Do You Ever Talk To Yourself?

I read years ago that talking aloud to (but not with) an inanimate object can help you better understand and/or resolve an issue. It's because it includes multiple different parts of the brain (to actually put it into words, saying the words, hearing them...) It's very common in IT programming and called 'rubber duck debugging', partially because programmers work alone so much. I talked to my dog and young kids. I tried it with my wife when the kids got to the age of asking questions, but it really annoyed her.
Then I learned that saying things aloud helps you remember things (like a grocery list). It's more effective if you repeat it and say it/them with different pitches. Or to the notes of a simple song. Similarly, writing something down helps me remember.
Lately, I've occasionally been talking to myself for... practice. The general rule when I was growing up was: don't talk unless you're spoken to. So I'm a quiet person. I'm okay with it, but I know it puts people off (I'm told they think I'm hiding something). I've had casual social encounters where I just couldn't think of what to say, so I've started talking to myself as a way to practice thinking of things to say.
 

I mentally talk to myself all the time. Never out loud however, as wife doesn't care for that kind of language. :playful:
 
Hipgnosis, years ago, when my son and eldest daughter were living here, I noticed that when they left and were walking past the front of our house (1st floor apartment) to a bus stop, I'd see their lips moving. Ack!," I'd think, People who see this are gonna think they're nuts! lol Anyway, I told them that I saw that they moved their lips when thinking about whatever while on their way.

They stopped after finding this out. :)
 

Here's what you have to remember...

It's perfectly fine to talk to yourself...

It's even OK to answer yourself...

But never EVER say "Huh? I didn't hear you?" Then you have a problem.
 
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