[Antipode]

If I'm trying to think of a counter argument, or just trying to find the best to explain something--or even just trying to sort out an inner experience, I tend to "talk" it out. I find when I have a hard time sorting something out in my head, I speak it--thus organizing the information. I usually do this in the shower



Anyone else?

[Scylaax]

I think I may think by half-talking to me, maybe just letting out words and impressions. I'm usually very quiet when I have to think about a matter of any sort, usually letting any of this out or even drawing something about that would confuse me more than necessary. I need calm and concentration to actually sort out my ideas, that may even be closer to meditation than anything else : To let my Ni properly talk, I have to be in a certain state of quietude.

Thinking out loud is a very INTJ thing though (y'know, "thinking out loud", typically Te). When I let my "thinking" being expressed out loud is often for some internal reasons that aren't much related to what I'm deeply doing or thinking about, when I play to a video game and when I encounter a difficulty, I have the tendency to let my ideas talk, as "Oh so that was that" "Seriously this is getting ridiculous" "Woah, weird", this isn't by all mean related to any logical thinking nor to the internal process of reasoning, it doesn't help me to think, it helps me dealing with the situation. I guess it's just Fe in the end, I just need to show the impressions on my mind.

I have too much issues on thinking orally, when I'm arguing with somebody in front of me, I have a hard time to sort out my ideas and express them with enough eloquence to be satisfacted.

[Opabinia]

Totally do. Sometimes in front of a mirror. /tmi

edit: actually, I recommend people trying talking things out in front of the mirror. It gives you a sense of what you actually look like to others when you're conversing. My image of myself was a bit different before I started actively observing my facial/eye expressions while I talk.

[ibage]

I talk to myself out loud all the time. Normally, I check to see if anyone's home before doing so as to not make them think I'm nuts. Most of the time, there's two conflicting thoughts and give both of them voices. And for the record, I'm pretty sure I'm not crazy. Yes, I talk to myself and I do answer back.

[Scylaax]

I talk to myself out loud all the time. Normally, I check to see if anyone's home before doing so as to not make them think I'm nuts. Most of the time, there's two conflicting thoughts and give both of them voices. And for the record, I'm pretty sure I'm not crazy. Yes, I talk to myself and I do answer back.

That's strange, because usually when I'm thinking out loud, I'm not doing that because I'm alone and so I have the freedom to not be heard. Rather I'm getting extraverted as people are susceptible to accidentally hear what I say and engage a connection.
What I don't want to be heard shall not even be reachable for those I wouldn't tolerate their presence in my intimity. Paradoxically, I'm a very open person, still even more introverted and locked-up.

I suspected OP to be an INTJ, but it looks like it is a general tendency for you guys ?

[uniquegirl]

Did that today!

[confused girl28]

I talk to myself out loud all the time, sometimes my little girl hears me, looks at me and says "oh right you´re talking to yourself, again" (Hope that doesn´t let a mark on her lol) anyway, yes, I do that while sorting something or when I need to encourage myself to make a hard decision. I think about the pros and cons of something out loud, get mad at me and yes, sometimes, I laugh at me out loud too.

[apt]

I talk to myself on a regular basis. It can be intense, epic, pensive, but always therapeutic. I catch myself doing it especially after long periods when I haven't had much human interaction. I suppose it acts as a kind of substitute for actual human contact!

I used to be very self conscious about it and so would only really do it at home, but in recent years I've begun to care less about how other people view me -- and now I often talk to myself when wandering around in bookshops or when doing the groceries. As expected I get some funny looks from time to time, but I guess many people probably think that I'm just using a Bluetooth headset (rather than a crazy person) - something to thank the modern world for I s'pose!

I hope I'm not alone in saying (otherwise I may well be crazy!) that I tend to talk as if to an audience, a close friend or the person who I'm likely thinking about. It's weird! Rarely do I direct comments to myself by saying things like, "I really need to do xyz now.", it's always more like giving advice to someone else.

[Ashneversleeps]

I don't usually do this but I find it helpful in "centering" my mind whenever I do. I feel like most times I think out loud I'm overwhelmed by a number of things and it's a way of setting precedent/giving a hierarchy to the multitude of thoughts struggling to be foremost. It feels so slow and laborious when I try it otherwise =\. Ideally, I'd write my thoughts out if I was to organize them externally.

I vent (curse things) out loud a lot though.

[Arclight]

Talking to yourself out loud is normal behavior for most people.
Self encouragement and depreciation are often spoken out loud.. People who rehearse potential conversations, often do it out loud. It's normal. Rehearsal is hallmark of Ni.
Talking out loud to organize and sort your thoughts however, is a hallmark of extraversion.
I am not calling anybody an extravert.. Please sheath your weapons.
It's true though. But here are are some other things.. 68% of the population exhibits both introverted and extraverted tendencies with a bias toward one or the other. (This is Non MBTI data.. It's just data on extraversion and introversion.) with the other 32% split evenly as true introverts and extraverts.. about 16% each.


SO you can be an Introvert and do this sorting and organizing out loud. But it really is one of the big clues indicating a preference toward extraversion.