How would you recover from this situation?

I would ignore it completely. It’s absolutely normative behavior; you’re not crazy, your experience isn’t rare, and she may think what she will.

I know you can’t make yourself feel “unembarrassed” but I wish you could – you never had to feel embarrassed in the first place.

Personally, I wouldn’t give it another thought. The teacher probably hasn’t either. I am sure she has other things on her mind (like the children she cares for) than brooding whether you are “completely crazy” or not.

And if that is the most embarrassing thing that happens to you, consider yourself lucky.

However, if you are serious about voices in your head, talk to a trained person.

smile and say you sometimes talk to yourself. make a joke about it. no need to feel ashamed.

You just simply say “I just wanted to apologize about the other day in the bathroom. I was thinking out loud and my mind was in a whirl”.

As @Ria777 said, just make a joke out of it – laugh at it.

Take deep breath, hold your head high, and just keep on going. If this other person thinks you are crazy, that is their problem. If they start bruiting it about, then turn it into a joke – “I always talk to myself, but I just hate it when I lose the argument.”

However, if you really do hear voices other than your own in your head you might want to talk to a counselor. My son has that problem for real and has had to be hospitalized for it.

I have a million “lifes most embarrasing moments.” Thank goodness the self preservation gene in my brain files most if them in the deepest darkest cellars of my memory.

These days the solution is simple: I was talking on the phone with my miniature Bluetooth headset.

Talking to yourself is A lot more usual than people act like it is. There’s really nothing to be embarrassed about. Push it out of your mind. If you come across each other and she brings it up, just tell the truth: you had a long day ahead of you.

If you’re able to talk to yourself to sort out life’s conundrums, you are living and breathing…HOORAY!

Just put your chin up and be grateful for the day.

BTW, You are a normal mom with lots going on

Get over it. No big deal. We all do it from time to time. :-)

for all of those who were concerned that I really do have voices… no, I don’t.

oftentimes I have an ‘internal dialogue’ running in my head, especially when I’m planning out things I have to do. I used to be a forgetful person, till I found that if I ‘talk to myself’ in my brain and go over things that need to be done, I don’t forget so much

Yeah, right, sure.

@christine215 , come on over to this question and I’ll make your little story sound like a case of the hick-ups.
(By the way, You inspired the question.)

Actually I do this all the time! I simply tell people I make a very interesting conversational companion!

catch her in an elevator and pretend to be a very curious squirrel…. she already thinks you’re a lunatic you might as well have fun with it.