Why Do We Talk to Ourselves?

Do you mumble to yourself while looking for your keys, or pump yourself up in the morning with a bathroom mirror pep talk? It may actually be helpful-but only if you do it right.
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[@DeviilReaper]

The reason I talk to myself because sometimes I need professional opinion.

[@FonVegen]

I do so whenever I need a second opinion.

[@commanderwaddles3483]

Found the narcissist lol

[@arturocrespo3699]

DeviilReaper nice i am going to use that for now own use that

[@monks311]

Hahaha good one!

[@Deity1]

Isn't that on a t-shirt somewhere?

[@cup_check_official]

Why do we talk to ourselves? because no one else will *cries in a corner*

[@crimsonheart05]

There, there.

[@davidholder111]

Its ok I feel your pain.

[@nasasjanitor]

Yup. If I don't talk to myself, who will?

[@i_smoke_ghosts]

Tell Me This wat?

[@jodinha4225]

I live in a circle so I can't even cry in a corner :(

[@CeruleanWriter]

I talk to myself because it's the only civilised conversation I get.

[@thedarklrd6714]

Too true.

[@raisa_cherry33]

CeruleanWriter well-said

[@birdsdaword]

Get a bird.

[@midnightmooncrazyness1920]

Then I'm not crazy to talk quietly to myself at all

[@johnparadox9429]

I know I'm talking to an intelligent person ;)

[@arianasworld7725]

I talk to myself out loud all the time like seriously.

[@hugotiago8764]

same

[@mustafainulhaque9508]

Yeah it's getting ridiculous for me too. But can't stop it lol

[@impockets]

I do it when I’m alone out loud and in mind when with people

[@Zufazos]

My Doctor has told me, it is a serious problem.....

[@-touya_todoroki]

I have long detailed conversations with myself all the time I literaly will yap on to myself about how a leopard face isint even remotely like a cheetah face stateing countless facts

[@gryphonshire]

Back in the 1960's, my eldest brother used to say, "It's perfectly OK to talk to yourself. It's when you start telling yourself jokes you never heard before that you have to worry...." ;-)

[@katherinerichardson2273]

gryphonshire I used to hear "talking to yourself if fine answering is concerning" by sometimes I answer cause I'm autistic and it helps me organize and focus my thoughts and ease anxiety

[@alfiedelrey]

gryphonshire damn then lock me up

[@depausvandelilithkerk5785]

gryphonshire so?!.....don't be a comedian or if you are one then only use jokes you have stolen from others??!

[@honesttroll6332]

I love it when a joke comes to me so fluidly that I'm hearing it as I'm saying it and laugh my ass off!

[@BonesofStarlight]

So where do new jokes come from?

[@NewMessage]

It's not the talking to myself that I have an issue with. It's the arguments and name calling that get under my skin. No it isn't, Dummy. See? Who can live with this guy?!?!

[@placeholdername5559]

I clicked on your profile picture because I thought I had notifications...

[@glennabraham2345]

You'll have to kick him out. If he ain't paying rent, he's gotta go. You don't have to take that disrespect, ya know!

[@faisal3398]

I no longer know which one is controlling the body...

[@NarwahlGaming]

+Glenn Abraham - What if the voice in my head has a better paying job than I do?!!

[@NewMessage]

Way to step on the jokes Shiloh and Landon. Good job. Classy.

[@turbatg9395]

I have conversations with my self almost 24/7 and sometimes I even use my imagination and talk to other people

[@AutoDidact117]

Turbat G maladaptive Daydreaming is the word for it

[@ILive2Rescue]

tuna invader I believe Anne Shirley was a maladaptive daydreamer, _especially_ before she went to Green Gables.

[@sahpem4425]

ILive2Rescue Oh! An Anne reference. 💗

[@samdoesstuff4924]

yeah i sometimes pretend that i'm talking to someone and i talk for them and we just have a conversation like idk if it's helping me be less awkward with talking to new people or not

[@Shefwitjah]

I always think I'm talking to god

[@Cgreen15Abram]

Bruh, I have a whole conversation with myself! 😂

[@SAGEPAGE100]

Am I weird for doing it outloud I pretend like I'm the other person to😔

[@Aakashputtur]

Same but i do that when no one around.

[@mohammed96011]

Me too bro

[@mohammed96011]

@@SAGEPAGE100 na I do it too

[@melissafitzgerald1832]

Do you answer your self back? 😆😏😂

[@mateszka2003]

What I do is I talk in my head like if I was making a KZbin video, I'm like "So yeah, as you guys know, ..."

[@NewMessage]

I talk to the stove when I cook, like I'm doing a cooking show.

[@sprout_gen]

Arecaceae791: Haha i do the same thing

[@geekfreak2000]

Same. I talk about stuff to myself like I'm a movie narrator. Makes getting groceries more interesting.

[@katieb2729]

Arecaceae791 Oh, I feel so much more normal now. When I'm learning a new concept, sometimes I pretend I'm teaching it to other people (often in a KZbin video style). It seems to help me retain information better, idk.

[@tim8323]

Good to know I'm not the only one, makes my paper round a little less boring.

[@leannyly]

I stand in the shower and have fake arguments with nobody. I am both parts of the argument. Yeah.

