Posted by leeran on April 17, 2003, at 23:49:08
In reply to Does anyone else talk to themselves aloud?, posted by juanantoniod on April 17, 2003, at 2:51:04
I told off Geraldo Rivera the other night. He was on TV and I was changing my underwear. I may have even pointed my finger at him. I was alone in the room (well, the dog may have been lurking around), does that count? Hmmmm, it's kind of like "if a tree falls in the forest and no one is there . . . "
To give him a fair chance of making it a two-way conversation I emailed him a few days later to comment on an "apology" of his that I read in a newspaper that I didn't think resembled an apology in the least (I think that's one of my pet peeves - righteous justifications that are loosely packaged as "apologies" - a.k.a. the "I'm sorry, buts" method).
He didn't answer back (not that I was expecting a reply). That said, it was a one-sided conversation and he didn't know it existed, so I'm thinking that yes, I do talk to myself.
I talk to the dog. And sometimes my husband and I both talk "for her" (in the voice we think she would have if she could speak).
Now, I definitely "talk to myself" (and argue with myself) all day long, but not out loud, but sometimes I think I should because when I go to pick up the phone to call someone (or answer the phone) my voice is hoarse from lack of use.
In my opinion talking to one's self is a good thing. Aloud, under your breath, quietly, in your mind, whatever. I guess if one decides to do it in public it can be a bit unnerving for other people, but I actually see (or hear) a lot of that in the area where I live - so I've kind of gotten used to it.
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