Talking to Yourself....

cyclingfury

I find that if I am out riding for any reasonable length of time, I start talking to myself. Does anyone else experience this or should I seek professional help?

cyclingfury

Don't worry Cyclingfury. I have exactly the same problem. You're quite sane!

cyclingfury

Phew! Thanks for that. It's nice to know I'm not going crazy!!

heavymental

Cyclingfury...this is you bike speaking. Shut up will you, you're putting me off.

cyclingfury

Be quiet bike. I told you I'd give you a damn good thrashing if I had anymore of your backchat.........

vbc

I was out walking this afternoon and found myself singing, "Why do you have to be a... heartbreaker"...rather loud and tunelessly!

Salsiccia

cyclingfury wrote:

I find that if I am out riding for any reasonable length of time, I start talking to myself. Does anyone else experience this or should I seek professional help?

Melchett: Blackadder, started talking to yourself I see.

Blackadder: Yes, it's the only way I can be sure of intelligent conversation.

geoff_ss

I talk to myself almost constantly. If I hadn't been doing it all my life I'd be worried it was to do with my advancing years

I do it when I'm in my workshop (especially when I make a mistake), when I'm cycling (discussing the next gear change) and especially when I'm trying to perfect a flying manoeuvre with one of my toy aeroplanes. My wife has given up bothering ... I think

Geoff

martinwitnam

I tend to sing while I'm riding just to prove to myself that I'm not out of breath!

popette

Geoff_SS wrote:

I talk to myself almost constantly. If I hadn't been doing it all my life I'd be worried it was to do with my advancing years

I do it when I'm in my workshop (especially when I make a mistake), when I'm cycling (discussing the next gear change) and especially when I'm trying to perfect a flying manoeuvre with one of my toy aeroplanes. My wife has given up bothering ... I think

Geoff

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glad I'm not alone. I did reply once and then deleted for fear of appearing to be nuts. Do you talk out loud though? I at least keep the talking in my head. What I find laughable is when I internally say to myself, "well, if I were you I would do such and such" and then I reply back to myself "well, I am me so I will do such and such".
potty.
I talk out loud to the tv and radio though......

Bunnyman 5.5

Blackadder is right on the money :P

geoff_ss

popette wrote:

Geoff_SS wrote:

I talk to myself almost constantly. If I hadn't been doing it all my life I'd be worried it was to do with my advancing years

I do it when I'm in my workshop (especially when I make a mistake), when I'm cycling (discussing the next gear change) and especially when I'm trying to perfect a flying manoeuvre with one of my toy aeroplanes. My wife has given up bothering ... I think

Geoff

8)
glad I'm not alone. I did reply once and then deleted for fear of appearing to be nuts. Do you talk out loud though? I at least keep the talking in my head. What I find laughable is when I internally say to myself, "well, if I were you I would do such and such" and then I reply back to myself "well, I am me so I will do such and such".
potty.
I talk out loud to the tv and radio though......

Unfortunately my thoughts do often manifest themselves as audible mutterings which usually attracts some amused comment from SWMBO.

I put it down to the fact that until I started school I played entirely on my own as there were no other children living anywhere nearby. I was the only person to talk to Well, other than my Teddy of course.

Geoff

Papa Smurf

I talk to myself alot while riding, but the best bit is screaming to myself to hopefully make me aware of something I'm about to hit.
Most comonly used : TREE!!!

pst88

What's the first sign of madness? Suggs walking down your driveway....
I don't really talk to myself whilst riding, just the odd expletive now and again if i get cut up or climbing long hills!

Richie G

I happily chat to myself when out riding, even if i'm going hard and can only talk in gasped breaths! Also do it quite a lot if i'm doing a tricky job at work - get plenty of odd looks! Also find myself singing without realising - plenty of bemused pedestrians when i'm on my way home! Usually shout at myself when on the turbo- stuff like '2 more minutes you useless &*%$'!
Just read this back - i'm sure i shouldn't be admitting to this stuff! :shock:

Rich

phreak

I find myself shouting at the wind for being such a swine quite regularly

on the road

Papa Smurf wrote:

Most comonly used : TREE!!!

