I regularly go about 2 ½ days without making a single audible sound with my voice. Friday through Monday.
I used to talk to myself a bit or sing/hum along while listening to music but I kinda stopped doing that.
The funny thing is, I’ve recently realizied that the last and first thing I say throughout the weekend are usually the same. I say “Goodbye” to my coworkers on a Friday evening, and then I say “Goodbye” to the cashier near the self checkout at the grocery store where I grab my lunch for the day on a Monday morning. It’s sort of ironic that the first thing I say after a long period of time, is something that usually ends a conversation.
I can go days without talking to another human but I don’t think a day go by without me making any sounds. After all, I’m constantly talking to my pet and house spiders and when outside I talk to birds, squirrels and food delivery robots.
I can go a long time not talking to another human but I talk to myself in the third (second?) person, probably more than a healthy person should.
“Laranis, look what you did now.”
“Alright, enough Lemmy, Laranis. Time to get on the chores.”
And then there are the dogs. They need engaging conversations to keep them emotionally engaged and happy.
So sounds? Always. Other people are optional.
Does it get lonely sometimes or is it a choice you made?
Well sure, but it still beats being in a bad relationship. Ideally I’d be with someone who I like being with and who likes being with me but you can’t have it all. Relationships aren’t my #1 priority in life.
I spend decent stretches of time alone but I usually talk to myself or something. I totally get why crazy hermits who live alone in the woods do it, it’s awesome
No better conversation partner for me than myself.
If it weren’t for my cat, it would honestly be weeks without any speech. But she needs to be told she’s sweet and perfect.
Duh.
They mustn’t be allowed to forget. It simply wouldn’t do for them to pass more than a few minutes without being reassured of their absolutely perfection.
Same. Mine need to be told not to steal food or do other tomfoolery.
That and reciting lyrics of random songs that get stuck in my head every minute or so.
Yeah, I guess pets force you to communicate.
3-4 days straight, every 5ish months.
I used to work 5 week shifts on a ship, and as an introvert, once I arrived back home my social battery was well beyond spent. Since I was offshore, people were used to my phone being “outside of reception”. But the truth was that once I arrived back home it was an important part of my self care ritual:
Upon arriving back home, I sent an SMS to my mom letting immediate family know that I was no longer on the other side of the planet, but back home and safe. I then turned my phone completely off and left it under my bed, and did whatever I felt like doing. After about three days I felt ready to interact with society again.
Ive had a lot of jobs where i worked alone. Ive also had a few stints of prolonged unemployment and other random things that kept me isolated. I started talking to myself, just kinda about whatever i was doing. Sure i look crazy but it helps. Now i have co workers and stuff i bs with so its better.
So I’m not pathologizing you specifically but from my entry level knowledge in psychiatry I feel like that’s gotta do something real weird to a human’s neurotransmitters. Not even necessarily bad even I’d just be fascinated to know.
Not sure, but it was during covid. I remember the first few hangouts with my buddies left my throat sore as shit the next day. And not because of that, you wish.
Sure bud
The longest would probably be something like three months. During CoVID I got tasked with keeping the IT infrastructure running in one of our satellite buildings. I was the only person in my shop assigned to this building and one of two total people in the building on any given day. The other being the janitor who did his rounds at night and then locked up the building.
I also live alone and tend to use the self-checkout at the grocery store. The only person I would have even had any real opportunity to speak to would have been the attendant at the self-checkout and they would have at most gotten the customary head-nod of greeting.
It was the second happiest time of my life, second only to the three weeks immediately following that where I did all the same stuff, but from home.
I was stuck on an empty cruise ship (as crew) for 9 months at sea during covid. I normally went days at a time without ever seeing anyone. I don’t think i talked once during my three 2 week quarantine periods.
Dann that’s crazy, never thought about what was going on on cruise ships during Covid.
Im bout the loudest person I know, probably never been completely quiet more than an hour or two of my waking life.
Please stay away from me.
Sincerely, a introverted Finnish person
Why did you say introverted twice?
I like to labor the point
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I talk to myself pretty often, so no more than a couple of hours.
I used to too. I don’t even know why I stopped. Maybe at first it was a challenge of how long I could avoid talking to myself. But then it just became the new normal.
8 months. I was premature.
Not very long, I usually make sounds while thinking
I maybe whisper at most.
I sometimes do bubble sounds with my mouth
I meow to my cat every single day.
Hey fellow human, I get that as I work from home. That being said I put effort into going out / finding people to talk to and it really helped my mental health. If that’s not for you, or if there is something preventing it I get that but please make sure you’re taking care of yourself.
