What is it for?

  • KaiReeve@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    My experience is the same as yours. I have an inner monologue, but it is not constant. My thoughts do not always come in the form of words.

    In fact, I would say that wordless thoughts are my default and the IM comes when I am trying to figure something out.

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      10 months ago

      Wow I’m like the complete opposite of you. Inner monolog is default and if I’m trying to figure something out it’s like pictures or a 3d model in my brain or, if in deeper thought, I’m not even here but in like, a different plane solving the issue in my head space.

      • aStonedSanta@lemm.ee
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        10 months ago

        Same. It’s like a different part of my brain works for spatial reasoning, which I guess is true? Lol but yeah when truly focused you leave your plane to view something else. It isn’t only visual though it’s almost all encompassing in some ways. And generally is the “flow” state for me.

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        10 months ago

        Hm, interesting.

        I can also have images when trying to figure certain things. For example, if I’m moving then I will have images of where to place boxes and furniture in the truck or in the apartment, but these images are typically combined with words like “if I put this here, then…” Or if I’m trying to remember where I put something then it’s memory combined with “after I got home I…”

        In fact, the easier a problem is, the fewer words I use. But when something is really stumping me, the words are more prevalent. And angrier. More like “This doesn’t make sense! If the positive and negative are both connected then power should flow through. Maybe this f*cking thing is broken”

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        10 months ago

        I’m not even here but in like, a different plane solving the issue in my head space.

        Exactly, I can be so completely gone, I don’t sense anything around me.