re: Apparently some people do not have an inner monologue

One of you posted this on Reddit. Show yourself.

this subject always interests me.

I do not have an inner monologue.

I have a hard time describing how I figure difficult stuff out. My brain just kind of does it. when I am thinking about something there are strands in a fog, and I just concentrate till my brain grasps one and it's normally the right answer. I don't verbally think it out in any way shape or form. I do visualize sometimes though.

Easier stuff takes no time at all. My processing speed is MILES quicker than my wife who has to talk everything through in her head. She is smart to. But I just figure stuff out far quicker than her.

Reading a book I don't hear the words in my head, I more of see the story as I read it. It's almost like my brain creates a movie out of the words.

I always have numbers running through my head. How long it will take to do something, break that task down in segments, and constantly readjust, calculating. I work with numbers, so I am always looking for patterns. I have been tested for number memorization and I am in the top 1%.

Today my inner voice is Harry Carey.

I've always had an inner monologue and with a soundtrack. I always have music playing in my head .Today it is the musical Oklahoma. Yesterday it was the Elton John song 'I,ve seen the Saucers' . And I have vivid dreams in color,last week I had a dream that I was was taking a final exam in physics and after finishing I could not find the final exam schedule and no one knew what the schedule was either. I go over problems while I sleep and now I am sleeping less each day. I ask my wife (no pics) what she is thinking and she replies 'nothing' . I ask her how is that possible and she says she doesn't know.

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Apparently some people do not have an inner monologue
Those people are likely psychopaths that feel nothing

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I've often thought I'm a psychopath. I don't have an inner monologue. I don't feel much empathy for people.