That's not what I'm saying. Not having the ability to "talk" to yourself (either in words or in the abstractions that underlie the words) is a different issue.

That's not what I'm saying. Not having the ability to "talk" to yourself (either in words or in the abstractions that underlie the words) is a different issue. That is a serious handicap. What I'm criticizing is having this going on all the time--constantly ruminating at rest except when attention is focused on some high-bandwidth task.