Talking to yourself. Is it schizophrenia?

I wouldn't have thought you were suffering from Schizophrenia. Hell, i talk to myself when i'm alone (I used to do it a lot more when i was back at home, when i was the only one around for several hours), i'd say it's just a way of conciously entertaining yourself.

Also, if i've understood your creating a scene comment right, again i don't think that's anything to worry about, because again i believe i can relate and it sounds like it is just your imagination which is a normal function of your brain. The fact that you say that you can create a scene and imagine people there doesn't point towards Schizophrenia. From my understanding, if you were suffering from Schizophrenia, these things would be happening against your will, at random times, and more often than not you would not be noticing that it really is all in your head.

I'm quite concerned about myself as well. Here's my situation; as I can recall, I've been talking to myself ever since I was 5 years old. I'm not joking about it at all. I've come to realize it as an adult, because I still do it & I do it quite often. I tend to hold conversations very audible at times with myself & when a stranger happens to hear me, they tend to give me an odd look. Could it be possible that I may be schizophrenic?? I also notice that I even have mood-swings & tend to "isolate" myself from others that I would often communicate with, from time to time & very often at that. Those behaviors in general, are due to stressfull situations. In fact, I've endured many stressfull situations throughout my childhood, as an adoptee. What sort of mental illness may I have to be diagnosed with? I would definitely admit to "psychosis". Yet, I'm a very intelligent person.

I do the exact same thing Jello...and I use 2 think it was because I was this creative person and had a vibrant and colorful imagination....but now that I'm in my 30s and still do it...altho I do live alone...I wonder if it isn't part of an underlying mental problem. I do deal with bipolar 2 disorder...but I'm highly intelligent and not out of touch with reality persay...so yeah. Anyway point being is I can totally relate! I think deep down were actors/performers at heart! Lol. Thx 4 sharing!

Oh and I just wanted 2 add there's many people with bipolar disorder... I'm sure that don't do this...talk 2 (themselves) but yeah I did mention I had that...and of course there's "normal" people that i believe talk 2 themselves as well...absent of any clinical diagnoses ...so I don't think it has 2 do with that...but yeah I'd b interested 2 hear anyone else's take on this sort of thing...I didn't start dealing with BP2 until I was 19 but had always talked 2 myself...and acted as if others were there from the time I was a young kid....so im still conflicted as 2 wheather or not my illness and me talking 2 myself truely coincide. Anyway feedback would b great! Kk Take care everyone.☺

I think Because u went thru trama and stress u have always had urself 2 lean on...ur thoughts ur opinions ur own imagination...which is always there....like a comfort. Being ur own best friend in a sense...I think it can happen from underlying depression and anxiety as well...almost as a coping mechanism 4 being unhappy...isolated...feeling detached or out of control. Anyway just a thought/opinion.

I also do this and usually for coping with stress (rehearsing difficult moments or replaying old ones with alternate endings) or for entertainment (fantasizing or acting out scenarios etc...). Occasionally I get caught up and do it in the car while driving but usually it's at home when I'm alone. Well, I recently discovered that I have narcolepsy. I actually laughed at the diagnosis because I wasn't nodding off like my great uncle mid conversation or having any of the other symptoms that I thought were supposed to happen with narcolepsy. Well after getting better educated (thank you Julie Flygare) I came to grips with the fact that I do in fact have narcolepsy and that it doesn't look like i expected. One of the biggest discoveries for me was that once I started treatment for the narcolepsy, the talking to myself and play acting behavior almost completely stopped. I say almost because I also noticed that it comes back with major stress, a sleepless night, or more than a couple of days without my medicine. I don't think it's a bad thing when this happens, feels like seeing an old friend. I also don't worry about there being some severe mental impairment as the root cause because I can control it with a little effort, I know the difference between fantasy and reality and quite frankly the fantasizing aids my creativity and helps me think outside of the box. I have colleagues comment on how creative I am, and I laugh because really...I'm just tired.