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Verbal thinking

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I discovered this fascinating video earlier today. Basically a chap realising most people have an internal monologue and he doesn’t, and then launching into a philosophical discussion with himself about the nature of consciousness and identity. I love this stuff.

Anyway, it got me thinking. I’ve said before on here that i don’t think in words, but in complete atomic, non-verbal, non-visual thoughts that I need to deliberately convert into words if I want to share them.

And what I’m now wondering is if everyone’s brain works this way but my neurodivergence just makes me aware of an earlier stage of thinking that most people don’t notice. I’m aware of a part of thinking that in most people is part of the unconscious.

Does anyone else experience this?

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  • I don't think in words either, it's all complete scenes full of sounds, smell's and vision, ideas come not fully formed but as they form the emerge more clearly. It's like seeing someone you think you recognise in the distance but aren't really sure until they get closer.

    I quite often have more than one "voice" talking at the same time, like different parts of my brain talking to each other.

    My head is often a very busy place and if I seem distracted some of the time, it's because I'm paying attention to my internal world.

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  • I don't think in words either, it's all complete scenes full of sounds, smell's and vision, ideas come not fully formed but as they form the emerge more clearly. It's like seeing someone you think you recognise in the distance but aren't really sure until they get closer.

    I quite often have more than one "voice" talking at the same time, like different parts of my brain talking to each other.

    My head is often a very busy place and if I seem distracted some of the time, it's because I'm paying attention to my internal world.

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