Not for everyone. People who "think in language" tend to be more common, but there are "people who think in language" and people who just don't. And people in

Not for everyone. People who "think in language" tend to be more common, but there are "people who think in language" and people who just don't. And people in either camp tend to assume that that's just how everyone is, until they are shown different. But since the "think in language" camp is larger, it is a lot easier to go through life not ever realizing that there are people who are different, to the point that many people even refuse to belief that non-linguistic thinkers exist even when presented with examples, which leads to a great deal of misinformation being spread in discussions of psycholinguistics.