[@camdenfreilinger9695]

You're not alone. I do the same.

[@maju404]

ME TOOOODIJFIKDHGKJ

[@OsTrentatious]

Speeches as well

[@h_curly6384]

Honestly thats how I prepare for actual conversations. It helps me sort out points and counter points so that way I can view things from different perspectives.

[@sentient.ball.of.stardust]

I do the same, except for me it happens all the time. I need to focus and stop doing it when out in public. Plus most of those convos never happen.

[@jojonerdz5258]

Is it just me or when I talk to myself it feels like I have two different personalties, one rational and logic and organized, the other crazy, funny, weird, nerdy, and just goes with the flow.

[@impockets]

JoJoNerdz me too and I don’t know but I don’t have a logical side and weird side, I have a shy non talkative side that’s slightly depressed (my main side) and my rational ruthless non rule following side that I like to let out in fights and no I don’t have DID I think

[@rowynnecrowley1689]

No. For me, it is sort of like I'm talking to a separate entity, except that separate entity is still me. Still the same me, but with one of us sometimes playing Devil's Advocate.

[@Stettafire]

Me too. But the other one is a guy and hes the logical one, while I'm not do much

[@Daveo8490]

IM NOT ALONE!!!

[@samdoesstuff4924]

i just have one like me and i pretend other imaginary people i talk to are my personality

[@SavageBear_YT]

I talk to myself all the time, It helps me figure out how I really feel about things.

[@saulo4302]

Same.

[@study-lh7lp]

Same I talk to my self and I win everything

[@Tamaska-ld3xj]

Same as well

[@insertoyouroemail]

I love talking to myself.

[@insertoyouroemail]

The feeling is mutual!

[@Zipperskull_]

Same, its kinda hard to keep my speech in my head. I even read out loud if I was reading a paragraph or a article on the internet, but if I was reading a book, I would read silently in my head.

[@raisa_cherry33]

Milligram I m a devoted self-talker 😂

[@gatchaempire6045]

Milligram me too,I do that since I was 4 or 5

[@sebicana3634]

This my everyday thing

[@GodplayGamerZulul]

Because even if we don't realize it, deep down we're all just lonely lunatics.

[@ikerants745]

Godplay Gamer you should put that on a t-shirt

[@dancedance5668]

edgy

[@bleh1569]

No

[@hemmelyteh5291]

I talk to myself everyday simply because I like it better than talking with other people hahaha

[@doneflewout2488]

Ajay Velupula it’s really not not to put you down @hemmely teh but my uncle is highly annoying because of it

[@DietDrKelp-ty3fh]

Done Flew out well I literally talk to myself whenever I’m all alone (all the time) sometimes I say, “I’ll be right back”, and end up gone for 20+ minutes because I got caught up in talking to myself. Also, I talk to myself in first person, second, and third :D

[@alberteinstein100]

@@DietDrKelp-ty3fh same

[@varshabattebas8359]

😆

[@meauxtheaverage]

I walk around in public with ear buds in, no music, and pretend like I'm on the phone with someone. Sometimes I rehearse speeches, sometimes I practice my lines for a job interview, or act like I'm in a therapy session with a counselor. It's actually extremely helpful because it allows me to pace and talk at the same time.

[@GuessTheRiddIes]

I always had my phone on my ear just to act like im the big deal example talking to myself through the phone like a rich guy making deal, acting like an actor, talk in different gibberish languages, angry speech, just train my acting skills.. People looked me like an idiot hahaha ha

[@ASEANnationsRVina]

You guys inspire me to do this too, I'll try it next time when I go for a walk.

[@YedidahMVO]

Oof I'm going to steal that!!!

[@YedidahMVO]

@@GuessTheRiddIes hey...i text myself sometimes, I think that's more sad

[@mooodlemip4779]

@@YedidahMVO dw man Ik a lot of ppl who text themselves

[@jeralyncabaluna5819]

Sometimes I talk to myself about talking to myself. Does that make sense?

[@Starfighter_Cookies]

Jeralyn Cabaluna it makes perfect sense. I do the same sometimes

[@theprofessor3339]

Towards myself out loud: "If someone saw me talking to myself they'd probably call me crazy" lol

[@fabiofdez]

Jeralyn Cabaluna yes, but does making sense make sense?

[@friendrequest6030]

Fabio Fernandez does making you make sense?

[@camdenfreilinger9695]

Same

[@NormalAF]

I'm super weird I have full on Conversations with myself and answer random questions as if I was another person entirely. For example: A:Whats up dude? B:Nothing much, how about you? A:We'll... something has been bugging me about my job. B:oh,What is it? And this continues until I have fully resolved my issue/problem. so yeah REALLY *WEIRD*

[@rydaddy2867]

I carry out full potential conversations where I am both people...trying to anticipate what they will and what I will say back if they do.

[@ketchuplady2979]

XTalik I've had similar things except I'll have an imaginary conversation with somebody I know really well to like plan out what would be the bests way to approach them on something. Heck I'll even have the same convo with them and they usually will have very similar or exact responses

[@amegenshiken]

I think programmers do something kind of similar, but with a random object (like a rubber duck) as a stand in for another person when figuring out where a bug in a program is. (What was it called exactly... **looks it up** ...ah, right, "Rubber duck debugging").

