I am 70 and live alone out in the country. At night I actually talk with someone and think they are there. Am I losing my mind or what ? I am a Christinan and believe in God. Thanks

Without knowing anything about you other than this it's impossible to answer. People talk to pets and they can't carry on a convo.

Everyone talks to them selves, uttering phrases, as far as full on conversations , it's something you should run by your doctor, you are obviously concerned.

You might find a site like this more enjoyable.

When I was a kid my mother always told me to listen to older people when I needed advice. When you're 70 it gets harder to find older people but, young feller, you've lucked out.

I know exactly what's happening to you, although I don't know what causes it. You'll need somebody with a Ph.D in gerontology for that.

I started to lose it a bit in my early 70s and if I was the worrying kind I'd have thought Al Zheimer and his foggy friends were knocking on my door. I started talking to other geezers (and geezerettes), and I learned as much as I could from this wondrous thing we call the Internet.

I've been known to start a conversation with Mrs Didge, thinking that she was n the room with me, and learning that it was only my imagination. I'm not talking about absent-mindedness, forgetting that she was in the garden but, like you, I could have sworn she was there.

I used to worry about my mental lapses -- I struggle for words I've used all my life, my ability for mental arithmetic has gone down the gurgler, and my memory has a bad case of acne. So I still do the things I can, I still enjoy myself, and I don't fret about changes that are beyond my control.

I don't think you're going nuts and there's no reason to think that illusions like yours are an indication that dementia is lurking around the corner. Talk to some other old people and compare notes. You'll find you're not alone.

And while you're likely to laugh at this song there's a sharp side to it, too, because it happens to most of us:

Sounds like the beginning symptoms of Alzheimer disease. I watched my Grandfather go through this.