Is that just before you smash into it?

CHRISNOIR

While I'm out and about I tend to be interviewed on a chat show - that exists solely in my head - about the finer points of my life so far.

I agree that it is the behaviour of an oddball but it really can act as a Grade 1 cranial enema!

lateralus

popette wrote:

Do you talk out loud though? I at least keep the talking in my head.

I used to keep those internal conversations in my head, but just recently the odd remark has been escaping. Leads to those worrying moments wondering "did I just say that out loud?"

When I rode motorbikes, I got in to the habit of doing a running commentary on my riding, the road, and the actions of motorists. With the engine noise and full face helmet, I was safe in the knowledge no one would hear it. Now, on the bicycle, they can - working hard on biting my tongue as drivers seem to react badly to hearing of the error of their ways!

BiggerBoat

Whew, I'm not nuts! My favs are...

Passing every pub "mmmmmm beeeeer" ala homer style
Realising I'm pottering again "move it fat ass" and "come on you lazy f*&^er!" Always gets me motivated.

shockedsoshocked

martinwitnam wrote:

I tend to sing while I'm riding just to prove to myself that I'm not out of breath!

I did that once while poterring along on my MTB. Ipod full blast, singing away, until i'm suddenly aware of someone on a road bike who's caught up to me, pulled alongside, looked me up and down whilst i'm singing, then ridden off.

ndodd

spooky i've notice im talking out aloud to my self more and more put it down to approaching the big 40 :oops:

sloboy

The tireder I get, the more audible I become. I like to think of it as an exercise induced form of Tourette's Syndrome as the language also tends to get considerably worse as I go.

Papa Smurf

on the road wrote:

Papa Smurf wrote:

Most comonly used : TREE!!!

Is that just before you smash into it?

Yep!
I use alot of little phrases really..
"Oh sh1t" - In that surfer type voice when I'm about to come crashing down to earth from a jump.
"Oops, mind the bump!" - Hits bump... Stacks it... "F**k that, floor, mind the floor!!"
"C'mon dipsh1t, your not gonna live forever so you may aswell do it now" - When riding up steep hills or down fast DH tracks.
"Ok brakes, now would be a good time to work.... No seriously... Now would be a really good time to work!!" *Brakes hard, just managing to stop*In between all that I'm always talking crap, either explaining something to myself which I don't fully understand, maybe teaching myself something like French, kinda like mental revision. I often come up with little theory's and 'what if's' which I research when I get in.
Biking is my thinking time really, it chills me right out and I can think straight with no bullsh1t.

martinwitnam

Went out yesterday with my mp3 phone tucked in my back pocket and singing along to the beautiful south.
Just approaching a tw'early packed bus stop when "Don't marry her!" comes on> couldn't resist it and got some very dirty looks and waved umbrellas!! :twisted:

bigflangesmallsprocket

I used to work on a building site. As it was too noisy for me to have a radio to hand I used to sing to myself all the time. One day a colleague asked me, very very politely, if I talk to myself a lot :oops:. That put paid to any youthful fantasies I had of becoming a rock star!

andy_winch

I talk to myself far to much. Not just out on bike, but at home, and at work as well !
I am a total nutter and quite proud of it !

gavintc

My colleagues think I am nuts as I often 'think out loud' when pondering some difficult decision. I use my whiteboard and talk through the options. I find it helps more than internalising the issue.

On the bike, I talk less as I need to concentrate.

Ashley_R

sloboy wrote:

The tireder I get, the more audible I become. I like to think of it as an exercise induced form of Tourette's Syndrome as the language also tends to get considerably worse as I go.

I do the same, though I seem to save my most venomous outbursts for the larger hills!

An incoherent rant is good for the soul!! :twisted:

Did once worry a mate when riding with him, sure he thought I'd flipped!