What do you think?

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      3 months ago

      I do not have an internal monologue.

      This has been at least discussed/studied before but I don’t know if there has been any sort of formal poll to find a rate between those that do and those that don’t.

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        3 months ago

        There are some studies. I don’t remember the specifics but it’s something like 50/50 on hearing and seeing and about 20 percent do neither. I’m sure those numbers are off, but that’s vaguely what i remember reading.

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              3 months ago

              I definitely see images, but not specifics. For example, I can see my wife’s face, in my mind, but I can’t draw from that memory.

              Like I am seeing the images from a distance, but if I try to focus on a detail, the image falls apart.

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              3 months ago

              This is so fascinating! It’s easy to assume most people experience things the same way while we are all different all the way down to how we think and imagine stuff!

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        3 months ago

        I have to ask - in what way do you think about stuff? Especially whem you need to be mindful of a process or remember something?

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          3 months ago

          I still think in words and images, but there is no voice.

          Something else that came up in previous discussions. I remember emotional response more than specific things. For example, my wife can remember what we wore, what we ate, and other specifics, of a date we had years ago. I barely remember even the location, but I can easily recall that I was happy about the date, but there was some mild frustration early on, something about the restaurant, but then feeling better about it later.

          I say this and my wife says, “Oh yeah, we were annoyed because we had reservations but still had to wait 20 minutes, but then we were given an appetizer.”

          However, before my comments, she couldn’t recall if we liked the place or not.

          I’ll remember if I liked someone, but not why or even their name.

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          3 months ago

          Mine is just chunks of info or ideas. My coworkers think this is why i talk a lot unfiltered- because i don’t hear how it will sound it in my head before it comes out of my mouth. There’s a little test online that was going around for awhile where you try to visualize a red star and grade it 1-5.