> Anyone else ever focus on their language-based thoughts while thinking them and notice how every mentally verbalized thought seems to have almost a pre-echo o

> Anyone else ever focus on their language-based thoughts while thinking them and notice how every mentally verbalized thought seems to have almost a pre-echo of that thought that seems like words but isn't? Feels like goal-directed behavior, where the function to maximize is "how best can I internally broadcast this exceptionally salient combination of memories and emotions?"