imaginary conversations (conversations in your mind)

[RebelForce]

Do you have conversations with your self, or imaginary characters, or imaginary characters based on real people ? Furthermore are these people real? or are they just artificial intelligence and conversation created by ones imagination?

And if you do, what do you talk about?

[EllisD]

lol i would talk to myself in the head sometimes to lke reconfirm stuff, in stressfull situtiaons or if im hypin myself up for soemthing.

[Mirana]

All the time.. there's nothing wrong with it, unless you obsess over it.

[Levo75]

I have that too, often I replay conversations inside my head giving them an alternate ending or something. I mostly use it as a tool to improve my social skills.

[Vizier]

Most people talk with themselves one time or another, usually quietly. As long as you don't do it all the time I think its healthy and good.

[Druidus]

It is not having conversations in one's mind less of the time, but rather a fault in the brain, which causes the brain to only talk to itself and not simulate other minds correctly.

Having the imaginary conversations is fine, even if you do it a lot; as long as you do it right.

[Death_Merchant]

I think about situations that can arise with people in my life based on events that are occurring. I'll sometimes have a mock conversation with that person, think about all the things they may say and how they'll react to what I say. I practice like this a lot, and think about how they will feel too. In some aspect, I actually devote a part of my brain to becoming that person, so I can actually feel their position in the conversation. I can maintain two or three people's thought processes at once in my head, but I'm in control of these conversations, and these other personas dissipate once I cease the thoughts. People often respond to me saying that it's like I'm really connected to them. To some extent, they are part of me. Whenever I talk to someone, I'm already contemplating their reaction before I even open my mouth, so I can preempt everything. When I was a kid, I'd use this in evil ways, by pretending to be that person, and creating conversations with a goal in mind to manipulate them. Since I actually mimic people so well, I could come up with the right things to say to get the desired result. When put into practice, it's about 99% affective. It's pretty handle being able to mimic another persons mindset.

[i poop in your cereal]

I do it constantly. Even now.

It's not something I do consciously either, it just happens, I'll be acting like I'm explaining stuff to someone else; A sort of commentator on my own life... If you've ever seen Dexter you'll know what I mean.

[Mantikore]

yeah, i do it all the time.

even in public

[poast-bortem!]

It's virtually impossible to avoid doing this.

Brains are a gorgeous thing, embrace them to the fullest.

[Cathy McGee]

why would it be considered imaginary???

its a real conversation going on.

who the fuck says there needs to be another person?

[Cathy McGee]

maybe even five fingers, or something. ;)

or even six lol

[Marijuanasaurus]

i do it all the time. im usually explaining to this imaginary person how certain things work. or i make jokes with it, and tell it that its one funny fuck. (he/she really is)

[skinny love]

i can't stop thinking to myself. the longest i can last is like 2 seconds before my mind starts its internal monologue again. i'm constantly thinking in words in my mind and i wish i knew how to turn it off.

[Druidus]

i can't stop thinking to myself. the longest i can last is like 2 seconds before my mind starts its internal monologue again. i'm constantly thinking in words in my mind and i wish i knew how to turn it off.

Try meditation. Or dissociation. :p

PM me if you need help.

[Im Bored]

Try meditation. Or dissociation. :p

PM me if you need help.

Fuck you. DPD is worse then not being able to stop thinking.

[Druidus]

Depersonalization Disorder? That's highly unlikely from using dissociatives.

I was merely suggesting a low dose to facilitate meditation, thus allowing you to experience its glory sooner.

Dissociatives aren't a long term solution, no, but they can be valuable tools. Used correctly.

[Marquis In Spades]

this is nucking futs guys

[We Lost The Skyline]

I talk to myself, but usually its when I'm working on solving something. Then if I'm under the influence of certain substances, we carry on coversations about conspiracys and pholosiphys

[Nolte]

same here, i talk with myself, but its in thoughts not like looking in a mirror and having a full blown verbal conversation.

I do that too though.

For me, it's just a matter of simulating how a future conversation with another person might go. I can't see how it would in any way be bad for the social skills.

