How ####### dare youMy bad, I just saw the handle with a b in front and got the two of you confused.
This describes me. The people who say they have a radio that never stops in the head are as foreign to me as the people without an inner monologue.I definitely have one but i don't use it all the time. It really depends.
When I'm reading i usually read at the pace that i can "say" the words in my head. I can't just let my eyes touch the words and not "hear" them.
If I'm thinking of something simple, like what I want for dinner, i don't usually imagine a conversation about it. I might think of a specific meal and imagine what it looks like or the name or both, so if i was thinking about buffalo wings, i wouldn't imagine hot flavor unless I was really day dreaming about it. It would be more like imagining the restaurant where I'd pick some up, or what they actually look like, or thinking "i could get wings". I might even imagine Chris Farley saying Tommy want wingy in his voice.
If I'm doing a repetitive task I don't think anything aloud while doing it. I might day dream but I don't have to. Sometimes I just lose myself in the moment and don't have anything going on up there. It almost feels like it's not happening until i "snap back into it."
A lot of times my brain is playing some random music I heard before and I tune it out for bits at a time.
When I'm typing, I've already finished the sentence I'm typing in my head while my fingers figure out how to make the keyboard make it happen. I think I do the same thing while taking but it's almost the exact same speed - usually i don't plan what to say before saying it, I do it in a single action.
Sometimes I'll change the sentence during the time it takes to get it written and that leads to weird things like switching from first person to third person or past tense to present tense.
Sometimes i interact with the voice conversationally, like if i think of something funny I might imagine what i would say, or even who i might say it to, as words. I don't always remember these things but I feel like it helps me next time i see that person to talk to them in the right way.
Sometimes i see something i think my brother would have liked, then remember he's gone and stop myself for a minute, then go back to what i was doing.
letterist!My bad, I just saw the handle with a b in front and got the two of you confused.
All the time - sometimes I have to flip back three pages and start over again.I've had that too. Sometimes just reading words and thinking about something else. Have to go back and re-read.
How dare you. I don't see letters . A, B, X, Q doesn't matter to me at all.letterist!
This happens to me a lot but I don't have an inner dialogue going on either. it's kind of why I don't read I'll just have no idea where I was or what I was doingAll the time - sometimes I have to flip back three pages and start over again.
and often it pisses me off because the thing I was thinking about was stupid, unimportant and had no connection to what I was reading. Just like why in the world am I thinking about what I wore to work the day before or listing the restaurants where to take my wife for her birthday dinner which isn't for 5 months.All the time - sometimes I have to flip back three pages and start over again.
That also happens to me sometimes if I am reading and tired. I won't actually fall alseep but just go through the motions of reading but not paying any attention to what the words mean or the story being told. Usually at that point, I need to just put the book away because I just don't have the mental energy left to read.This happens to me a lot but I don't have an inner dialogue going on either. it's kind of why I don't read I'll just have no idea where I was or what I was doing
sameThat also happens to me sometimes if I am reading and tired. I won't actually fall alseep but just go through the motions of reading but not paying any attention to what the words mean or the story being told. Usually at that point, I need to just put the book away because I just don't have the mental energy left to read.
some of my best friends are Cs....How dare you. I don't see letters . A, B, X, Q doesn't matter to me at all.
I think all letters are equal. Is it Z's fault that it isn't in many words? No way. Z didn't choose to be last in the damn alphabet. The man put Z all the way there in the back. Though Y is back there too and it's very popular and well respected. Z could stand to learn a little something about work ethic from Y.some of my best friends are Cs....
he don't care - he moved to Australia with someone named Pluto and changed his name to Zed. now we don't have a proper end to our alphabet or solar system........I think all letters are equal. Is it Z's fault that it isn't in many words? No way. Z didn't choose to be last in the damn alphabet. The man put Z all the way there in the back. Though Y is back there too and it's very popular and well respected. Z could stand to learn a little something about work ethic from Y.
Ha. No. This doesn't happen often at all. And there is so much more for that dx.Sounds more like schizophrenia to me. If the voices start telling you to hurt other people, check yourself in imo.
Wtf. I don’t see pictures and numbers. I just think a thing. And then I do it. If I’m suddenly hungry I go to the pantry in the kitchen. There’s not like a voice that I discuss it with beforehand like “self, I think you should go inside and grab some Cheez-it’s. Self, you’re right I’ll do that! :self high five but in my head:”Apparently. It says a small percentage can't do that. Instead, they see pictures and shapes and numbers or something. I don't know. Honestly, I don't know how you live without that voice.
That happens to me but it’s not a discussion in my head. Like, those words don’t sound out. I just wonder how old she is and then jump on the Googles and find out. I think I’ve spotted an inefficiency in y’all’s system.Me too. So let me ask you this, if you are alone watching TV, and you see something on TV, what thoughts come across your mind? Because for me, that's where I'd have the internal dialogue with myself. Like someone else said, I might think to myself (literally), "Remember to take the garbage out later." Or I might see someone on the screen and think, "Wow. She's hot. I wonder how old she is nowadays?" I'm just curious to what your mind does in this situations.
I mean, I need to communicate those concepts in words so other people understand me. But if it’s just thinking, why the hell do I need to communicate a thought TO MYSELF.I'm not sure I understand this.
So debating, say, where to go for lunch. And in your mind you might think.."I'd like a salad but I really enjoyed the sandwich at whatever''s"
Is this saying people don't do that? Or don't have that capability? Is that what this is saying? Cause if true, well hell that blows my mind
This.I definitely have one but i don't use it all the time. It really depends.
