Million Dollar Question: Why are you talking to yourself ???

Sehrish Khan
3 min readNov 9, 2020

‘Man these stitches I put aren’t so classy. I don’t like these. Maybe I should take them out and redo them!’, I said eying my work. As I spoke, the technician next zzto me said ‘Are you okay? Whom are you talking to?’ I looked at him and not wanting to explain to him, said ‘Myself!’, and continued with my work.

I don’t know why people find it so hard and weird when they see anyone talking to themselves. Like is it a fundamental rule of life that there has to be someone else who we can talk to? Can’t we just talk to ourselves?

When we make plans we do it all the time. So if we just voice them a little is it so difficult to understand?

But nopes world has given a notion that to talk you need to have someone to talk to! Hark! I would rather talk to myself than disturb my mental peace!

This self talking thing may be new for people to understand, but not uncommon. One just needs to use common sense, something not very common!

I personally believe that speaking to one’s own self is not something that should be considered abnormal. Why should it be necessary that I let you in in all my thoughts? And what if I don’t want to discuss it with you or don’t like your opinion then what?

‘’And most amusing thing is that it is considered okay to stand in front of a mirror and practice your speech or let your emotions out, but not okay to talk to your own self? Who are we talking to in front of a mirror? Your neighbour aunt?’’

Obviously to ourselves! But here it won’t be a problem because maybe some genius gave this idea and it worked, but if we speak a sentence or two quietly in low tone to ourselves that would be considered an abnormality!

Wanna hear my notion ??

I guess this is how people are and what they do. Maybe it’s the people who are silly enough to question. Yes, you heard right, I call them SILLY. Because I don’t think any person who has common sense would question it.

And if nothing else makes sense, just wonder why are you inquiring if I talk to myself?

The person is just talking to himself, he is not vomiting out blood that you should be so concerned and ask for his health? Yeah I am having a stroke, go call 911! Is that what you want to hear?

Lol. Maybe this should be the answer, but then people will call you rude and angry and list goes on…

Final Word

Just leave it, leave everyone and their thoughts. Do what you want as long as you are not disturbing anyone’s peace.

You want to speak to yourself, speak. You wanna dictate a whole essay to yourself, please do that.

Let people think what they want to. People themselves have no understanding they will say what their narrow minds tell them anyway! You go and say out everything, just don’t be an annoying dick to others!

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Sehrish Khan

Writer by instinct, surgeon by passion, paving my way…