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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/mvea on 2024-05-15 10:17:06+00:00.
I have a non-verbal inner voice which gives meta-commentary on my verbal inner voice. If I want to think about what I’m thinking, that’s what is going on.
I’m one of the 5-10%. I always sucked at verbal memory tasks. Didn’t know some people have an real, interpretable internal monologue until a few years ago. I thought thinking nonverbally was the default. I even specifically remember watching shows and movies where you listen to a character’s internal internal monologue and thinking “this is dumb, that’s not how thinking works”. Turns out it is, and I’m just in the minority! Now I make an effort to manually start an internal monologue when I’m doing anything that requires a lot of verbal processing, like listening to instructions at work. It helps, but I can still tell that I have a deficit compared to most people when it comes to those things.
It’s a two-edged sword. Sometimes it can be really mean to you :(
I feel like if I had an inner voice I’d get super annoyed at it.
Oh I assure you, you would. Try going to sleep with that mf’r just yapping.