Do you talk to yourself in public? | ADHD Information
Same here.
My biggest problem with it is that, seconds after I (probably) say something out loud, I am really uncertain if I said it or not. By the time my attention spaps onto the fact that I may have been speaking aloud, I can't remember if I actually was or not. I kinda mentally check if my mouth "feels" like I just said something, but that's usually not much help. Not the biggest problem in the world, but it sure feels silly.
-DH
You're not alone there. With the ADHD making me have a million things going through my head all at once, it's hard not to talk to myself and make some sense out of everything that I'm thinking. While I know what you're saying about it being embarrassing sometimes, it's also kinda funny because I can humor myself and come up with some really good and creative ideas.I talk to myself out loud a lot.I'm usually not too bad about it in public but at home I really get into it. I also tend to blurt things out, retorts I wish I had made, etc.
When I am trying to concentrate I will often talk myself through it as it helps to keep the outside interference at a minimum.
The worst part is that sometimes but thankfully rarely, I will be thinking something that I wouldn't deliberately say and the person with me will answer me. It used to get me in trouble when I was younger but I seem to have more control now.
Here's the kicker! Have you ever blurted something out and wondered where that came from? It is the opposite of what you are trying to say, not even close to what you are actually thinking?
I wondered for a long time if I had multiple personalities who were speaking for me! Nope, its just the ADD.
I find I have the same problem. It's like, a few seconds after I say something I realize that I may have said it out loud, but am not sure. And I do it constantly. I've acutally had co-workers in the office point it out to me. I seem to do it more when I trying to concentrate on something or I'm working.
It is really embarassing though when you think you were thinking to yourself and you look up to see people staring at you. Especially since I blurt parts of words or phrases....
Hi there! I was just wondering if anybody talks to themselves in public. I know most people talk to themselves when they're alone at home but when I'm walking down the street I tend to start thinking out loud. I can see the funny side of it, coz I won't realise I'm doing it and then somebody willl suddenly walk round the corner and I'm like....ooops Lots of strange looks follow
yes I do! I thought I was the only person on earth that does this. Some times I do it without realizing. But my son who has adhd will repeat himself while having a conversation with someone.
Not only do I talk to myself but I have also found alot of the time
when I think I have said something to someone ( and I can usually swear
to a time, place and circumstance) that I havent said anything to them
at all. I get people who call me standoffish and rude even though I am
not trying to be.
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I talk to myself mostly when I am driving. My mouth moves but I tend not to make sounds. The older I get, the more often I do it and the less inhibited I am about it. I think that it is a function of the fact that I have so much to say and absolutly no one to converse with.Caught myself just this morning, yelling at myself in the hallway on the way to the elevator. Suddenly hearing my own voice, and turning around hoping no one heard......good thing it was early.I DONT KNOW IF I HAVE ADHD OR ADD BUT I HAVE BEEN ON GOOGLE FOR TWO HOURS TRYING TO FIND OUT WHY I TALK TO MYSELF. I HAVE BEEN TREATED FOR A MENTAL DISORDER AND AM ALMOST OFF THE RX, BUT FOR YEARS I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS!! LAST NIGHT I WAS SO WOUND UP AND WAS JUST TALKIN AWAY. I THOUGHT TO MYSELF OMG! THERE YOU GO AGAIN...AN X BOYFRIEND YEARS AGO USED TO CALL IT (R.N.F) RANDOM NEURO FIRE..I AM ENGAGED NOW AND MY FIANCE MOVED IN ACOUPL OF WEEKS AGO AND HE SAYS TO ME, YOU KNOW THAT KIND OF WORRIES ME AND IM LIKE IVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS..WEVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR NINE YEARS..I NOTICE I DO IT WHEN I HAVE ALOT GOING ON OR IM REALLY TIRED. IT DOESNT BOTHER ME..I ALWAYS SAY, WELL IM NOT ANSWERING LOL. I NOTICE THO THAT WHEN I AM MORE RELAXED I DONT DO IT HARDLY AT ALL.. I THINK IM DEFINITELY HYPER.. IM 40 BUT I CANNOT STOP UNLESS I COLLAPSE FROM EXHAUSTION...HENCE LACK OF SLEEP ETC..IT HELPS ME SORT OUT MY THOUGHTS, I THINK...THERES MORE.. BUT CAN I GET SOME FEED BACK ON THIS???i've already posted (ithink) but i have noticed that i yell at myself
while writing lettersor stuff, when i know i have made a silly mistake
but when i try to fix it i do the samething over and over. Maybe its my
obsessive tendencies, but it sure annoys other people,yet they rarely
say anything to me about it. i also find i can work things out better
by talking it over "with myself" sound s dumb but.....
Beyond the possible embaressment and maybe disturbing others, what's wrong with talking to yourself? Some say it helps with problem solving. I know when I am working on a project (I machine small parts and such involving a lot of measuring and fine work) it seems to help me think things out and sift through possible solutions. Of course the only one listening are my dogs, and they don't seem to mind at all.
i talk to myself a lot. i am self concious about it..
it gets on my husbands nerves. if i'm trying to move through a process with several steps i'll definitely talk to myself. i always talk to myself in my car.
sometimes at the grocery store. i'm relieved when i have my toddler son b/c then i 'm talking to him. LOL
maybe i'm a bit nuts. i have conversations by myself too. nah. i'm not crazy.
I feel ya! In the car is my fav! :)I am the only person with ADHD at work (as far as i know) and I talk to myself the least of everyone (at work anyway). For some reason I think Land Surveyors ALL talk to themselves:) I do it sometimes because I feel so comfortable doing it around them, but I have built up alot of discipline about not doing it in public (again, society stifles creativity). When I'm alone I do it frequently, especially when brainstorming. It's like adding a blackboard for the mind to use, or at least thats the way i see it. It's simply a way of keeping concentration on something because your brain is moving in a different direction at the moment :) Thats the way it feels to me anyway. We are wild thinkers, our brains rush like violent rivers and its pretty much "all or nothing" with where it goes. While it's switching from one "mindset" to another you can talk your idea through. Perhaps it takes most or all of our control to shift? Then again maybe I just need a vacation :) I posted before but I just thought of something I wanted to add. When I am caught talking to myself and people ask me why I do it (like I really know, yeah), my response for years has been "yes. When I talk to myself I know the conversation is on my level, not way over my head or so stupid it bores me!)
I do this frequently too. And it's a bummer when somebody catches me at it. Does anybody know why we do this? I read somewhere that people with ADHD dont have a very good "internal voice" So I think that we must have to talk out loud otherwise we wouldn't hear ourselves think.
We're not mad - We're just Quirky
Barb,
You would not believe how often I do talk to mysefl in public and even at working walking down the hall (hopefully I catch myself before someone else does), otherwise they say 'hey, heather' and give me this strange look. I talk to myself all the time--my hubby will here me and say 'what did you say' thinking I am talking to him and its only then that I know that I am without a doubt talking to myself. And your experience with wondering what you said and if you said it out loud or to yourself, thank goodness I am not the only one this happens too! When I did that in the past, (before I found out I was ADD) I use to think I was literally loosing my mind!
Thanks! 
Sorry if I am rambling!!
I talk to myself, have to when I am really having problems with focusing on what needs to be done - I will start repeating my list of chores over and over to try to insure that I get them all done.
Usually during my lunch hour heading towards the car, I will be in ramble mode - that is when I most often catch myself anyway. I usually ignore others if they look my way and just try to look busy for any interuptions.
I do talk to myself when my concense is bothering me and I feel really bad about something, like a bad memory from years ago... I start saying ok, ok, ok, know kind of calm myself down until something distracts me from feeling bad.