My 11 year old sister sometimes talks to herself and mutters and whispers?

Question

My younger sister is 11 and she has always talked to herself, like even if she's on the stairs and think no-one's there, she'll be muttering, and even if she's not happy, she'll walk in to the room and say 'helloo' like even if she's seen me that day, she'll walki in and say that in a forced sort of way. I've had a chat with her because sometime she's really fidgety, when she eat and she ha a really bad habit of looking up at the ceiling or somewhere, whether she's watching tv sitting or whatever like every minute. It's really odd, and when I ask her what she's looking at she gets all defensive and ay nothing, and has become more noticable over the last year especially although she has always been a little unconfident. Even when we tell her off like about somethhing minor, she can't look us in the eye. When she's upset or whatever she'll pretend that everythings hunky dory. Please, can I have some advice, or clues? I asked her if she has a person that she talks to and she said no and i believe her but she seriously is acting oddly...

Answer 1

maybe she's autistic. or maybe she is just a little bit of a weird person, everybody is different. maybe that's just her normal. my little sister use to do something similar. she would say "come here" and after saying it she would then mouth it with no voice, just her lips. whatever she would say out loud she would then mouth with her lips right after. but nothing is wrong with her, she sometimes does it now. but she's still normal, she is captain of her high school cheer leading team now. maybe its just a phase. ADD? ADHD?

Answer 2

This could be a lot of things. Two things that come to mind are Maladaptive Daydreaming (not too bad) or actual schizophrenia. You might want to start of by gently asking her if she is just pretending that she is talking to a person, or if she is really seeing people or things. Here is some information about both problems:



http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/schizophrenia/what-is-schizophrenia.shtml



http://www.daydreamingdisorder.webs.com/



Of course, it could be a harmless phase that she is going through. Your best bet would really be to get your parents to take her to a therapist and get an actual diagnosis. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

I talk to myself it started when i was bullied now i cant stop i am also told i fidjit most people ignore me but id ask if shes being bullied