[@QuantumSeanyGlass]

Ketchup Lady I've tried to do that but I'm almost always wrong...

[@iota-09]

what i tend to do is similar, but rather than having conversations, it's more like my inner self commenting to my outer self or viceversa, with only one of the two actually talking, like: "you know this is bad, so why are you doing this? [no response] c'mon brain, you know already that this is pointless, the simple fact i'm speaking in my mind it's pointless as you're already thinking what you're saying before i say it, thought process is much faster than that." after "[no response]" i wrote as i was thinking, so it should match pretty well what i did inside my head.

[@nopeyoudontneedthat3678]

I also talk to inanimate objects a lot; I wonder if that has the same effects? Like, when I'm looking for my keys, I don't just go, "keys, keys, keys," I actually say, "Keys! Where are you, keys?" Or when I put something somewhere where I'm afraid it might fall down, I'll mutter, "stay there."

[@turbofanct6679]

Nope Youdontneedthat Exactly as I do 🤣

[@turbofanct6679]

Nope Youdontneedthat We're like Mr Bean talking to teddy and I love it

[@scottishbeverage6269]

I do this but when I lose something I insult the objects I've lost.

[@jalengoode3266]

Dude same I even try to coax screws out of there home when they don’t cooperate lol

[@guardsmanom134]

I believe that this is one of the most common human behaviours. I talk to plants, I talk to projects, and I talk to animals too. I don't think that it's strange, but helpful. For instance, though talking to a stubborn screw doesn't really make the screw release and come out after you've stripped the head, it does help you release stress which could otherwise cause you to lose focus. In my own experience, it's when I don't talk to the project, that I get frustrated and wind up hurting myself due to something that I wouldn't have been stupid enough to do otherwise. Better to appear the fool, and win the game; than to be the one foolish enough to think that they can both have glory and flair.

[@Chuntise]

I usually don't talk to myself but rather a nameless person in my head as if I'm having a meaningful conversation with someone. When I'm trying to understand something, like a math concept, I explain it to that person in my head as if I'm the teacher and it's helped me memorize it far better than taking notes. I also talk to this person when I'm being introspective and trying to process personal issues. Sometimes though I become a third person talking about me to someone else. So if I'm feeling nervous about a job interview, instead of thinking, "God, I'm so nervous," I'll think, "Wow, he's really nervous." Even in my own head I think it's weird.

[@mikhasanto2880]

Wow thats interesting

[@revuesdeminuit4071]

I do the same thing! And here I thought I was the only one. It helps me analyse things more objectively and rationally, which is why I think I gravitate towards that style of thought.

[@daniellefrank2572]

I also do the same thing

[@rowynnecrowley1689]

That is incredibly weird. But I do it too. I think it's the adult version of an imaginary friend.

[@Stettafire]

I do it too. Except for me it's like there's the me in my head, then the other person. The two have different personalities, though I wouldn't say I have split personality disorder. The other dude is the voice of reason at best and worse like a disappointed mentor. It's odd though that hes a) separate and b) a dude when In very much a chick

[@LastJuanStanding]

Uh no not just at moments, I literally talk to myself all day everyday 24/7. It's more like thinking out loud than talking to myself, I do have conversations and make myself laugh sometimes though. I have ADHD, idk if it's related but I've been doing it my whole life lol

[@deliriumzer0]

My talking-to-myself is closer to your comment too, and I DO have ADHD soooo.. maybe?

[@LastJuanStanding]

deliriumzer0 I guess it helps us focus because otherwise our minds are a clusterfuck

[@angeldude101]

So do I. I try to restrict it when around other people, but since my inner thoughts still sometimes go strange places, my parents occupationally ask me why I suddenly start smiling when I come to a funny thought.

[@caroBenavides]

Same here, and I too have ADHD. And just like angeldude101, my inner thoughts like to go weird places, so I'd rather just say stuff outloud (unless I'm in public)

[@James-pb7kr]

That first sentence is me

[@galloe8933]

I'm going to start every task at hand with "Hank, you can do this!" for the next week, even though my name is not Hank.

[@chillsahoy2640]

That's okay, Hank's name isn't Hank either, it's actually William.

[@PsyKeks]

Please report back on if you develop a personality disorder.

[@colinp2238]

Or Jeffrey?

[@fabiofdez]

I feel like it'll make you start saying "eh, hank'll do it"

[@briankerrigan3529]

Referring to yourself in the differenth person?

[@TellShorty]

walking around in public i talk to myself like i'm vlogging, "hey guys it's me today.."

[@snivy400]

Tell Short same

[@Tokerpoker]

Me too

[@kosukemiura1226]

im in this photo and i dont like it

[@maxwellzamolo6088]

Lol same.. and i kinda just talk about what happened the whole day .. i used to record myself talking ... it's weird...

[@rev_dude]

I find that talking out loud what I'm thinking & making random gestures that have no meaningoutside my mind helps me make better sense of a complicated problem.

[@gallifreyanchocolate6058]

Sometimes I can't properly form thought into speech so I just make these weird hand gestures that male no sense.

[@adamarens3520]

I also do this as well and make faces when I’m thinking things through sometimes. It helps me intensely focus on the problem and really concentrate.

