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https://www.bbc.com/news/health-47830256
I wonder if there's an intersection of people who do not have an internal monologue nor a "mind's eye?"
Does this impact literacy? Are there any famous writers that lack the inner voice? I feel like yapping to myself all day was critical to developing writing/verbal skills.
I've never heard my voice in my head. When I hear folks talk about it, I assume something like this scene from a game where the character Jaina is blaming herself for numerous failures. Though perhaps the 1984 version of Dune would be closer? [2] [1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDj2aaxixxo [ WoW Spoiler: Realm of Torment] [2] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A54yfyi00dI Dune: Fear and Pain
There are also people who code-switch. I sometimes monologue and sometimes think abstractly.
There are also people who code-switch. I sometimes monologue and sometimes think abstractly.
My thoughts became more abstract, quieter. It was actually kind of nice, peaceful. I don't know that I was any smarter or able, but it was a notably different experience in a minor way.
But then I graduated, moved, and stopped spending 1-2 nights per week at the campus pub signing with other students. And it all slowly went back to a loud internal monologue instead.
> I would tell them that I could look at myself in the mirror and have a full blown telepathic conversation with myself without opening my mouth and they responded as if I had schizophrenia. One person even mentioned that when they do voice overs in movies of people’s thoughts, they “wished that it was real.” I think this author has an inaccurate understanding of people who do not have an "auditory" inner monologue.…
Interesting. I've been actively suppressing verbalization whenever it comes up as far as I can remember -- it is annoying af, as annoying as those silly tunes that get stuck in your head. Not sure if that actually affected amount of internal monologue I do have, but I definitely don't have it on all the time. Mostly when rehearsing an actual past or expected conversation.