TIL the phrase "internal monologue" is not figurative for the majority of people. I never "hear a voice" in anything comparable to a literal sensory experience

TIL the phrase "internal monologue" is not figurative for the majority of people. I never "hear a voice" in anything comparable to a literal sensory experience. I can choose to internally "articulate" language that way, with the same sort of effort of choosing/willing to summon a visual image... ...but that is an effort and an act, not a side effect. Are people hearing themselves think in something like real time???