Anonymous wrote:LOL, everyone, think of your grandma. Now think of the house you grew up in. Now your first kiss.

No one just thought in words, OP. No one.

Of course people think in words, in addition to images (and sounds). Or at least, I do. I mean, if you asked me to think about my grandma, that’s an image. If you asked me to solve a math problem, I’d “talk through it” with words in my head.

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Anonymous wrote:Hope do you give yourself a pep talk? Like you got this! Or, It's gonna be ok. Do you have to speak it out loud?

I don't. But maybe I should. Do people give themselves pep talks in their head? If so, I had no idea.

Yes of course! You have to be your biggest booster right?

Anonymous wrote:Do you dream? My husband is like this and does not dream (or at least never had any recollection of a dream). I think it’s so weird!

Not OP but I also dont have an internal monologue and of course we dream! I just think it's like watching or being in a movie... it's probably the same way everyone else dreams!

I dont either!

I have no questions at all for you. You don't seem the least bit interesting in spite of your efforts to get attention.

Anonymous wrote:Hope do you give yourself a pep talk? Like you got this! Or, It's gonna be ok. Do you have to speak it out loud?

I don't. But maybe I should. Do people give themselves pep talks in their head? If so, I had no idea.

Anonymous wrote:Do you dream in stereo, too?

Maybe this is a trait of narcissistic people.

I don't think so. I don't remember sound in the rare dreams I have.

Anonymous wrote:Goodness, have you guys not seen the research on this? This is a thing. Some people don’t have an inner voice. That’s what OP is describing.

Who the heck has time to delve into research on something as unimportant as this if it isn’t their field? What difference does it make whether someone has an inner voice or not? You make it sound like this research is front page news somewhere.

Do you dream in stereo, too?

Maybe this is a trait of narcissistic people.

Hope do you give yourself a pep talk? Like you got this! Or, It's gonna be ok. Do you have to speak it out loud?

Anonymous wrote:OP, instead of talking to yourself out loud, talk to yourself inside your head and cultivate use your inner voice. DS walks around the house talking to himself and it is annoying!

Sorry! My DD asks me to stop talking too.

Anonymous wrote:Do you dream? My husband is like this and does not dream (or at least never had any recollection of a dream). I think it’s so weird!

Very rarely, maybe once in 3 months, and usually it's a nightmare.

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Anonymous wrote:Goodness, have you guys not seen the research on this? This is a thing. Some people don’t have an inner voice. That’s what OP is describing.

Then why would anyone give a shyt enough for her to do an AMA?

Because as you’ve proven on this thread those of us who do have an inner voice can’t comprehend it!

Indeed we can. I’m the one who told everyone to think of their grandma, the house they grew up in, and their first kiss. No one thought about those things in words.

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Anonymous wrote:Goodness, have you guys not seen the research on this? This is a thing. Some people don’t have an inner voice. That’s what OP is describing.

Then why would anyone give a shyt enough for her to do an AMA?

Because as you’ve proven on this thread those of us who do have an inner voice can’t comprehend it!

OP, instead of talking to yourself out loud, talk to yourself inside your head and cultivate use your inner voice. DS walks around the house talking to himself and it is annoying!