When does talking to oneself become a psychological illness?
When does talking to oneself become a psychological illness?
Some people sometimes prefer to talk to themselves, especially when thinking about something. This may raise the fear of those around him, or passers-by, raise his doubts in his mind, and move away from him, which causes him psychological and social problems, mental illness?
Dr. Ali Al-Qatt, a mental health consultant, said in statements to "Day Seven" that some people prefer to think aloud, and this is normal and not a reference to the incidence of mental illness, noting that some people talk to themselves, for various reasons:
- Disruption of psychological function such as awareness function, which occurs in some patients after surgery due to the treatment of narcotic substances, has caused a defect or distortion in the function of consciousness, made him talk to himself and this is a casual case, and improve over time
- Some people prefer to sit in meditation sessions, sit for a long time in front of the sea or look at the sky, which may draw their attention for a long time, and there is a dispersion of concentration, and may result in the person talking with himself, but when talking to them one person get them out of this case .
- Some suffer from cognitive problems, and this happens with mental patients, such as patients with mental disorders, schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and symptoms of hearing hallucinations such as to hear the voice of a woman as a man.
- Some suffer from hearing hallucinations, whose symptoms are to hear the voices of some people who can distinguish them, and may respond to them and begin to talk to them.
- Some suffer from a visual hallucination, which makes the patient, watching a person in front of him and talking to them, and this needs to be psychologically examined because it may be a hallucinatory or false hallucinations.
- A disorder in the function of thinking in which the patient suffers from illness, which makes him feel that someone is spying on him or watching him and wants to hurt him, and believes some of the wrong ideas and correct from his point of view only, such as to believe that the foreboding or called prophecy, meet a group of people He tries to convince them of his idea
When does talking to oneself become a psychological illness?
Some people sometimes prefer to talk to themselves, especially when thinking about something. This may raise the fear of those around him, or passers-by, raise his doubts in his mind, and move away from him, which causes him psychological and social problems, mental illness?
Dr. Ali Al-Qatt, a mental health consultant, said in statements to "Day Seven" that some people prefer to think aloud, and this is normal and not a reference to the incidence of mental illness, noting that some people talk to themselves, for various reasons:
- Disruption of psychological function such as awareness function, which occurs in some patients after surgery due to the treatment of narcotic substances, has caused a defect or distortion in the function of consciousness, made him talk to himself and this is a casual case, and improve over time
- Some people prefer to sit in meditation sessions, sit for a long time in front of the sea or look at the sky, which may draw their attention for a long time, and there is a dispersion of concentration, and may result in the person talking with himself, but when talking to them one person get them out of this case .
- Some suffer from cognitive problems, and this happens with mental patients, such as patients with mental disorders, schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and symptoms of hearing hallucinations such as to hear the voice of a woman as a man.
- Some suffer from hearing hallucinations, whose symptoms are to hear the voices of some people who can distinguish them, and may respond to them and begin to talk to them.
- Some suffer from a visual hallucination, which makes the patient, watching a person in front of him and talking to them, and this needs to be psychologically examined because it may be a hallucinatory or false hallucinations.

