Talking to myself

[anon67410956]

It usually looks like I am talking to myself, who else does this? I am training myself not to do this so that the voices do not take over and I find peace. What have you done to remedy this issue?

[anon62310808]

3 days ago, someone posted a similar topic. Just thought you would take a look at it:

Talking to myself while pretending to be talking to a friend?

When I feel like talking and there is nobody around, I just talk to myself as if I’m talking to a person that I haven’t talked to in a while. Actually I whisper to myself while thinking that I’m talking to somebody. I just let what ever is on my mind be talked about to a person I want to talk to at that particular moment, but can’t. I’ve been doing this for a long time now. (years) I think it’s some coping mechanism I do for my lack of friends and lack of social life. I make the “person” answer back to me as if in a true conversation. Does anybody else do this?

[ChestRockwell]

i can’t quit talking to myself after fifteen years of being psychotic. it’s loneliness and cabin fever. yes, it can make the symptoms worse. but i still can’t give it up.