Does ANYONE else talk to themselves like I do (it's weird!)?

[kyzz]

okay I know that EVERYONE talks to themselves here and there, like if they're studying or something they might read themselves the questions and answers...but I think the way I talk to myself is much, much, MUCH weirder.

Like besides talking to myself, I'll have full-blown conversations with myself...not necessarily out loud but definitely loud enough that I could hear myself. Now let make it clear that I am NOT hearing voices in my head, I'm not talking about that, I'm talking about conversations that I am generating.

What's even more strange is sometimes I might pretend I'm being interviewed, like on a job or a TV show (think Oprah, Larry King, etc etc) for something I wish to become one day (like a professional singer). I'll be sitting by myself and imagine Oprah asking something like "So what inspired you to be a singer?" - all of this is impromptu and I've been doing it for so long that I don't know whether or not it's weird.

I asked some of my online friends and one of them said "well if you're like me and have no friends, it's just a natural reaction we have to never having anyone to talk to" -- which is true for me, because I'm a homebody and don't talk to people that much -- would that be a reason I do it?

Just curious if anyone else here goes through that, like as far as having conversations (full, conversations) and pretend you're talking or being interviewed by someone...

[pert -5]

People ask me:  "Pert, am I crazy if I talk to myself?"

To which I reply:  "Only if you answer back!"

But, failing that criteria, I think that there is no harm done as long as the "conversation" is implicitly understood to be between You and You, rather than, say, You and "god".  I speak out loud to myself often when I'm gathering my thoughts together for writing or whatever.