Speaking just for myself, language is thought and thought is language. I used to be like that, but then I learned a second language, and learned to think in th

Speaking just for myself, language is thought and thought is language. I used to be like that, but then I learned a second language, and learned to think in the second language. Soon, I realized their was a place in my mind where thoughts were formed, before being verbalized (although the verbalization happened so fast and automatically before that I didn't notice it). Then I learned to trust that non-verbalized part of my brain, and I could think faster by not using words. Another way to see the same effect while not going to the effort is while playing a game like chess; you can think "she moves here, then I move there, the she moves there...." going with words through all the variations. But if you just look at the variations without putting them into words, you can go faster.