Does anyone else talk to themselves?

This will go two ways, either in extremely weird or this is extremely normal 😂

I have always talked to myself since a young girl. I don’t mean the odd muttering to myself through things or saying things out loud, I have entire conversations.

Now I’m 30 and still do this constantly, but I think I’ve realised why. I don’t have any friends, not 1 at all my entire adulthood as I’m just a mother. I have no one to talk to so sometimes when I need to vent about something I will have an entire debate/conversation with myself, acting like there is someone in-front of me listening, it’s like I genuinely envision another human listening to me and I’m explaining to them.

It always makes me feel better after, but this evening I just wondered how weird or normal this is? I have no one else to talk to like this so I’ve always just talked to myself. If there was ever a hidden camera watching me I’m sure the person watching would be completely freaked out, because it’s like I’m genuinely talking to someone giving eye contact and gestures and deeply discussing my feelings with them but there’s really no one there but myself 🥲

It’s kind of sad when I think that most people probably have these conversations with real friends and I don’t, so my entire life it’s like I’m my own therapist listening to myself vent

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I do this 🤣🫣 I’ve always done it. Since a very young age as well. I also don’t have friends I see regularly if more then 1 time a year usually. I tend to go over social situations, and how I should have acted. Or just general things. I don’t envision a person per se though. Just kind of speaking into the void lol

I will literally talk to myself and answer myself 😅

absolutely 😂 and i often think about some hidden camera in my house and people watching me thinking i’m crazy😂😭
i remember this one time when i was like 8-9 i was supposed to be taking a shower but i was just sitting on the bathroom counter having a conversation with myself in the mirror😂and then my dad heard me and banged on the door and asked me who i’m talking to😭

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Oh wow I’m talk surprised at the amount that DON’T do this as I was reading I was thinking to myself “yeah I talk to my baby, when he’s there” but if there’s absolutely no one there w me I stay quiet and listen to music I actually don’t talk to myself.
But my sisters FT me every day, hubby and me chat heaps and I’m usually seeing a friend every couple days so I get enough adult interaction I think so when I’m by myself I just wanna collect my thoughts or listen to music. There have been times when I LOOK like I’m talking to myself but I have my AirPods in and I’m actually talking, to someone lol. I clicked No. Going to baby groups 4* a week since my baby was 2m old, I talked to at least one adult a day. Like last night my sister dropped by at 8 and she didn’t leave till 1am we were chatting for that long

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