Talking to one’s self
Is it completely unusual?
Do you often find yourself talking to… well… yourself? And when you do it, do you talk out loud? Or do you have an inner-monologue that you bargain with, or argue with? Perhaps even reason with?
Over lunch today, I found myself essentially talking to myself. Had there been a psychiatrist in the room, I’d have probably ended up in a mental institution this afternoon, under close watch and barred access to any and all sharp objects.
The truth of it is simple; I was leaving a message for a certain woman on the wonder that is Google Talk (and for the record, I was typing, not actually talking - ’cause that would just be really weird) and after a short period of time, I realised indeed, that I had basically conducted an entire conversation, as well as some bargaining, with my own self.
This was not the aim of course - I had not set out to talk solely to myself - but it a twist of the unpredictable, it had ended up that way… to the casual onlooker a crazy person typing to his own screen persona.. but to myself - a perfectly respectable conversation with another person - one that just wasn’t there at that current point in time…
I am confident I am not alone in doing this.. it’s like replying to older posts in forums, or part of a conversation that referenced you hours before.
It’s really nothing to be ashamed of - it is one of those uncontrollable elements of life on the Internets.
Feel free to share your stories? (and make me feel better) 
kate said,
April 19, 2007 @ 1:30 pm
aww i am sure you are not alone on that one!
We have all done it. In fact i have probably done it to you when you haven’t written back and i know this has happened on more than one occasion.
I was thinking friday night calls for UNO night. we will have my cousins, Sam, you and i. It would make for one pretty interesting game i say. Even the oldies might join in. What do you say? Mmmm…Im now thinking Pizza and Uno. That is even better.
Not to mention my cousins coming might be a good thing. I could use them for my Photomedia assignment!
The devastating thing is i might have to give up my lovely big bed
becca3003 said,
April 19, 2007 @ 5:50 pm
You’re not alone! I do this all the time
There’s probably a few times when I’ve done it in our thread, and I do it in emails too 
The more worrying one though is when I actually do start to talk to myself out loud! 
I do tend to do this but that doesn’t mean I’m at all insane what so ever 
I’m just a little crazy 
lauraf said,
April 20, 2007 @ 8:05 am
I’m in for this too! I always do it, everything I have to make a big decision on I self-bargain, I’m doing it now quietly….. I’ll let you know the outcome later :-p
kate said,
April 20, 2007 @ 10:03 am
haha i think we all do it to reason with ourselves..I talk to myself all the time..I am constantly budgeting and working things out in my head and talking them through to myself…Its just a way of getting inner thoughts out cause otherwise i know that i will forget it!
whats worse is my conversations with my cats!!! I am sure Scott can vouch for this, but i tend to not only talk to my cat but reply..and me and my Siamese cat actually meow to each other..now that is a problem!
becca3003 said,
April 20, 2007 @ 6:11 pm
I have conversations with my cat too!!!
And he replies too!! 
I’m so glad I’m not the only one who is like this with cats!! 
Phanny said,
April 26, 2007 @ 2:46 am
haha My cats answer back all the time, especially the diabetic one :p
I think of them as my little babies anyway so I expect then to chat to me :p