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[–] 24 points 2 years ago (10 children)

Read this sentence one word at a time. As you read it, do you hear the words spoken inside your head?

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago*

    If that doesn't work, turn on the tv and try to repeat the words you hear immediately after you hear them, but absolutely silently. The goal is to echo the television ij your head.

    That is your internal monologue.

    Now imagine you're trying to sleep and the asshole part of your brain starts talking about the reality dumb-ass shit you did 25 years ago..

    Now imagine that you just got a song stuck in your head. You know the song really well... and you can't stop repeating the hook in your mind.

    It's your brain silently reading the captions of the narration of the images of your train of thought.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    Oh, is that all it is? I guess I was reading it to be where I can hear myself talk to myself when reasoning things out or experiencing things.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    I can do exactly what you are describing and do constantly and all day. You don’t debate on goings internally with words? That’s confused my brain. Wonder if it’s an ADHD thing on my end.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    your inner voices didn't fight with each other?

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