They are just imaginary people that I visualize intuitively. This is something Ive been doing for years and years, actually it goes as far back as I can remember. I pretend that I'm different people all the time, celebrities or rich people or someone really in control. The way it happens is in the normal course of my thoughts. Dating Multiple People at the same time--good or bad? It’s much better for people to think your talking to someone else. I’d recommend wearing an ear piece with a microphone. I talk to imaginary people. That's sounds remarkably similar to what I do sometimes, and with that, I kind of wonder if I'm OCD as well. I usually don't know I'm doing it till the conversation comes close to an end. I talk to myself while I’m walking down the street, when I’m in my office or when I’m shopping. Have been doing that all my life .. its usually what gets me to sleep on a night .. I do this too, every day. Try again. I get it in my head how people would react in situations that I can't handle, and I become that person, and it helps me out. Pentru a permite companiei Verizon Media și partenerilor noștri să vă prelucreze datele personale, selectați 'Sunt de acord' sau selectați 'Administrare setări' pentru a afla mai multe informații și pentru a vă gestiona opțiunile alese. I know it's all make-believe, lol. Sometimes we need someone to talk to just because we’re scared to … She really didn't/hasn't talk/talked about it much, though she did feel it important to warn me about before we moved in together. I could have written this post. And I can get so caught up in it that I am literally sitting there saying "yes" "no" as if I were actually talking with them, which is why I said that if somebody walked in on me, they would think I was talking to some voice in my head. Its good to know I'm not the only one that does it. There’s a deep-seated societal belief, that if you don’t have friends, there must be something wrong with you. I've always done this ever since I was a kid. I have already posted this problem on other boards to get the most responses possible and now I'm posting here. In other words, do you feel like you're them, even though you know they're not real? It is nothing like that. din Politica noastră de confidențialitate și din Politica privind modulele cookie. But I do have mental conversations with myself. Personally, I don't think its anything you should worry about. I talk to myself since I was 12 . I don't see a therapist even if because of some other stuff friends have sugestted i should so if anyone has finally figured what this is i would be really grateful to know what it is. They all have names, qualities, ages, they have aged with me, etc. Informații despre dispozitivul dvs. I have this problem too. I'm always afraid I'll do something stupid and everyone will laugh at me. But keep me posted. I do have a lot of suicidal thought (but am a Muslim so its kind of prohibited and I don’t want to go to hell ). I tried not doing it for a while but i couldn't. Join the conversation! Its only films or whatever that I make up myself. Do not copy or redistribute in any form! I can go for a few weeks without talking like this but then i'll just start talking without meaning too. its just creativity and ur need for your mind to express it. Please help. Just out of curiosity- when you talk as one of your imaginary people, do you feel as if you're taking on their actions and become the embodiment of their personality? I found when I am most stressed or lonely I do this. When I was 14 it was a fake mom and dad, I guess to replace my divorced parents. It's kind of like your visualizing a situation and your playing it out in your head, and then you kind of "speak" your thoughts out to these imaginary people, and these people can come from real life or just made-up. They are not imaginary people that I actually see or hear. I think it's sooo neat that I was able to find someone with this same thing, CuriousLearner. This is what happens to me. has something like what your talking about. I've been looking on the net for the article that. Stay healthy through tips curated by our health experts. That sounds awesome, to be able to do that. The fact that it's beyond our control signifies that it's compulsive in some way. by chrisgscarface » Sat Jun 19, 2010 7:07 am, by chrisgscarface » Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:46 am. Also some advice for when I go to talk to him would be nice. I mean that I have to imagine what theyre saying, too, so that I can keep on talking. Well, when I'm talking, my mind has to create the words of the other people in my scenario. Hey lion, I do something similar to that...I am a bachelor and have only my dog (Libby) around the house with me most of the time...anyhow, I have conversations with her...and when she is supposed to respond, I make different voices for her. I pretend that I'm different people all the time, celebrities or rich people or someone really in control. I've had this since I was young. I've read the whole thread here thus far, I don't have anything like this. If it's not schizophrenia or DID, what in the world is it?! If you saw me talking to myself you would think I was having a conversation with some voice in my head. I think I fall into the just bored catagory. I was sorting my psychiatric research last night, and I found an article I printed out that I had forgotten about. That's when I do it. I talk to imaginary people. Like today, for example. All rights reserved. I talk to myself a lot. To answer your question, I don't necessarily feel that I AM the other personality. Maybe some people will talk in front of a mirror to practice for an interview. I kind of need all the perspectives I can get.