When I'm reading i usually read at the pace that i can "say" the words in my head. I can't just let my eyes touch the words and not "hear" them.
If I'm thinking of something simple, like what I want for dinner, i don't usually imagine a conversation about it. I might think of a specific meal and imagine what it looks like or the name or both, so if i was thinking about buffalo wings, i wouldn't imagine hot flavor unless I was really day dreaming about it. It would be more like imagining the restaurant where I'd pick some up, or what they actually look like, or thinking "i could get wings". I might even imagine Chris Farley saying Tommy want wingy in his voice.
If I'm doing a repetitive task I don't think anything aloud while doing it. I might day dream but I don't have to. Sometimes I just lose myself in the moment and don't have anything going on up there. It almost feels like it's not happening until i "snap back into it."
A lot of times my brain is playing some random music I heard before and I tune it out for bits at a time.
When I'm typing, I've already finished the sentence I'm typing in my head while my fingers figure out how to make the keyboard make it happen. I think I do the same thing while taking but it's almost the exact same speed - usually i don't plan what to say before saying it, I do it in a single action.
Sometimes I'll change the sentence during the time it takes to get it written and that leads to weird things like switching from first person to third person or past tense to present tense.
Sometimes i interact with the voice conversationally, like if i think of something funny I might imagine what i would say, or even who i might say it to, as words. I don't always remember these things but I feel like it helps me next time i see that person to talk to them in the right way.
Sometimes i see something i think my brother would have liked, then remember he's gone and stop myself for a minute, then go back to what i was doing.
I can do things and make decisions without the words/dialogue. Say I am picking out a movie on Netflix. I can use the remote, scroll around, etc. without "verbalizing" anything in my head. However, I might see a movie and think in words "Oh is that the movie my dad was talking about?" or maybe I just realize it without the words. It depends. I can chop food without thinking, "I need to cut up onions right now" but I might narrate in my head parts of a recipe so I remember what I need to do or verbalize a conversation in my head about whether to make dessert or not. Not sure if that makes sense.Hey guys let’s talk about everything with ourselves before we do anything!
The bolded is what I invariably do. I just assumed it’s what all people do. I might acknowledge in a brief moment the concept that this may be the same movie my dad mentioned, but I wouldn’t have a conversation in my head to that effect. It’s just a moment of realization.However, I might see a movie and think in words "Oh is that the movie my dad was talking about?" or maybe I just realize it without the words. It depends.
Yeah, just depends what I am doing and thinking about. The more complicated the idea, the more likely I have to "verbalize" it.The bolded is what I invariably do. I just assumed it’s what all people do. I might acknowledge in a brief moment the concept that this may be the same movie my dad mentioned, but I wouldn’t have a conversation in my head to that effect. It’s just a moment of realization.
Yeah this is me.. i have some inner monologue, and maybe once in a while i might imagine a brief conversation with someone, like if I think of a funny way to explain something i just saw or how to tell it as a funny story, but i don't think instructions to myself.Wtf. I don’t see pictures and numbers. I just think a thing. And then I do it. If I’m suddenly hungry I go to the pantry in the kitchen. There’s not like a voice that I discuss it with beforehand like “self, I think you should go inside and grab some Cheez-it’s. Self, you’re right I’ll do that! :self high five but in my head:”
Yeah, just depends what I am doing and thinking about. The more complicated the idea, the more likely I have to "verbalize" it.
A moment of pathos in that longer passage, bf. Condolences. I remember you had decisions to make regarding his health. I hope you're at peace with them.Sometimes i see something i think my brother would have liked, then remember he's gone and stop myself for a minute, then go back to what i was doing.
Hey Wikkid- It's a small world after all.wikkidpissah said:'tis w me - i've had songs in my head every moment since i can remember. my voice is that.
I would call this subvocalization. I do it when I do basic math. I did it out loud until a teacher got me to stop in the 5th grade. It makes my math really good.Getzlaf15 said:Does anyone ever "mouth" the words they are hearing? Like move your lips and no sound comes out, but you hear it in your head? I do it rarely and wife has caught me once or twice. Usually when someone has pissed me off.
Is it kind of like using a ViewMaster?belljr said:i just "felt" this is the time i wanted to go and my brain did the rest ....
I mean if I'm out - i'll remember something i forgot, or to decide on something else etc but it kind of "just shows up" in my head
So my theory is - I'm getting dumber from all the head injuries OR I'm some untapped super genius....
you forgot to wake me up before i go, baby shark...Hey Wikkid- It's a small world after all.
And... go!
Same herewikkidpissah said:'tis w me - i've had songs in my head every moment since i can remember. my voice is that.
You can be President someday!My inner voice is always in 3rd person. Is that strange?
Shtick opportunity missed.My inner voice is always in 3rd person. Is that strange?
Sort of like a 10,000 CD player on shuffle? I have that.Sometimes I wish I could shut it off. Can’t
jamny said:I need to lay down
Whatever song I hear last usually. Until I hear the next oneSort of like a 10,000 CD player on shuffle? I have that.
Alexa play Purple HatWhatever song I hear last usually. Until I hear the next one
Have been afraid to ask my wife this question. Almost like it could change our relationship forever.Thankfully my wife is on the same page as me with this. That would have been weird.
Judging by all the blank stares I get when I talk to her, I'm fairly certain my wife as an inner voice.Otis said:Have been afraid to ask my wife this question. Almost like it could change our relationship forever.jamny said:Thankfully my wife is on the same page as me with this. That would have been weird.