Do NTs talk to themselves?

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I am NT. I talk to myself, but not in public.

I particularly talk to myself when I'm checking numbers or pages or some such.

I generally don't talk TO myself, sometimes I just talk to the air, , which I suppose is also what you mean. I think I'm borderline on the spectrum, but I occasionally do it just to relieve stress and to make sense of things. I do sometimes say things to myself, however, but nothing out of the ordinary. Like if I do something stupid I might yell out, 'you idiot!' (if I'm alone, if there are others around I might just whisper it under my breath), or if I do something good I might say to myself, 'you ripper, or you brilliant bastard!' or something equally silly lol.

Of course they do.

Was about to say exactly the same thing. I honestly want to sedate her sometimes, she just won't stop. Although for her it's sort of a form of communication, so it's not really the same.

I'm not usually the type to, unless I'm going through something complex step by step and I'm tired/have a headache.

I do, but not sure if I'm really NT or not. I'm the only person I know who does it out loud.

I've noticed this as well - I play what I like to call 'psychological chess' with myself, where I argue/discuss something with a fictious 'opponent'. Most of my thoughts which has to do with feelings, future plans or other people take the form of a 'dialogue' - though it's usually only 1 'character' wording himself - (me), whilst the other has more of a listening function. This way, I sort of act as my own therapist. As crazy as it may sound, it's a great way of processing emotions and thoughts. I think think this way of thinking is most common among people who are verbal as opposed to visual, also it's more common amongst introverts who use intuition and for those who are analytical (like INXX, but INTJ and INTP in particular). I'm not as smart as you ( 135-140 IQ), but I do think this is something intelligent people may have in common, as they're often very analytical, and capable of understanding themselves without the intervention of others. Besides, for extremely intelligent people like Einstein, Newton etc, others may appear 'slow', so these 'dialogues' often work as a substitute for social interaction.

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ruveyn