I do both of those using auditory words. Can't imagine any other way and didn't know anyone else could function so differently.
Aiming a basketball: Ok let's get this in, a little higher, to the left, ok looks good.
Thinking of music: what's the lyrics to that song, I think they were....
Thoughts are words though?
That's still a real form of depression, most are caused by various underlying conditions.
It's actually common for people with LBD, Alzheimer's, MS, Parkinson's, etc to get therapy early on or take antidepressants for the depression symptoms.
Just was discussing this with a friend the other day. In school they taught us cursive, how to balance a checkbook, do math by hand since a calculator will rarely be around. How to develop film, going in person to ask for job applications to fill out. Using paper maps, writing physical letters and mailing them. Doing research in libraries and using encyclopedias. The Dewey Decimal System. Skiing in the snow, observing fireflies. Learning about checks and balances, democracy.
Life is much simpler being a regular middle class kid living with your parents than an adult millionaire everyone knows and expects money from. He never knew what actually being broke and responsible for yourself or a family as an adult was.
How do you feel about 2025 so far?
It gets worse than that. Many of us have expenses that are higher than our income.
It's banned here and people still shot off hundreds of them directly across the street from city hall and the police station. As well as every direction in the distance.