[@AyanaSioux]

Exactly! That's when i talk to myself the most, when i'm trying to figure something difficult out.

[@earthbert5598]

I talk to myself because I am interesting

[@noahwalsh8426]

And they call that narcissism 😂

[@maju404]

SJGDKJDHFFK same ngl

[@BekkiAnnArt]

This notification popped up on my phone JUST as I was talking to myself...

[@josef5341]

same here

[@Master_Therion]

You were talking to yourself on the phone? ;)

[@BekkiAnnArt]

Master Therion LOLOLOLOLOLOL

[@PsyKeks]

Maybe you are just always talking to yourselfe? :P

[@raisa_cherry33]

Bekki Ann 😅👌

[@stonedude1234]

I talk to myself ALL the time! Not like, "Where is my phone? I can't find my phone!" But more as, "So I think I should attack that place. Yeah cause if you don't then they might attack you. You're right." Edit: Yeah I forgot to give the context, Total War; Rome

[@williammosley6327]

Stonedude123 Yikes...

[@spoonyquine1584]

Video games I assume...

[@calimorales9880]

XD

[@mooodlemip4779]

Lmaoooo I love that you forgot to give context

[@NerdSyncProductions]

What if I refer to myself as multiple people? Like if I say, "Let's get to work," or "We gotta focus."

[@mindblown8566]

third person?

[@whazatt236]

@@mindblown8566 That's first person plural?

[@duotheowl]

I do the same thing lol

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

I do that too...

[@mtruxillo4502]

Your either more aware of internal multiplicity or, perhaps, British

[@JaCeLyN1431]

anyone else talk to themselves in different accents?

[@junkycheetah1779]

hah, yep all the time

[@reaganharder1480]

I tend to resort to british/english accent when talking to myself, though i am definitely not british. sometimes i will also become more russian or german, or some weird combination thereof.

[@Laura-pq8mt]

I talk in a Glaswegian and Northern Irish accents to myself, sometimes revert to an American accent too

[@xuanius]

I do, in a British accent for certain words Bc I can speak faster this way and don’t stutter as much compared to using an American accent which forces you to drawl out every syllable with your mouth. I wish I can just talk in that accent normally but it’d seem way too pretentious.

[@ElectraTechna55]

Very weirdly yes I do so. Like my inner demon has a posh British accent and mocks me

[@yourlilemogirl]

I talk to myself as though I were a group, so I use "we" instead of "I" which I find weird and idk why I do it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@madogthefirst]

yourlilemogirl We find it weird too. Some time we notice it and we ask who the hell is "we?"

[@l.shepard3216]

Ditto

[@someperson5506]

It's the demon living in your head.

[@oliwiahyland3064]

Gollum

[@potmki6601]

Like Haru in Octopimp?

[@cheyennemarie7075]

I don't really talk TO myself so much as I talk when I'm BY myself

[@ikerants745]

Cheyenne Marie that might actually be crazier Jk I do the same thing

[@rowynnecrowley1689]

Guilty. Sometimes I even forget when I'm not by myself. Awkward.

[@eternal_seige]

The 4 levels of crazy 1: Talking to yourself 2: Answering yourself 3: Arguing with yourself 4: No longer talking to yourself

[@whyisgamora4191]

I'm Belgian (speaks Dutch) however I, for some unknown reason, use English quite a lot when talking to myself. Idk if that's weird but it definitely helped me improve my English.. Nvm it's definitely weird.

[@TheCarrifaery]

Abby Slug someone else on the comments section said something similar. Very interesting!!!

[@whyisgamora4191]

TheCarrifaery Oh really? I thought I was the only one. If I'd have to speak English a lot in my daily life, I guess It would make sense to start thinking in English, but that's not the case. I very rarely speak English, but I do write in English quite a lot. I've also had difficulties remembering some words in my mother tongue, but knowing them subconsiouly in English.. Quite interesting indeed.

[@sweetgirl070707]

Abby Slug I also have English as a second language yet use it exclusively when talking to myself. I think it's because I spend so much time on the internet. It does help with fluency as does thinking in a foreign language, that's a fact.

[@sarim9531]

I'm a Pakistani (Urdu speaker) and most of my thoughts are in English. The only times I think in Urdu is when the sentences are too complicated for me

[@whyisgamora4191]

Do you guys also speak English fluently in your minds/when talking to yourself out loud, yet when talking English to a stranger your non-English accent suddenly ruins everything? Maybe that's just me because of anxiety, though..

[@bex2]

I speak to myself a lot. I wonder if social interaction levels affect how much you speak to yourself because I spend like 90% of my time alone.

[@saulo4302]

Same. Worse is I can't get myself to talk to people, I fear they're not gonna like me and not want to talk to me.

[@Maatrakha]

I never talk to my self. Buttt ummmm my ma'am do that lmfao 😪😭

[@person2194]

I spend 95 percent of my time with people and I have never talked to myself

[@Yonkipog]

@@person2194 that means you were so involved with others company, that you have lost your/ never found your inner self . But you could take that in a good way cuz most of us that talk to ourselves arent really happy people

[@person2194]

@@Yonkipog ok I think I just am able to process my thought just by thinking them I don't need to speak

[@esztiszep6334]

I find that saying them out loud makes my thoughts more organized and clear. Talking requires expressing your otherwise nebulous intuitions in words, making it more tangible. Also, it's way slower than thinking so it forces me to go trough and see everything rather than just letting it all race around in my head. Also, don't you mean second person at 3:45 ?

