It was recently brought to my attention that most people don’t. I find that…literally impossible to believe.

So, do you have an inner monologue? Do you talk to yourself? Do you get lost for hours in your imagination? Just spend time thinking? When you read, is there a voice that reads the things or do you just…see the words or something.

  • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Yeah, and an external monologue too sometimes lol

    What's weird is I "hear" the words as I'm thinking or reading them, but I can't pin an actual voice on it. Internal monologue has my own mannerisms but no actual "sound." It's like there's some of the same neurons firing as if I'd heard the words, but since there's no actual audio coming in it just kinda parses as a silent voice?

    • LiberalSocialist [any,they/them]
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      2 years ago

      YES. I can “shout” in my inner voice and it’s the same “volume” as just whispering or speaking normally in my inner voice. It trips me out.