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revoltix asked in Social SciencePsychology · 1 decade ago

Define talking to one's self?

We are debating the term, "talking yo yourself".

If you say what you are thinking with no intention for anyone to listen or respond, that would be talking to yourself right?

A collegue of mine says that it is not talking to yourself, just thinking out loud, and that talking to yourself is to have a conversation with yourself.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    i agree with your collegue.. i think its just thinking out loud.

  • 1 decade ago

    I'd say that thinking out loud would be two-sided: Question: "What should I make for dinner?....Answer: I think I'll make pork chops....

    Talking to yourself is one-sided: "That was a bonehead move!...How could you be so stupid?! If you let that happen again it's your fault!"

    I have a question to add: If you have an imaginary conversation with SOMEONE ELSE (not present)...like telling them off about something that you didn't have the nerve to do in reality...which is THAT considered?

  • 1 decade ago

    I think that talking to yourself is either talking outloud when alone, or talking even around other people but when you know or intent to not get an answer from the other people, in the way that you aren't actually talking to any of those people who you are in the room with.

  • 1 decade ago

    If I am thinking out loud then I'm usually working my way through the steps of a problem, math for example. No responses required.

    If I'm talking to myself then I am actually holding a conversation with myself and imagining responses.

    So I'm crazy....sue me :)

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    If you are referring to the psychological condition, I should say that I have seen people who literally talked to themselves (as in the conversation)... but usually if you ask them, they will tell you that they are talking to some sort of an invisible creature or person that only they can see. This usually occurs when one feels lonely. Thus they create a friend in their mind for themselves.

  • 1 decade ago

    Thinking outloud is just an excuse for a regular crazy person to try to sound smart. I "think out loud" about my favorite color and how I like pickles all the time. That means I'm talking to myself.

  • 1 decade ago

    i guess takling to yourself would be kind of like having slpit personalities and talkin as though...you wre both of those people. and kind of having an argument. you can say something aloud to yourself without having the ... expectation of an answer from someone else or from yourself even and it wouldn't be talking yourself

    in a way it would be more like if you asked something and answered your own questions and just kept saying things to yourself

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

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  • 1 decade ago

    words verbally coming out your mouth

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