[@bleh1569]

I know right! About the thing in 3:45, he means addressing yourself with "you"

[@bleh1569]

Oh, my bad I read that wrong

[@bleh1569]

But no he meant third or second person

[@Tatjana-_-]

My native language is Norwegian but I constantly talk to myself in English🤔🤔 it's really weird

[@hans2695]

Tatjana '-' but your name is slavic...

[@mothslug4387]

i do this too

[@nessi_0-1]

i do that too. I Also dream, think and talk to myself in English and I don't know why. I love the language but its kinda creepy 😂😅🤔

[@heihei6426]

Yeh same, Norwegian here too

[@ferxodiaracing6690]

Black metal.

[@AdamSmith-vj5uk]

You're a beautiful butterfly ❤️

[@isoluniv_714z7]

Adam Smith Is that to yourself?

[@andy56duky]

Isoluniv_714 Z no, mate. *Pushes you to a corner and whispers to your ear* Finally, I can tell you this. *Kidnaps you to my bed* you're mine!

[@lIlIllIlIllIlllIllIIIIIIIIIlII]

Adam Smith butterflies die pretty fast no ty

[@scottmckcfc8]

Heimlich, is that you?

[@roguegreyjedi]

+

[@Matthew_Murray]

I talk to myself in the third person way too much. I will create an imaginary dialogue were there is an external voice and an internal voice and I use it to help solve problems. Also I am a really lonely person.

[@NonDelusional74611]

Matt Murray don't feel too lonely. There's a lot of us out here.

[@theexotic2983]

NonDelusional74611 you are a really nice person.Have a lovely day 😊

[@VYN198]

i do that a lot as well and im in the middle between intro- and extrovert :)

[@Starfighter_Cookies]

Matt Murray lmao saaaame

[@thedarklrd6714]

Nhi Vương if your personality is between introverted and extroverted, you are an ambivert.

[@someperson5506]

I talk to myself because i write stories, and some of them get typed up, but a lot of them stay in my head. I talk aloud imagining i'm different characters, and that I'm in the scene. It helps me come up with dialogue. But it's not very focused. It's more like daydreaming about characters who are in my stories, in scenes I'll likely never write, while talking and standing in front of a mirror that I'm not really seeing.

[@thedarklrd6714]

some person ARE YOU ME Seriously though, I do this exact same thing. I have managed to get most of my thoughts out (though I still have a lot of scenes and stories unwritten, they're more concepts for now.) and I have nearly 100 pages of my own writing on docs. Isn't it fun going over everything while adding details and new thoughts? It makes me feel like I'm living my stories, which makes it even more fun.

[@nessi_0-1]

Cool thing I should try that too

[@Vishnu-ge2jo]

Sounds u like have a paracosm

[@saulo4302]

I kind of did that, but it was triggered by music and there wasn't much or any talking involved at all. I still do it, but it has become rarer over time. My most recent "scene" is this, first time actually writing it all down, I'm not good at it. Anyway: You wake up from a smell of smoke, panicked. You get up and the flying pirate ship you're in is on fire, sailing, or rather flying through a storm cloud, everyone is running around in panic and the important messenger person with the even-more-important misterious box you're supposed to guard, protect and help at all costs redundancy-needed is nowhere to be found. You go into the outer part of the ship (idk how ship's parts are named) and find a ninja-like hitman looking guy that immediately recognizes you as a threat and attacks. They fight for a while. You knock 'em outta the ship. The sky is clearer now, things seem calmer and the passengers are hiding somewhere. Expectedly-"unexpectedly", the hitninja guy didn't actually fall and climbs back up from the front "walls" of the ship, striking you. Idk what happens now, maybe you fall, or you both fall, certainly none of you die. Inspired by Sungazer's "Ostinato".

[@ashleighchristall5559]

I, literally, talk to myself all the time 😳

[@deliriumzer0]

The way I talk to myself doesn't work like what this video is talking about, which... makes me feel weird. I'm glad at least Dan Howell talks to himself the same way I do (and my mom does too), I mean that KINDA makes me feel less alone I guess? I'm not sorting out thoughts in my head, I'm not actually talking TO myself to give myself encouragement or anything. It's really more like I'm rehearsing a future conversation that I, in all likelihood, will never have. It's more like daydreaming about a conversation.... just... out loud. I mean maybe that just means socialization takes a lot of concentration for me?

[@ThatEntityGirl]

I DO THAT TOO! Sometimes I'll just play out an entire scenario in my head where I try to find some kind of way to work through the situation in a way that would make sense and be realistic, and I will just be rambling to myself about things with like no context whatsoever.

[@riverAmazonNZ]

deliriumzer0 It helps with working through your feelings rather than letting them just weigh on you like a lump. You can figure out how you truly feel, through conversation. The human mind is built for conversation.

