Why Japanese Women Talk To Themselves?

Are the Japanese women tired from working? Or from some personal reasons? I don't know the true explanations, but the following article caught my eye.

40% of young Japanese women talk to their computers, survey claims

Mainichi June 23, 2007

Two in five Japanese women in their 20s or 30s talk to their personal computer, according to a survey by mail forwarding company iShare Inc. and toymaker Sega Toys Co.

Young women are also likely to talk to themselves during times of high stress, or when they do something wrong, the survey reckons. Other computer-related habits include decorating their computers or work areas with stuffed toys, and in a few cases giving their computers names.
Of the 410 women in their 20s or 30s surveyed, 40.5 percent said that they talk to their computer.

....Talking to oneself at regular times was also common, with 59.2 percent of those surveyed saying that they did it. Stress was a frequent trigger for women to start talking to themselves, such as when caught driving behind a slow driver or upon making a mistake. Some women even said they started talking to themselves at times for no particular reason. Women who talked to themselves commonly felt "lonely" or "disgusted with themselves," according to the probe.


If you visit Japan, you might see some women talking to themselves in the street. In fact a few years ago I saw a young woman talking to herself at Ueno Station when I visited Tokyo, the capital of Japan. Of course, you may also see some men talking to themselves. Talking to oneself is not related to sex, I guess, but women seem to be more likely to talk to themselves than men.

Stress, the above article says, was a frequent reason for women to start talking to themselves, such as when caught driving behind a slow driver or upon making a mistake. The Japanese women may suffer much stress from their everyday workplace and life. And they may not know how to relax themselves by themselves. This may be the reason that aromatherapy has become so popular among them.

This is a trifling worry, if the men had some causes for the women to suffer stress, I might have to apologize to them in behalf of many of the Japanese men, "I'm sorry".

Well, anyway, I think this case should be researched more because it is thought to be closely related to the Japanese mental health.