Talking to myself

[Crystlas]

Hello my fellow bipolars.  I have had this strange habit for most of my life, in fact, I think since early childhood.  I have this constant voice in my head and I conversate with it all the time.  It is kind of me talking in my head,  but I ask it questions and I answer it.  Am I crazy or is this normal for bipolars?  I was getting ready for bed just now and having a conversation with my brain voice and thought, I wonder if other bipolars do this?  I talk to myself all the time, even out shopping.  People probably think I am a crazy person.   Atleast I am not a lonely person, I always have my brain friend! LOL  Thanks!

[jen21287]

Wow! I thought I was alone on this one :) I have a feeling though that people who are not bipolar experience this as well.

[Crystlas]

I am loving this forum and especially your humor!!!   Ha, I am glad I started this thread, we get comic relief and are able to laugh at ourselves.  I hate those blue tooth things too, but ya know what?  We could order broken ones off of ebay really cheap and then no one will know we are talking to ourself in public...hmm  I am liking this idea!!  When I am out shopping I catch people looking at me like I am strange too.  I sometimes do not even notice anyone else and am happily discussing what I should buy with my brain buddy.  I bet everyone else in this forum prefers shopping alone like I do.  I don't need ANOTHER shopping buddy, one is just fine!! LOL....The funnier part is when I see someone else doing it, I look at them weird.  I think next time I will ask them if they are bipolar.  Do you think I will earn a black eye or be received well?   I am so glad that there are other bipolars that are just as lighthearted about this crazy illness as I am!!  :0-)  I would go really nuts if I was not!  

[DLA]

Ok, Crystlas, let's just clear this up right now.  You are crazy.  LOL  Yeah, I'm in a silly mood, too.

I don't have a shrink, but just about everyone around knows it and they think I'm completely nuts.  So do the ppl in Wal-Mart come to think of it.  Spent waaayyyy too much time going from store to store shopping the other day, for necessities nothing interesting, and the longer I was out in public the worse it got.  At one point "we" were discussing oatmeal.  My part of the conversation was out loud.  

Maybe we should all just put one of those blue tooth things in our ears when we're out in public.  Then if anyone looks at us funny they'll see it.  I really HATE those things.  I'm always answering the ppl b/c I think they're talking to me!  Anybody else do that?  Talk about feeling like a fool.  They always give me the dumbest looks like the top of my head just opened up or something.

Does anyone else ever think we should have flip-top heads so we could massage our brains when we get really bad headaches?  I'm really not on anything tonight.  Not even the least little bit hyper.  I just think of these things in normal everyday thoughts.  Right now I have a headache from laughing too much earlier.

Ok, I'll stop now.  Well, not just yet.  When I told a friend recently about being bipolar he said, "It's okay, I still like both of you."  LOL  Cracked me up!   Okay, now I quit.

[FreeSpirit4Life]

Sooo I was telling my hubby about this and how it's not just me and he goes ohhh my gosh like there are other people who talk to them selves and talk a lot and like i'm talking a lot about talking a lot LOL................. ya I am really glad u did this tooo because I thought it was just me too it's soo nice to know ur not completely alone but I'm not talking 2 my shrink about it how about u

[Crystlas]

I was thinking if we do tell our doc's will they think we are insane and pump us full of more drugs ??? LOL!!  I am quite happy on my two, feeling great.  I think we should create a secret society that only bipolars know about.  We can have meetings to discuss the people in our head.  We could create a program in order to understand and work in accordance with our brain person.   Any other ideas?  HA HA HA... I am in a silly mood!!!  

[jant22]

yea i wonder? nobody else knows i do this. iv actually tried stopping but i couldnt. i do it without thinking. i dont know how i would approach the subject with my psych doc... i have a feeling he would dismiss it. hes like that!