Internal Monologue/Internal Dialogue

[nrg4isu]

No offense to those that don’t have one but I think they may be what’s wrong with society. What kind of crazy person just does stuff without thinking out hundreds of variations of how it will go.

I could argue the opposite. My brain comes up with all kinds of bad ideas that I pointedly dismiss.

Brain: See that fire alarm on the wall over there?
Also Brain: Yeah, don't do that.
Brain: But what would happen next?

Just me?

 

[cyfanbr]

I find it hard to believe there are people who don't have this. How do they solve all of these made up scenarios I spend all day creating without an inner monologue?

I have a friend that doesn’t have it. After finding that out, I felt like I understood his personality a lot better. More impulsive if you will, which makes me wonder if it is due to not having those internal debates. Just anecdotal data for y’all I guess.

 

[cyfanbr]

I could argue the opposite. My brain comes up with all kinds of bad ideas that I pointedly dismiss.

Brain: See that fire alarm on the wall over there?
Also Brain: Yeah, don't do that.
Brain: But what would happen next?

Just me?

Hahaha so true

 

[AllInForISU]

What about people who close their eyes and can’t visualize anything and it’s just black? That freaks me out that there are people out there like that.

 

[houjix]

No offense to those that don’t have one but I think they may be what’s wrong with society. What kind of crazy person just does stuff without thinking out hundreds of variations of how it will go.

Hundreds? Somedays I feel like Dr. Strange in Infinity War parsing through fourteen million six hundred and five variations before I make a choice.

 

[mywayorcyway]

When I get really irritated about something I have an internal monologue. Otherwise, I can seemingly flip a switch and not think about anything.

I would absolutely love to have this ability.

 

[AllInForISU]

Hundreds? Somedays I feel like Dr. Strange in Infinity War parsing through fourteen million six hundred and five variations before I make a choice.

That sounds exhausting. I feel like the worst thing that can usually happen when you make most decisions, isn’t actually that bad of a result.

 

[PineClone]

I always have song playing in my head and starting to wonder if it's a problem. I never have silence in my head. Don't know if its anxiety or what but its almost never ending.

Same here. I have a song in my head about 95% of the time and it can drive me crazy at times. Sometimes the same song for days on end. Oddly, at the moment I'm typing this, I do not have a song in my head...weird.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Same here. I have a song in my head about 95% of the time and it can drive me crazy at times. Sometimes the same song for days on end. Oddly, at the moment I'm typing this, I do not have a song in my head...weird.

Just had that happen with one verse of a song, which I won't bring up here or it will start back up in my head.

 

[cmjh10]

If I don’t talk to myself, how will I have an intelligent conversation?

Also, I need to heat the I am indeed right.

 

[MeanDean]

Same here. I have a song in my head about 95% of the time and it can drive me crazy at times. Sometimes the same song for days on end. Oddly, at the moment I'm typing this, I do not have a song in my head...weird.

My advise: Don't worry, be happy!