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re: Apparently some people do not have an inner monologue
Posted on 8/11/22 at 9:06 pm to Langland
Posted on 8/11/22 at 9:06 pm to Langland
This is pretty common and I have done it a lot too. I call it manufacturing resentments. Basically getting pissed off about something that didn't even occur. Honestly I think it's a form of mental illness / self sabotage / manifesting negative outcomes. By recognizing that you're doing it you can train yourself not to do it when it starts.
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Posted on 8/11/22 at 9:24 pm to Sun God
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Judging by the length and nonsensical nature of your posts I kinda believe you
I think my heart is dark..
Posted on 8/11/22 at 9:27 pm to AUCE05
I talk to myself more than anyone I know.
Posted on 8/11/22 at 9:34 pm to supadave3
I teach middle school kids……. I wish they had one.
Posted on 8/11/22 at 9:53 pm to Langland
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Sometimes, more often than I like, I create situations in my mind that aren't happening and I start to get upset or pissed off. Like I see a police car, then I see I'm going a couple miles over the speed limit, then my mind takes off on some story about the cop pulling me over for speeding and me getting upset that it was only a couple miles over the speed limit, and I think about asking for the cop's badge number and I tell him "I will see you in court." Then I snap out of it and realize I'm getting upset over something that isn't real.
This sounds similar to imagining worst case scenarios. I believe everyone does this to some extent. I had an acquaintance that was plagued with those thoughts to the point that she could hardly function.
Posted on 8/11/22 at 10:06 pm to stout
Stout, this is how I now picture you and your wife
Posted on 8/11/22 at 10:46 pm to TIGER2
I’ll do you one better
Some people have Aphantasia
The inability to imagine visuals
Like when I say “refrigerator”
I think of a fridge. The one upstairs. The one in my friends home when I was a kid. I can imagine one right now. White. Freezer on top. I can rotate it around in my head. It has that plastic pebbly glossy finish on it. Kenmore badge on it.
Etc.
Some people don’t. Like when you say “imagine an Apple” they just think of apples but don’t picture one in their mind. They can’t.
Imagine having aphantasia and no inner monologue.
Some people have Aphantasia
The inability to imagine visuals
Like when I say “refrigerator”
I think of a fridge. The one upstairs. The one in my friends home when I was a kid. I can imagine one right now. White. Freezer on top. I can rotate it around in my head. It has that plastic pebbly glossy finish on it. Kenmore badge on it.
Etc.
Some people don’t. Like when you say “imagine an Apple” they just think of apples but don’t picture one in their mind. They can’t.
Imagine having aphantasia and no inner monologue.
Posted on 8/11/22 at 10:56 pm to el duderino III
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my brother is like that. He thinks purely in images, and he's a normal dude, pretty sharp.
I just tried to imagine what that's like and how the hell that even works for about the 10th time and it made my head hurt. I literally can't imagine it, and I can imagine a lot.
Strange, you say he's a normal dude. Some people on the autism spectrum do this as well. It's a way to cope with over sensitization and absorb information. Temple Grandin talks about this in her books.
Posted on 8/11/22 at 10:58 pm to AUCE05
I saw a reddit thread once where some people admitted they didn’t have one and called people with one schizophrenic. Wild 
Posted on 8/11/22 at 11:13 pm to AUCE05
I am one of those people. My family laughs at me about it but I just can’t.
Posted on 8/11/22 at 11:44 pm to supadave3
"I talk to myself more than anyone I know"
That's pretty profound.
That's pretty profound.
Posted on 8/11/22 at 11:47 pm to CaptainJ47
I have an inner monologue, but I also see those words printed in my mind’s eye. The words scroll across like a ticker tape but in Times New Roman font. I never realized it was something unusual until I mentioned it to someone once, and I then learned that everyone didn’t see the words like I did. I was a voracious reader as a kid, so maybe that’s why my mind’s eye sees words for everything I hear—whether from my inner monologue or actually hearing someone speak.
Posted on 8/12/22 at 3:41 am to AUCE05
It's not some people, it's most people.
And it explains a lot. If you don't have that voice that says 'maybe this is a bad idea / maybe i shouldn't do this / maybe this is wrong / maybe i'm wrong' then you are liable to do some stupid and potentially fricked up shite.
i wonder this.
And it explains a lot. If you don't have that voice that says 'maybe this is a bad idea / maybe i shouldn't do this / maybe this is wrong / maybe i'm wrong' then you are liable to do some stupid and potentially fricked up shite.
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How do people without an inner monologue read stuff to themselves?
i wonder this.
This post was edited on 8/12/22 at 3:46 am
Posted on 8/12/22 at 4:44 am to USMCguy121
I think i have one, but only really use it when reading or trying think of things i need for a list. I definitely dont have it playing constantly in my head
Posted on 8/12/22 at 5:24 am to Langland
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Sometimes, more often than I like, I create situations in my mind that aren't happening and I start to get upset or pissed off. Like I see a police car, then I see I'm going a couple miles over the speed limit, then my mind takes off on some story about the cop pulling me over for speeding and me getting upset that it was only a couple miles over the speed limit, and I think about asking for the cop's badge number and I tell him "I will see you in court." Then I snap out of it and realize I'm getting upset over something that isn't real.
Begining of a real psychopath.
Posted on 8/12/22 at 5:35 am to Trauma14
After ready the article, I realized my wife has unintentional inner monologue. She's plagued with bad anxiety and tells me she can't keep herself from constantly talking to herself in her head. She has trouble sleeping. If she wakes up in the middle of the night, it becomes difficult to go back to sleep. I just tell myself to shut up and go back to bed.
Posted on 8/12/22 at 7:51 am to AUCE05
Personally, I call this action "thinking".
Posted on 8/12/22 at 7:55 am to AUCE05
I lived alone from the start of college until Married. About 10 years. I don’t remember talking to my self before adulthood but would guess I did.
I work for myself and am often alone most of the day.
If I did not have my inner thoughts to keep me company I would be be very lonely.
The only trouble is I have no problem sitting with a group and not talking, well not to them I am talking to my self.
I can be pretty funny, only some close friends know this.
I am a good listener, I don’t always say what I say to myself.
I work for myself and am often alone most of the day.
If I did not have my inner thoughts to keep me company I would be be very lonely.
The only trouble is I have no problem sitting with a group and not talking, well not to them I am talking to my self.
I can be pretty funny, only some close friends know this.
I am a good listener, I don’t always say what I say to myself.
Posted on 8/12/22 at 8:25 am to Trauma14
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She's plagued with bad anxiety and tells me she can't keep herself from constantly talking to herself in her head. She has trouble sleeping. If she wakes up in the middle of the night, it becomes difficult to go back to sleep.
I'm the same way. It freaking sucks. And I have found no way to make it stop. Medicine doesn't stop the talking.
Posted on 8/12/22 at 8:27 am to AUCE05
the voices in my head talk to me.
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