someone on the phone that way.