[@riverAmazonNZ]

deliriumzer0 Also, all the awards go to Daniel Howell for being honest about something many people are too scared to admit. It's normal, people! :)

[@kateg9437]

I do the same. Often in fictional scenarios, where I'm not really me, and I'm talking to someone who doesn't exist. I basically act out scenes from stories I make up, but can't be bothered to write

[@riverAmazonNZ]

Kaitlyn Guy Yup, exactly. I do write, but there are many scenarios that never make it to paper. I think talking to yourself is most common among creative introverts.

[@MephLeo]

Don't mind me, I'm just mumbling to myself... *note to self, don't mumble in public* .

[@gamphuck]

Every time I talk to Myself, we just end up arguing

[@jeffreymoffitt4070]

How did you know my name was Jeffrey???

[@fabiofdez]

Jeffrey Moffitt probability

[@_anonymous_creature_]

Lololol

Okay, that make more sense now, there was no Hank to find my keys when I needed them :)

[@Jack-lg9mq]

I talk to myself because it's the only way I can be sure of intelligent conversation

[@thesentientneuron6550]

3:29 KEYS! KEYS! KEYS! Zombie Hank😂

[@dreamarte5578]

I talk to myself all the time. But I think I do it way more in depth. Idk why, I love to write and draw anime, and so I always end up talking out loud the different storylines. I talk as if I was those different characters, responding to each other and all. Yes I know, I'm weird. I repeat certain scenes, if don't like or feel like the conversation could be improvement or curious how it go if the characters responded in a different way. If I like it, then I write it down in my journal to be permanent for my story. And I also talk out loud or replay scenes or moments that I have lived. As if maybe having said something differently or done something differently would of changed my present life. ....i swear I'm an actual sane person lol.😅 like I know it's super weird doing that, and sometimes I wonder if I'm really crazy.

[@emilyduke4255]

dreamarte hey. You are totally not the only one. I suggest looking up the term maladaptive daydreaming (although depending on if you do it cause you choose too or because you can stop it might not be maladaptive) for me it’s almost an addiction. I can’t go a whole day without doing it. I assume the role of multiple (fully fleshed out as if they were real people with real lives) characters and have conversations and act it out. I don’t know many other people who do this so it’s good to find someone xx

[@dreamarte5578]

Emily Duke Thanks for the info. I looked it up and yea, it pretty much describes what I do. I never knew it had an actual term for it before, makes me feel even weirder now that it suggests or is a disorder. I don't think most people like to think there's something wrong with them lol. Although, when I do do that, I want to do it but it's not something I do out of necessity. I only do it when I'm alone and extremely bored. Otherwise I don't think about it. But yea, it's cool to know there's someone out there like me lol.

[@emilyduke4255]

dreamarte I get what you mean. I mean it has a name but I don’t thing it would count as a condition or a disorder unless it actually disrupts your life. Which for me it does. And I literally can’t stop. Whereas that doesn’t seem to be the case for you. There’s nothing wrong with it. It doesn’t make you weird or crazy I promise aha. As long as it isn’t affecting you I wouldn’t worry. For me it gets in the way of my life but it’s like an addiction and I can’t stop even if I wanted to (which I don’t as it stops me from feeling lonely and isolated because of anxiety and depression xx

[@alberteinstein100]

i talk to myself, as if it's 2 'me's but yeah i do that too i have created hundreds of fictional characters in my brain, and i run different storylines all the time. i speak as if they all are having conversation

[@fireriffs]

I've always found talking to myself helps me concentrate and think more clearly. Plus I'm the only one who listens to me.

[@duddernator]

I used to talk to myself at school all the time for things like planning the day; working out problems even imaginary conversations I might have with friends later in the day. But my teacher told me it wasn't normal and was frowned upon so I had to force myself to stop. I now don't talk out loud to myself; or to others much either as I have really bad social anxiety and find it hard to talk to people. Could these be correlated? or just a coincident?

[@IB-ow3gt]

duddernator literally me

[@stephss]

A lot of 'spirit killing' that we experience in the past, shapes our exsistance. I think you have already answered your question. You can choose to build your confidence now :)

[@Phazonviper]

Same

[@kieraflowers9928]

They’re connected in a way. Probably not directly

[@selvarajuk3780]

I talk to myself like someone is interviewing me as a celebrity 😂😂

[@briattnybrittany6843]

So... this explains why I'm always like, *"Seriously, Brittany!?"* 😂😂😂😂

[@Lizard-813]

I've been trying to stop talking to myself so much lately. It's getting out of hand just how frequently I choose to think out loud. Usually it's just my side of hypothetical arguments, my verbal reactions when watching videos, or something I'm planning. That wouldn't be much of an issue, except that I don't live alone. The bigger problem is that it usually involves plenty of swearing and I'm extremely fortunate that no one has heard me yet. At this point I'm pretty sure it counts as an addiction. Normal thinking just isn't satisfying any more. Do I have an issue?

[@Master_Therion]

Talking to yourself is called "Private Speech?" Doesn't the NSA monitor Private Speech? OMG! where's my tin foil hat...

[@Master_Therion]

Random Guy Are you saying you are: Lex Luthor to my Superman... Dr. No to my James Bond... Voldemort to my Harry Potter. Sauron to my Gandalf... The Joker to my Batman (or am I the Joker and you're Batman?) lol

[@Master_Therion]

Random Guy True, very true. I guess my intentions are that I try to make people laugh and try to get people to reply with jokes of their own. I love reading the funny replies that some people post ^_^ If you don't mind me asking, what are your intentions in trying to stop me? Honestly, it's hard to tell if you are trying to be funny yourself or are being rude to me on purpose.

