Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and the Yahoo Answers website is now in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.

?
Lv 4
? asked in Social SciencePsychology · 4 months ago

Is talking to yourself really a sign of madness?

And what proportion of people do you think talk to themselves?

Update:

The Truthseeker; that is a relief lol!

10 Answers

Relevance
  • 4 months ago
    Favorite Answer

    No, it is a way to dispel loneliness. 40% to 50% of the people talk to themselves audibly; some do it quietly. So, it is normal. Psychologists determined that it is a normal thing decades ago. It could also be a way to sort things out, on your own. 

  • ?
    Lv 5
    4 months ago

    No way. I live on my own and talk to myself all the time (tho I have to be careful to keep that in check when I'm out shopping!) 

  • 4 months ago

    only if you start talking to someone who isnt there.

  • Anonymous
    4 months ago

    According to psychiatrists everything you do is a sign of “madness” and they have a diagnosis and neurotoxic drug for that. So why would you let somebody else be your authority when it comes to living your own life? If you’re talking to yourself,  who else are you REALLY harming by doing that?

     It’s all backwards. If you talk to yourself you’re “mad”? But the psychiatrists who unnecessarily prescribe the drugs that destroy people’s lives and even cause them to kill themselves because of the side effects are “sane”? Tell me more. LOL.

    Down the rabbit hole we go....

  • 4 months ago

    No.  Answering yourself, however, IS trouble.

  • Anonymous
    4 months ago

    No, it's a sign that you have acknowledged the fact that there typically is no intelligent life around you that is capable of carrying on a conversation about anything.

  • 4 months ago

    No, we all do it at one time or another. 

  • 4 months ago

    No,too many people do it and it's a way

    to get things off your mind.

  • 4 months ago

    I saw somewhere that it gives you self-therapy. It's actually good for you.

    “Talking to ourselves is completely within the norm. In fact, we talk to ourselves constantly,” says Dr. Jessica Nicolosi, a clinical psychologist based in New York. “One can argue that just thinking things through quietly, without speaking out loud, is talking to ourselves.”

  • 4 months ago

    At one time it was.  Now it is a sign that they are on the phone.

    Actually I find that if I read something out loud, it is easier to grasp the meaning.  I suppose some people talk themselves through things the same way

Still have questions? Get your answers by asking now.