[Vizier]

Yeah, but they are usually silent conversations, and my other mes can be so stupid or incredible assholes sometimes.

[SLOWPOKE]

All the fucking time. More than ever since my wife disappeared. Yeah, I talk to my son and the fellow european workers at the slaughterhouse and the spics when I need to, but I REALLY like my own company as well. I talk out loud to myself about situations I put myself into, inside my head. I'll make up a best friend and give him a name, talk to him, and talk back as that person or a group of people in a different tone of voice. It's an escape from the shit reality, sometimes. I day dream a lot, but I'm out loud about it. I always make out I'm on the phone when my son comes in the room when I'm doing it.

I'll give comentary on myself too.


I REALLY DON'T GIVE A FUCK, I FEEL GREAT.

Yeah, but they are usually silent conversations, and my other mes can be so stupid or incredible assholes sometimes.
Me too, minus the silent part.

I do too much thinking according to other people, but I'd probably go insane if I didn't. I laugh to myself a lot too.

[The English Gentleman]

Everyday I run through imaginary conversations with medical application university admissions, everytime I fuck it up, even though I know what questions they will ask:facepalm:

[SLOWPOKE]

I'll do it with people I know in real life as well. I'll start a coversation about something and change my voice to impersonate them and have a conversation with them about whatever. Mainly all about a situation I wish would happen in life with these "people" I'm talking to.

It's hard to explain, hopefully you guys get me. But I'm not holding my breath for that.

[SLOWPOKE]

Yeah that's what I thought. Thought you'd go quiet after that.

[PirateJoe]

I'm pretty sure everyone does this to some extent.

[SLOWPOKE]

No fucking shit, but why? I don't even know myself, it's not as if I don't get out with my friends, don't talk to people in real life, or have a son to take care of. I jut like taking myself out of a shit world and placing or imagining and acting out my own situations to myself whether an argument or just a civil conversation with someone I've made up or a friend I know in real life or off the internet and talk to them, but obviously they're not really there and I'm talking to myself.

:shrug:

[Insomaniacal]

I've only done this once. I had to take a trip to Poland all by myself, the total journey, from getting picked up in front of the agency, to when I stepped into this tiny motel room I rented in Poland, took about 25 hours. I debated random subjects with myself while on the plane and in the airport.

[unstableasatable]

i always do, different sub concious - or even concious parts of your brain discussing wheter something is a good idea ect. ......probably

[Mantikore]

i do it. excessively.

ive probably said more words to myself than with other people. i basically pretend im talking to another copy of myself

[Figure-8]

They are as conscious as you are.

[Vizier]

Yeah I invented 8 other people that live inside my head. Each one takes care of different situations. It's easier to make decisions that way and not overthink stuff too much. :thumbsup:

[Nolte]

Yeah I invented 8 other people that live inside my head. Each one takes care of different situations. It's easier to make decisions that way and not overthink stuff too much. :thumbsup:

This sounds interesting. Division of labour ftw.

I feel I've created some abstract personalities in my mind as well, might have something to do with years of drugs, idk. Mine don't do anything helpful though, they just kind of fuck around.

[Vizier]

This sounds interesting. Division of labour ftw.

I feel I've created some abstract personalities in my mind as well, might have something to do with years of drugs, idk. Mine don't do anything helpful though, they just kind of fuck around.

Yup, division of labor. I nickname them:
'Peacemaker'
'Human'
'Doubtful'
'Dreamer'
'Megalomaniac'
'Soldier'
'Corruption'
'Visceral'

Most of them work out quite well but it sucks when they have an "arguement" inside my head. Maybe I'm just fucking crazy though.

[The Explanation]

Yeah, I have conversations in my head, usually with actual people. I don't have any made up personas or anything. It usually is planning for future conversations, etc. I guess I do narrate my life to myself a lot, too. I'm very metacognitive; it's sometimes almost like I'm sitting back observing my own thoughts occurring in my head rather than actually thinking them.

[ataraxic]

ya'll are some fucked up human beings

[Figure-8]

Those are portals.

