mina’s avatar Mina Markham
    1. Every once and a while I’ll remember that some people don’t have a voice in their head when they think and it fucks me up all over again.
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    This thread is so interesting. And pretty evenly divided between people who do have an inner monologue and people who don’t. And neither seems to understand how the other does it. It’s fascinating.
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      I’ve been thinking about this and here’s the best way I can describe it. My brain has different processing modes: Active, background and involuntary.
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        Here’s an example. When I used to drive to work, I would listen to audiobooks during the drive. My involuntary processing is taking care of all the things that keep me alive, i.e. breathing. There’s no voice and I don’t even notice it’s happening.
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          My background processing is operating the car, perceiving the road and responding to it, and listening to the book. There is no voice associated with this, it just… happens.
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            My active processing is the inner monologue. It might be conjuring images from the book, or planning what I need to do in the office, or replaying an embarrassing moment from high school. This is the voice I hear. Speaking in sentences about any of those things.
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              I’m not an expert in psychology or anything brain related, but I did my best.
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