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> you're totally free to switch between personas This happens subsconsciously and gradually, not as a result of deliberate choice. You adapt to your environmen

> you're totally free to switch between personas This happens subsconsciously and gradually, not as a result of deliberate choice. You adapt to your environment by changing personas. You can even assume different personas while talking with different people. You can be one "persona" while writing, and another - while speaking. Who is the "real you" then? I can argue that even the "inner dialogue" with yourself might involve a different persona or even a couple of them. Those, too, might be "roles". Can it be that depression is at least partially attributed to unhealthy "roles" we play while talking to ourselves?

visarga 4y ago
I think we have these voices in our head since childhood. They originally are the voices of our parents warning us of dangers. But after a while we can simulate the warnings of our teachers and parents even when they are not there. This external feedback is packaged as roles or voices in our heads.
- wolverine876 4y ago
  Must the sources of all voices be external?
- Jensson 4y ago
  Many people don't have voices in their head, they just think normally without voices. The voice in your head is just a distraction, it isn't representing your real thoughts.
  - visarga 4y ago
    It's not a voice as much as a persona. I call it a voice because that's what I was calling it before this article and GPT3. It will sometimes make me think negative thoughts about myself, internalised critiques that start talking again and again.
  - pixl97 4y ago
    Then what represents your 'real' thoughts? I have a feeling your response will be attemong to define why some forms of thought are more pure than others with no facts to back it up.
    - Jensson 4y ago
      Since people can function normally without voices in their head then those voices aren't your logical thoughts, it is that simple. Instead the thoughts are stuff you can't express or picture, its just thoughts, but I guess that noticing them could be hard if you think that your thoughts are just some internal monologue. Edit: For example, when you are running, do you tell yourself in words where to put your feet or how hard to push or when to slow down or speed up? Pretty sure you don't, that wouldn't be fast enough. Most thoughts you have aren't represented in your words, and some people have basically no thoughts represented as words, they are just pure thoughts like how you place your feet when you try to avoid some obstacles etc. Or some people might think "left right left right" as they are running, but those words aren't how they decide to put down their feets.
      - pixl97 4y ago
        I believe you're conflating a number of neurobiological systems regarding thought in our bodies. Like, talking about components like running that tend to exist further down in our animal brain, or even 'keeping the lights on' systems like making sure our internal organs are up to the right thing are going a little too low level. When it comes to higher level thinking that particular concepts, when presented to the human mind, can change how it thinks. Now, what I don't have in front of me is a study that says people without a voice think differently and come up with different solutions for some types of problems, maybe it exists out there if someone wants to search it up.
  - lurquer 4y ago
    Your post is a ‘voice in your head.’ You are pretending to have a conversation with someone whom you don’t know is even there.
wolverine876 4y ago
> This happens subsconsciously and gradually, not as a result of deliberate choice. I wonder if everyone is talking about the same thing. When my partner and I are arguing angrily about something and a stranger walks into the room, our change is neither subconcious nor gradual.
- resource0x 4y ago
  The "style" of your arguing with your partner may evolve gradually over time.
pyinstallwoes 4y ago
Have you heard of method acting? It's brutal on the psyche. I encourage it if not, given you ask this question, it's quite poignant.

visarga 4y ago

I think we have these voices in our head since childhood. They originally are the voices of our parents warning us of dangers. But after a while we can simulate the warnings of our teachers and parents even when they are not there. This external feedback is packaged as roles or voices in our heads.

wolverine876 4y ago
Must the sources of all voices be external?
Jensson 4y ago
Many people don't have voices in their head, they just think normally without voices. The voice in your head is just a distraction, it isn't representing your real thoughts.
- visarga 4y ago
  It's not a voice as much as a persona. I call it a voice because that's what I was calling it before this article and GPT3. It will sometimes make me think negative thoughts about myself, internalised critiques that start talking again and again.
- pixl97 4y ago
  Then what represents your 'real' thoughts? I have a feeling your response will be attemong to define why some forms of thought are more pure than others with no facts to back it up.
  - Jensson 4y ago
    Since people can function normally without voices in their head then those voices aren't your logical thoughts, it is that simple. Instead the thoughts are stuff you can't express or picture, its just thoughts, but I guess that noticing them could be hard if you think that your thoughts are just some internal monologue. Edit: For example, when you are running, do you tell yourself in words where to put your feet or how hard to push or when to slow down or speed up? Pretty sure you don't, that wouldn't be fast enough. Most thoughts you have aren't represented in your words, and some people have basically no thoughts represented as words, they are just pure thoughts like how you place your feet when you try to avoid some obstacles etc. Or some people might think "left right left right" as they are running, but those words aren't how they decide to put down their feets.
    - pixl97 4y ago
      I believe you're conflating a number of neurobiological systems regarding thought in our bodies. Like, talking about components like running that tend to exist further down in our animal brain, or even 'keeping the lights on' systems like making sure our internal organs are up to the right thing are going a little too low level. When it comes to higher level thinking that particular concepts, when presented to the human mind, can change how it thinks. Now, what I don't have in front of me is a study that says people without a voice think differently and come up with different solutions for some types of problems, maybe it exists out there if someone wants to search it up.
- lurquer 4y ago
  Your post is a ‘voice in your head.’ You are pretending to have a conversation with someone whom you don’t know is even there.

wolverine876 4y ago

> This happens subsconsciously and gradually, not as a result of deliberate choice. I wonder if everyone is talking about the same thing. When my partner and I are arguing angrily about something and a stranger walks into the room, our change is neither subconcious nor gradual.

resource0x 4y ago
The "style" of your arguing with your partner may evolve gradually over time.

pyinstallwoes 4y ago

Have you heard of method acting? It's brutal on the psyche. I encourage it if not, given you ask this question, it's quite poignant.