I find that I I say stuff like you’re a genius or people like you. I’m self conscious about both. I guess I’m just trying to pump myself up. Hey whatever works. Hopefully I don’t do it when I go back to school.
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I sometimes argue with myself over whether or not I should do something 
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I’ve done that too @Berru. Just not everyday.
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Sometimes I catch myself standing in a grocery store and saying “No, you shouldn’t buy that, it’s too expensive/unhealthy” out loud to myself, haha 
I don’t talk to myself everyday, but I sing a lot when I’m alone, and sometimes I read the things I type out loud as I type them.
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Haha, that’s funny. No harm in doing it when your alone I guess.
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I feel more comfortable talking to myself at home alone or in a public setting like the park, or on a walk. It feels good, having words that feel more personalized compared to thoughts that are incomplete.
Its all situational. If you are paranoid about other people listening to you talk to yourself, it’s better to wait until you feel safe.
Reading out loud really helps me. Its constructive and beats rambling on about nothing when you have nothing to say!
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I’m the same way at the grocery store! I don’t talk to myself out loud much except at the grocery store.
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I try to go to the grocery store when there’s nobody there. When it opens at 5am.
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I talk to myself more than I talk to real people in my life. Granted I also talk to alters and voices but idk if that counts.
Unfortunately I get pretty mean to myself at times. But I try to balance it.
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I hope you can say more nice stuff to yourself @Noise. You deserve to relax a little.
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I did that a lot BEFORE i was sick lol. I can’t call myself a genius anymore. Maybe gifted. It sounds grandiose. Geniuses have an IQ above 140. My IQ before my illness was like 120. Average IQ for a math major at my school was like 130. Explains reasonably and logically why I struggled and barely passed.
To be fair, I also called myself stupid a lot.
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Can you study for IQ tests? That’s probably how people get their IQ so high. Dude, Pregnonlone is good stuff. I see what you are saying about chest pains. Not that bad though.
Yes you can study them and you can retake them and even take supplements. My highest online IQ test was in the 140s but my first score ever was 109. So I think 109 is a good estimate even though it makes me feel like ■■■■.
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I wish I could memorize textbooks. Someday.
I had a professor that could do that. Memorized verbatim like 90 pages of notes. It was our textbook he wrote. Dude got his PhD at 20 or something.
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I found lexapro helped me i dont even talk to myself anymore.
Just a odd rare occasion
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I do. I have conversations with people who aren’t there. But there’s something comforting about it.
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