[@bigbenhebdomadarius6252]

Random Guy Master Therion is all over the Word-Wide Web. (Think about it.)

[@Au16227]

can you teach me how to make one? He doesnt suspect a thing

[@mimsydreams]

Master Therion +

[@turtlevader]

“Hank, YOU can do this” is second person though...

[@solomiegebyehu2255]

I used to sing when I was doing math homework. I sang my steps out loud and repeat numbers as I write them. It was weird, but it helped me remember and concentrate on what I was doing. My jaw would hurt a little afterwards. Nowadays, I hum in class while I’m doing a worksheet or when I’m on my way to my next class because it helps me relax and focus.

[@paulaclarke3421]

I live alone & talk to myself constantly (not unusual or strange, I like chit chatting!). Yesterday though, I spontaneously did a Rigsby impression........I properly laughed out loud! Long live Len.......

[@sk8rdman]

"Hank, you can do this" I'm pretty sure that's second person, not third... "Hank's got this. He can do it." That's third person.

[@gregjohns5235]

Ok. So I should start talking to myself. Good to know. Now all I have to do is figure out which one of the voices in my head is me.

[@saranohmusic57]

greg johns they're all you! :) And that's just fine

[@hamzaygtotti7992]

Yess please , i have the same problem now !! But who is me ???

[@hamzaygtotti7992]

Sara Hurwitz Music i have the same problem, who is me and that inner voice ??

[@hiba7550]

I actually spend my most of the time in washroom talking to my reflection in the mirror ....I love itt for some reason!❤️

[@synonymous1079]

I often offhandedly refer to myself as "we"

[@commanderwaddles3483]

I do inner speech all the time, but my actual thoughts are never in words. Only when one side of me is arguing with the other side of me about something in my head, is tyere words. Besides that, I don't think in words. That being why it's extremely hard for me to get ideas across to other people.

[@arielmorel2799]

Commander Waddles me too

[@DreamLionViolet]

Commander Waddles are you dyslexic? as i get that too and was told its a dyslexic thing?

[@zebpeep1390]

Commander Waddles I do the exact same thing.

[@arielmorel2799]

High-Low Lemony I 'm not dyslexic but I do exactly the same.

[@Inconnue__]

Commander Waddles novody thinks in words, we think in pictures

[@oliviachipperfield6029]

I find that when I talk to myself, it's an unending monologue that can last for, say, a 3 hour hike lol

[@chaincyclist2736]

I find that talking to myself while out on the roads when cycling helps navigate through traffic.

[@nochal551]

Noice. Now i just want to know why when we often finally go to bed we dont feel the sleepiness anymore?? And yes..im writing this as im trying to fall asleep at 1:37am....

[@llamafromspace]

zagrajmer404 well if your like me it's prob because the phone screen is right there

[@nochal551]

Ilana Signal Yeah i was wondering if its the blue screen the devices have but even when i spend a whole day without a phone this effect can occur

[@Jus10Ed]

Because you realize you're falling asleep on the couch so you get up and go upstairs. Climbing the stairs, brushing your teeth, and changing your clothes all get you active again.

[@Koshokar]

Another sleep-related question: How does the feeling of sleepyness come about in the eyes? The reason is quite obvious, but what makes the eyes feel like the most tired part of the body biology-wise?

[@fabiofdez]

Koshokar it may be because the eyes want to close, just like it's harder to keep your balance and coordination when you're dozing - the brain keeps telling the muscles to relax for sleep. Buuut, im no authority on that. That's just what I think

[@colbybundy6082]

here's 3rd person talking to myself: "Colby can do it" here's me talking to myself in the 2nd person: "you can do it" he means 2nd person not 3rd person

[@kaheichan9]

*points at mirror* :why you do this? Why you like this?

[@lavendermenace8078]

"Hank, your a beautiful butterfly and your gonna kill it tonight!"😂 oh my god I'm dying. How is hank green so perfect honestly.

[@kittybeans8192]

"Hank, you gotta butterfly knife and you're gonna KILL her tonight!" wait a minute that isn't right...

[@MaximusLight]

To quote Megatron: "I simply have a penchant for intelligent conversation."

[@asmahanif1279]

I’m addicted to this channel! Awesome content presented by such talented people. Lots of love to the entire team of scishow.

[@disorganizedorg]

most of my private speech is profanity-laden and in response to external events...

[@eundongpark1672]

Rich Marceau yeah, same. My speeches are rare, and barely much more than very short exclamations, like “oh, you idiot”, “oh no you don’t”, “go me!” or “Not again!” My family was the same; we just don’t really talk to ourselves. I don’t even remember us joking or talking about it. When I started living with my partner, I was vastly amused, he’d be having conversations out loud in the shower, like there was a person in there with him, like real conversation-y conversations.

[@disorganizedorg]

@@eundongpark1672 I also do the speaking out loud... in the shower or anywhere else private. For me it's rehearsing things I might want to actually say to people... a test drive of sorts.

