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Do you have an internal voice/monologue, or lack one? This is another thing I recently found out I don't have and I'm trying to see if the two are related. (I'
by harel 5y ago
Do you have an internal voice/monologue, or lack one? This is another thing I recently found out I don't have and I'm trying to see if the two are related.
(I'm still a bit "excited" from your original comment. I could have written it word for word.)
- gavinray 5y agoI don't have an internal voice/monologue either, FWIW What about you? I can if I consciously put effort towards it, but when thinking or reading I don't notice any sort of voice/sound
- harel 5y agoI got no visuals and no voice. Its dark and quiet on my head. I found out not all people are like that in my early 40s and to be honest felt like I missed out. I do dream visually, but rarely able to recall dreams, and I did experience visuals on psychedelics in my 20s. The one plus of seeing in concepts is that I can hold complex software systems in my head pretty easily and code always clicked with me very naturally. But I still am a bit jealous of those with special fx vision
- Jarwain 5y agoWhat is your thinking/reading experience like then?
- shmoogy 5y agoI'm an aphant and I have an inner monologue
- harel 5y agoIs it "you" that talks to you? I'm not even sure what an "inner monologue" is in practice. Is it a thought-line different to your "practical thoughts" which narrates your day as you go?
- shmoogy 5y agoI don't think it sounds like me when I hear my own voice - either when I speak or hear recorded snippets. I'm not sure what voice it is - but when I read or type I hear it, and I can ask questions internally and kind of look up things to recall a bit. No visualization it it's like a key value lookup. It's a bit hard to explain but I was bummed when I found people can actually visualize things internally
- scruple 5y agoSame... And sometimes I really wish I could get mine to shut up. My inner monologue is practically always on.