Do you have an internal monologue?

[Juxtapose]

Meaning, I can describe an apple to you and you will visually see an apple inside your mind. There are some people who cannot do that and thus they do not have an internal monologue.

Imagine trying to read without being able to see anything in your mind..

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lol people.. come on.

"A 2021 study indicates that people with aphantasia may also experience anaduralia, a term that's now being used to describe the absence of auditory imagery — or the inner voice."

That's the absence of your inner monologue which also includes smell, images, sound and so on.

[JustinTheGreat]

I thought inner monologue was being able to hear a voice in your head when thinking. Which yes, I can both hear a voice and visually see thoughts.

i was surprised to learn that not everyone can do that. I thought that’s what thinking literally is lol

[hahahmm]

Maybe the do it but are not conscious of it.

[Adventurer23]

Yes, I've always had a very strong sense of internal visualization. I can also imagine/recall sounds, music, musical tonalities and people's vocal qualities; touch (pain, pleasure, etc.), tastes and smells, as well as direction, dimensional space, places I've been, things I have done, etc. Nor do I need to concentrate or close my eyes to do visualize/recall any of it. I couldn't imagine not being able to do any of those things. It'd be like having a part of me stripped away.

[Kori1236]

Nope. But that’s not an inner monologue that’s more just imagination. Inner monologue is where you can hear your voice in your head, all the thoughts on repeat. When you read a book you read in your head too and can hear it. I do have an inner monologue but I seem to have turned the volume down and can’t figure out how to turn it up lol; either that or the ADHD constant thoughts and various scenarios that play on a loop drown me out

[HappyWoman34]

I guess so. I thought everyone did that? It’s why books are so popular.

[Sonorous]

I don't have aphantasia but I do know someone that claims they have it.

[Astarlessnightsky]

Thats not what internal monologue means, or the example is really bad.

Internal monologue is how some people think with having a conversation with themselves inside their head. Like there is a tiny human or multiple tiny humans inside the head and they are having a meeting, and you can hear them talking.

And don't know how other people without an internal monologue think, because i do think the way with voices in my head.

[Juxtapose]

Nah man it's also the ability to picture things in your head or even smell things in your head. People without an internal monologue to read cannot feel anything when a book describes a freezing cold wind.

[Juxtapose]

*who read

[Lliam]

I didn't know it was possible NOT to picture things in your mind. If someone said apple, dog, house, car or screw driver, how would you know what they were talking about if you couldn't form an image?

[Lliam]

I though "Internal monologue" was like an “inner voice”. It is the result of certain brain mechanisms that cause you to “hear” yourself talk in your head without actually speaking and forming sounds.
Apparently not everyone does that, but I do it all the time.
www.healthline.com/.../internal-monologue

[Juxtapose]

To my understanding it's also the ability to picture things in your head, smell things in your head and so on.

[ArrowheadSW]

Yes I do. Most people do. However there are some people who do not think in terms of words. They think in terms of concepts or events. Some of those people claim that they can read faster, because they don't say the words in their head and they are only reading for the concept of what they are reading. Interesting.

[DJB72]

Like most neurodivergent people, I have an internal dialogue going on.

All the fucking time.

They never let each other finish. It's incredibly

Excuse me, I have to chase a squirrel 🐿️

[NYCQuestions1976]

If I describe an apple to someone, and they can't visualize an apple, there's another word for that. 😂

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Yeah, maybe sometimes not to sure

[NathanDavis]

I do have around 16 internal monologues at the same time...

more or less, usually... lol

[rachel776]

That's not what an internal monologue is, but I do have one.

[Staximus]

I think they call that visualization. Internal monologue is like talking to yourself inside your head

[genericname85]

i have a verbal inner monologue. but it is barely visual at all.

[DaBiggestBird]

I call it a UI since I run 3D simulations and diagnostics, object scanning and mode swapping

[Exterminatore]

I think much of the time but not all the time.

[DextroShade]

The people who don't have that are soulless NPCs.

[OddBeMe]

Every time we jaw.

[FenixG45]

I'm ND. ALWAYS!