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Is it weird to be talking to myself so much?

Is it normal to talk to yourself, like Gollum in the Lord of the Rings films?
Is it normal to talk to yourself, like Gollum in the Lord of the Rings films? Photograph: Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar

I seem to spend a lot of time talking to myself. From murmuring back to myself as I read or type, to having full practice conversations (that I will never actually have) in the shower. Is this normal? I doubt it. But do other people do it?

Toni Williamson

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