[Headspin]

Sounds like you are bout as normal as most humans. I've got an internal dialogue, less now then before but I don't see it as a big deal. It only is a big deal if you make it a big deal. Start worrying about it and find a crutch that some doctor prescribes, you should be ok. :thumbsup:

[Malice]

I think about situations that can arise with people in my life based on events that are occurring. I'll sometimes have a mock conversation with that person, think about all the things they may say and how they'll react to what I say. I practice like this a lot, and think about how they will feel too. In some aspect, I actually devote a part of my brain to becoming that person, so I can actually feel their position in the conversation. I can maintain two or three people's thought processes at once in my head, but I'm in control of these conversations, and these other personas dissipate once I cease the thoughts. People often respond to me saying that it's like I'm really connected to them. To some extent, they are part of me. Whenever I talk to someone, I'm already contemplating their reaction before I even open my mouth, so I can preempt everything. When I was a kid, I'd use this in evil ways, by pretending to be that person, and creating conversations with a goal in mind to manipulate them. Since I actually mimic people so well, I could come up with the right things to say to get the desired result. When put into practice, it's about 99% affective. It's pretty handle being able to mimic another persons mindset.

This, although I usually focus on more fantastic scenarios.

[Obti]

I have that too, often I replay conversations inside my head giving them an alternate ending or something. I mostly use it as a tool to improve my social skills.

I do that all the time to, I don't think it's that helpful though I just end up reliving conversations I've had months or years ago and I think it just ends up making me too concious of what I've said/am about to say.

[Paranoid]

Do you have conversations with your self, or imaginary characters, or imaginary characters based on real people ? Furthermore are these people real? or are they just artificial intelligence and conversation created by ones imagination?

And if you do, what do you talk about?

Allways. I mean all the time, when I am alone or with others. Some are real people and some are conversations with people I made up.

[JustAnotherAsshole]

I had problems with hearing voices and shit.

If you can actually hear a voice that isn't yours in your head, you should seek help.

[SLIM]

Those are portals.

You're fucking great.

[SLIM]

I had problems with hearing voices and shit.

If you can actually hear a voice that isn't yours in your head, you should seek help.

Or you can ask the voice in your head what to do.

[Malice]

I had problems with hearing voices and shit.

If you can actually hear a voice that isn't yours in your head, you should seek help.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_Voices_Movement

[Phlegm!]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_Voices_Movement

dude, if you're a real man you'd start a facebook group about this shit.

[Figure-8]

Many people are controlled by many feeds of desire.

[Jerry]

Awesome, yes I do this all the time. Especially in bed when I'm about to go to sleep. I dream up some scenario then see where it goes and if I don't like the ending I change it.

It was really useful doing this when I was younger and had nightmares - I'd just go back in and change the ending to something I wanted.

When I do this during the day and try to guess what people might say and what I'd say back etc it is good practice, but what I think will happen never ever happens, at least when it comes to women. Ever.

[Lulzar]

I talk to myself on a regular basis. I always say "you" when I'm talking to myself. I don't communicate with imaginary characters or anything, though.

[komokazi]

With enough drugs, I have full conversations with voices in my head... they seem very real but once I realize that their presence is impossible, they simply vanish for a short time, then they come back. Usually they will start by calling my name, and then mindlessly I'll respond, and then conversations will ensue. Once I realize there is no one around.. poof. For a few moments that is..

[JustAnotherAsshole]

I heard voices a while ago, when things were a little worse.

The voices were of several people who have been dead for some time now.

[Archetype]

You mean thinking?
Yeah, I do that quite alot.

[mindh4X0rz]

It's actually impossible not do this. We think in language because that is how we communicate complex ideas, so of course we're going to have conversations in our heads.

[Nero]

This always happens to me when I'm stoned, automatically. I'd be there listening to the discourse for minutes before I realize it.

[Figure-8]

Whether your interrupt it or join it is important.

[Lysergic Rain]

All the time. I actually talk aloud and make hand motions as well. Its almost always about real conversations that I had or plan on having. Its like prepping yourself for a speech in front of the mirror except your just prepping yourself for life and you're doing it all the time.

Its normal. Different people do it differently, but everyone does it.