[@samdoesstuff4924]

when i talk to myself i never say things that are tmi because it's almost like i treat myself like a different person idk

[@NightySevenn]

At night i have like a full blown conversation with my self

[@w4r3arth]

Hank, you’re a beautiful butterfly and you’re absolutely going to kill it. With every video. Great job! Made me feel less of a freak for feeling the compulsion to verbalise my thoughts to organise them.

[@orion8981]

I talk to myself. A lot. I find it to be extremely helpful in ironing out plans and ideas without presenting them to another person. It's my own way of self review of a concept, and can help reinforce my own positions when explaining them to another person, boosting my confidence. I've done it for so long now that it's become an unbreakable habit, and I feel like I'm losing it if I go extended periods of time without talking to myself (i.e. communal living, because talking to yourself is still socially awkward, so I don't do it in the presence of others), to the point it becomes a strong source of stress. I can't identify any negatives, but it has helped me with public speaking and my professional life, as speaking about a subject more quickly recalls details about that subject than silently reflecting before I speak on it.

[@simbadas1234]

i tend to argue with myself, when doing this.

[@andreicutur4793]

"Hank, you can do this!" is in the second person. I guess the point is to talk as if you're talking *to* someone rather than *about* someone. Come on, Hank, you can do this! (wink)

[@W0lfbaneShikaisc00l]

The term "second person" refers to the speaker's audience (i.e.,"you"). The personal pronouns ("I," "you," "he," "she," "it," "we," "they") The term "first person" refers to the speaker himself or a group that includes the speaker (i.e.," I," "me," "we," and "us"). Which will include Hank AND you as he is referring to himself not someone else. Even if you were to argue that voice is "another person" the conversation is directed to himself meaning it's first person as the voice is host of that body.

[@jaredhardegree8377]

Hank, you're a beautiful butterfly.

[@chaosopher23]

The Doctor conjectures if we speak to ourselves, someone (something) is there in the room with you, but you can't see or detect this intelligence because of a time distortion that places the two of you moments apart. It's wibbley-wobbley, timey-wimey stuff, most humans wouldn't get it.

[@PTNLemay]

I find speaking my thoughts really grounds them. Until I speak them or write them down they're too vague and unfocused for me to reliably recall them later.

[@mostly_harm1ess]

One interesting thing to add: some people, myself included, actually don't have an inner voice, which makes it difficult to communicate with myself without talking out loud. Two of my friends were actually conducting a survey about inner monologues and they both guessed that I didn't have one because of how much I talked to myself.

[@CrunchyLikeness]

"Hank, you're a beautiful butterfly and you're gonna kill it tonight!"...t-shirt idea? Hankerfly?

[@piyushbhagwat3119]

"probably use your name instead of mine" -Hank

[@sammikinsderp]

my "inner speech" turns cyclical, it snowballs, reverberates, echoes, until it becomes a deafening noise until I lose all sense of reality. My psychiatrist calls them derealism panic attacks. They're debilitating and the most frightening thing in the world. I feel like they'll never and there's no way to ever get out of it. Happens most frequently when I'm in the shower, lost in my thoughts. Meds help. EMDR helps too.

[@charlydatduclai7734]

One of the more effective ways to overcome stuttering.

[@mustafainulhaque9508]

There are so many accurate comments down below to actually how I talk to myself too, that it makes me feel better

[@Alesha07]

"Having to actually say the words keeps you from getting bored or distracted." This is exactly why I sometimes read out loud when studying. My mind wanders too easily when reading to myself.

[@ExtraAmpersand]

Breaking: Hank Green is in fact beautiful butterfly. News at 11.

[@TGC40401]

What does it mean if you lecture the air like you're a professor in front of a huge group of students? Ps. I only do that if it's not crazy

[@sohopedeco]

I literally can't keep my mouth from moving whenever I'm thinking with words to myself.

[@jakegoh1]

I talk to myself because it allows me to unleash the crazier side of me free

[@aelliixx]

I.. talk to myself in second person.

[@Romancefantasy]

I heard it was because humans are always putting on a show, like we think there is always an audience even when alone. So if you trip while by yourself you still feel embarrassed.

[@ffgtium5791]

I find that when I talk to myself when working on a problem in school it helps me stay focused on what I'm doing. Its a way that I manage my ADD.

[@nailokimutilifa2687]

I constantly talk to myself when I take a walk or go to the shop . I put ear buds on and pretend as if I'm talking to someone on a call , most of the time I even make jokes and i feel so happy and relief when I stop . It's weird but I do it most of the time.

[@madcircle7311]

so I'm not mad after all

[@Zipperskull_]

I guess not, lol, you're not alone.

[@raisa_cherry33]

Madcircle Throughell 😅

[@saulo4302]

I felt the same lol

[@PureGold197]

3:46 Isn't that 2nd person? 😐

[@rowynnecrowley1689]

I was thinking that too, but it didn't hit me until later. I'm like, "Wait. What?"

[@taraelizabethdensley9475]

Sometimes it is the only way i can get a sensible conversation. Lol

[@CallMeBeautifulRacoon]

Well I talk to myself and make up this alternate life in my head that is vastly more interesting than my own as I run out of things to talk about with myself in real life.

[@oliviahesson881]

I talk to myself all the time