Because I have a screw loose and no one else will talk to me. Now stop asking.
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You know how the technicians at NASA keep finding new and creative ways of using the Voyager hardware well beyond it's operation lifespan, presumed hardware limits and original intent? As you get older you realise you have a few bytes of very short-term storage in the air between your mouth and ears and you might as well use it.
you will get there. they don't give a fuck anymore :) also it's more thinking out loud
I'm middle aged or early middle aged, I talk to things all the time, other day train stopped but the doors weren't opening because driver must be slow or something, so I jut said "come now door, open up". Woman next to me just looked at me like with concern like i need psychological help.
What's the big deal, I know door is not going to respond. Life is just fun pretending that it can. I've talked to things since my 20s.
For me, it's because I was born with a defective give-a-shitter and that thing died completely about a decade ago.
That's not even a joke.
But you run into it a lot. It isn't just older folks, but it amounts to people being prone to it gradually losing their filter for it. When you're younger, you tend to care more about perceptions. At some point, that starts going away because you realize it isn't worth the energy it takes, and you have less energy anyway.
I talk to myself all the time and I am only in my thirties. I think it's partly because I work from home and therefore spend around 8-10 hours talking to myself or the dog at home, or sit in total silence. It's hard to break that habit when I'm at the shop or other public space. Many elderly people also live quite lonely lives, so maybe that's why?
I spend most of my time alone and have such a strong internal dialogue going on that it does the same basic thing without me making a noise. My mother in law verbalizes all of her thoughts, and always has even when surrounded by people. It reminds me of my internal dialogue!
I don't think it has anything to do with being lonely, just how someone processes their thoughts.
I think the lonely part means I'm not used to having to suppress my internal voice going external anymore. Are there people that don't have an internal dialogue going on at all times?
Are there people that don’t have an internal dialogue going on at all times?
Yes.
I'm like you, but my wife is like your MIL. It's caused some issues for sure.
One big one is her thinking I'm being dismissive when she points out potential issues in a plan I tell her. I'm not dismissing them, I've just already recognized and addressed those issues in my internal dialog.
Exact same situation here. I figure it’s only a problem if the dogs start talking back.
Two reasons I can think of it being age related, though I think it's pretty common at any age:
- Cognition and short term memory isn't what it used to be, and saying things out loud helps
- With age you stop giving a fuck what people around you think (source: self)
I'm in my 60s. I've only been living alone for about a year and a half, but I do find that talking to myself (or the cat) is preferable to going ages without saying a word. I don't do it when I'm out in public, but I could easily see it becoming a habit after enough years of it.
I'm honestly more concerned about farting loudly becoming a habit, since I don't have to worry about farting quietly 90% of the time.
Farting is the best.
The older you get, the more you realize the people that make fun of useful behaviour are the ones that are wrong. If something makes your life better, but other people make fun of you for it, they are just jerks and you can ignore them.
I think I was lucky in realizing this really early in life.
Define "old people".
I've doing that since my late 20s at least.
Anyone older than whoever is saying it. Also known online as "boomers".
I am one of the few people I enjoy talking too... who else would I talk to?
To make sure the normal people keep their distance.
best answer yet lmao
Why? Because I get good answers.
ADHD...spend most of my time silent. When I speak a thought aloud, it puts some emphasis on that thought. Helps me remember important things.
I'm 31 and I've been doing this (soliloquy) since my early childhood.
Most of mine are "What the fuck am I supposed to be buying again?" or "What did I come here for?" and just variations of those situations
Talking to the only interesting person in the room
I talk to myself when I need expert advice. Just kidding, I talk to myself to slow my thought process way down.
Who else is gonna listen?
Sometimes saying things out loud helps people make sense of them, I don't know all the science behind it but I'm sure there is a good reason.
Are they having a conversation or just thinking out loud?
The legend goes that Einstein thought out loud all the time. If it's good enough for Albert, it's good enough for me.
I'm autistic and that's why I do it
It’s almost certainly a mixture of things you’re seeing - some mental health issues occasionally, some is lifelong and normal, some is just when aging you don’t care as much who sees you doing what in your younger days might have seemed embarrassing, in your old age you also have stored a lot more information and context and talking through them helps organize thoughts a little better.
There’s more reasons, but you can see there’s a mixture of reasons why it’s occurring, and each time you see it it’s probably a differently weighted mixture of all these things. My wife has always talked to herself to work things out as she’s planning, also announcing what she’s doing in the next few moments or hours to herself, she also complains about whatever is wrong out loud no matter what it is, but most notably she does this FAR more often when she’s stressed.
Like narrating actions ("I'm buying these cookies") or carrying on conversations with themselves, or 'thinking out loud' ("I wonder if it will rain today?") kind of stuff?
I've heard both, some external thought processes, some rambling about nothing much at all
Younger people are so full of sh1t, I prefer to talk to the most sensible individual present.
People have smartphone mic inplanted
I do it sometimes from experience, I speak some of my thoughts aloud. I guess it gives some semblance of sanity, I'm guessing. I feel odd for doing it but I do it anyways.