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Hey Dakka,

Perhaps not the most on-topic of posts but hey, this is the only forum I regularly post on... Do you guys ever find yourselves talking to yourself or going in to short bursts of what can only be described as non-realistic experiences? I'll try describe the latter concept in a sec.

I frequently find myself sometimes just feeling a little faint/dizzy and inevitably spouting words to myself, usually insults or just simple conversation... as well as that I find that if I stand up after sitting down for a while or otherwise get into a situation where my head feels a little flustered, I can lose my grip and sometimes feel like I am not actually in our universe. At other times I suddenly think "Wow, I can't believe that happened!", usually about events like 9/11.. that is to say, I forget the impact of certain concepts/events, take them in and analyse them and find myself suddenly getting shocked.

Now, my friends think I am strange when I talk about this stuff, but part of me is convinced that, in isolation (as I so frequently am in) human-beings will talk to themselves or at least have out-of-body experiences. I guess I'd attribute it to my highly over-active imagination, I'm definitely an escapist at heart (hence my love of 40k).

As for Warhammer, once I got up and felt quite tired and spent about ten seconds looking for my imaginary power armour because I needed to get dressed...


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To be honest, I guess I'm just eccentric.

yes. I talk to myself frequnetly
Roses are red.
Violets are blue.
I have two personalities and I'm Weird.
And SO AM I!

Who doesnt talk to themselves? I know I do. gak I bet Id concern my neighbors if they caught me at the right times. I have rather nice conversations with myself

KingCracker wrote:Who doesnt talk to themselves? I know I do. gak I bet Id concern my neighbors if they caught me at the right times. I have rather nice conversations with myself

I have nice conversions. With myself. But my other me is rude and jerky. And likes to hit on girls. Then i apologize for my myself.

Pfff, your not a REAL self talker, until your one self, hits on the female yourself. It gets a little concerning and confusing when beer enters the equation

It's the only way I can be sure of intelligent conversation.

I think in that case then, you should of kept talking to yourself and not come to DAKKA. Its pretty hit and miss here

lol

Like baseball

Hey! Dont THROW this thread off track man, this is a seriously serious thread

KingCracker wrote:Hey! Dont THROW this thread off track man, this is a seriously serious thread

Just saying its like baseball. If you don't talk to yourself you are going to have long quite 10 minute sessions.
But I do talk to myself only to clear my thoughts.

I call them one-sided conversations so I don't get sent away...

Constantly

Mainly just saying thoughts out loud. I find it easier to focus on something if I'm talking about it or writing about it, so it usually winds up me just talking to thin air about some idea I'm having at the moment.

Then of course there's the usual screaming at the video game, but everybody does that.

I narrate my own life, and sing my own theme music as I walk.

It really depends on what you mean by 'talk'. I have certainly had spoken conversations with myself, it is interesting to compare it to conversations with others.

Most of the time my head is just full of randomness, much like everyone else. While I can focus on one thing, my brain simply doesn't give a snap what I am focusing on. It thinks past what I am thinking about. Even in my clearest moments it would be ridiculous to suggest that some form of conversation is not taking place in my mind.

Maybe I'm thinking about a conversation from two years ago, maybe I'm thinking about boobs. Perhaps, I am thinking about a conversation from two years ago about boobs. It is all very deep stuff, you wouldn't understand.

I think everyone does. At least on their inside voice. Even in our outside voice though, who hasn't been watching a sports game or playing a game and cried our a curse when something bad happens even though no one else is around

Yes, but I never listen.

I speak to myself in preparation for a conversation, or to take the place of a conversation I know I'll probably never have. I have absolutely awful conversational skills, and I'm generally a very socially awkward person. I stutter, mumble, skip over words completely, speak my thoughts without even meaning to, and make random noises in the place of words without even realizing that I'm doing so. Preparing for a conversation that I know I'll have to partake in soon is necessary to keep all this to a minimum. Or, I can take certain drugs before I enter a social environment. That always helps, though it's probably part of the reason I wound up with this incredible social aptitude.

'At least have out-of-body experiences' is a strange thing to suggest; it's as if you consider that the minimum eccentricity. I, personally, can't have out-of-body experiences without the aid of hallucinogenic drugs, so consider yourself lucky. I can certainly become lost in my thoughts and forget where I am or what I'm doing, but I hardly think that qualifies.

Yes.

I attribute it to being an only child.

Yes .

All the time.

I don't have many friends to talk to and my sisters think I'm creepy.

All the time. Driving to work and coming home are the 'golden' times.

Not just that but I sometimes sing songs out loud.

I like to invent obscene lyrics for popular songs so this sometimes causes embarrassment.

I used to do that too, but my best mate started doing it, and now it just annoys me!

I only talk to myself when other people are around. Or in the shower. Or to pigeons in the park...but not the gray ones...they read your mind anyway, so there is no need to talk to them!

I also have a tendency to consult with my lawyer when my wife asks me for anything. The cat is my lawyer.

Locclo wrote:Constantly

Mainly just saying thoughts out loud. I find it easier to focus on something if I'm talking about it or writing about it, so it usually winds up me just talking to thin air about some idea I'm having at the moment.

Then of course there's the usual screaming at the video game, but everybody does that.

Yea this is exactly how I do it. Ill talk to the trash cans if they smell bad, while taking them to the curb. I talk to minis while painting them. And same thing with just thoughts, they pop out, I have a laugh.

I do it constantly. People don't like it, especially not in class, but I don't care. I like myself

When i'm feeling epic i hum the final countdown.

rubiksnoob wrote:When i'm feeling epic i hum the final countdown.

Doesn't everybody?

Lukus83 wrote:It's the only way I can be sure of intelligent conversation.