I really can’t conceive how anyone can think without inner monologue

@Soosane

3 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure I don't have an inner monologue and for me, you just know. There are no needs for words or to "talk to yourself" through the process. You just get there immediately.

@larbur9342

3 жыл бұрын

@@Soosane So you don’t weigh the pros and cons of your decisions?

@SamualN

3 жыл бұрын

some people act purely off instinct and you can normally tell who those people are

@electrowave114

3 жыл бұрын

I just think primarily in images, impressions, and occasionally some emotions, not words. So no true inner speech, but there is a type of thought process.

@Soosane

3 жыл бұрын

@@larbur9342 Basically like Aura Guard said. I use images. No words are involved. For thinking about pros and cons, I imagine if I did option A ad what would happen (in images), same for option B and that would help me come to a conclusion.

"Can you all shut up for a minute." - Is still the weirdest thing I've said to myself.

@aamu3

3 жыл бұрын

mostly when I'm feeling super depressed I have to tell my inner voice to shut up because it makes things even worse, then I have to do something to literally get my mind off of the depressive thoughts

@leepope3500

3 жыл бұрын

@@aamu3 I hear you friend. Try to think of at least two things you love about yourself before you criticize yourself

@aamu3

3 жыл бұрын

@@leepope3500 yeah, once I realize I'm spiraling I try to change tone and talk to myself in a well-meaning manner, as if I were a child. Sometimes it's really hard to even just realize what you're actually thinking :(

@danielawesome36

3 жыл бұрын

@@aamu3 Sometimes, you gotta talk to yourself like you are someone who cares and loves you. Not romantically, but just _love._ That's sometimes difficult, especially when the depression disappears(or does it?) and self-hate and/or regret takes over.

@hughmann1927

3 жыл бұрын

@@aamu3 Depression for me is mainly inflammatory with a root to mindset as well. It's better for me when I'm eating for my body (I can't tolerate carbs so I'm keto [Mediterranean] but I'm not strict, I also have omega 3 and vitamin c. Enough potassium etc) Anxiety, if you ever get it was my body telling me that something is wrong on all occasions. My worst, was when my gut flora wasn't up to scratch. Fixed it :)

As someone who can’t ever catch a second of silence in my own head, I find the idea of some people not even _having_ an inner monologue baffling

@soniaortiz9904

3 ай бұрын

Same!!!

@Erzeby

3 ай бұрын

I don't have inner voice but I do have inner monologue and everytime I'm completely shocked some people hear a literal voice when they think. Like, what do you mean it was not only a cartoon thing??? Despite not having an inner voice, is not quiet. I would describe having thoughts as the sea, there are waves all the time, sometimes calm and others like a storm.

@Marcos0ne

2 ай бұрын

Yep, I literally stay up til like 2am daily cause the voice just keeps on thinking and talking as I lay in bed with my eyes closed lol.

@pixelgirl843

2 ай бұрын

YES, I don't understand how they function either!

@nonono9194

2 ай бұрын

It's why there's so many NPCs who don't have any opinions or views or thoughts of their own, they use society/mass media for that

Growing up, I had no idea inner speech was something real. I thought it was just a saying to refer to thoughts, but thoughts weren't actually words, or it was something done by Hollywood to portray a character's thoughts. Honestly, I've always thought in pictures, colors, sensations, but I've never had any problems speaking

@skhotzim_bacon

3 ай бұрын

I'm the same way. I don't know how these people relax or sleep at night while literally talking to themselves all the time. I just have to conclude that they're all crazy, and we're the normal ones. I don't see any benefit to having an inner monologue, and I definitely don't want to experience it anytime soon.

@Beyt_El

3 ай бұрын

@@skhotzim_baconNot crazy. In fact I too see pictures and experience sensations.

@skhotzim_bacon

3 ай бұрын

@@Beyt_El Yes, that's normal. I was referring to talking to yourself as being crazy.

@Beyt_El

3 ай бұрын

@@skhotzim_bacon I also have an internal monologue though. I don’t know how I would operate without it either. It helps me process and workout issues in my mind. Lol

@skhotzim_bacon

3 ай бұрын

@@Beyt_El I can't imagine how. Do you argue with yourself or go through a mental checklist of sorts?

I cannot imagine *not* having inner speech.

@NoThankUBeQuiet

3 жыл бұрын

Hi I dont

@PJ3232PJ

3 жыл бұрын

When I think about it, this voice in my head says, stop it!

@TexasWench

3 жыл бұрын

I don't either unless I'm reading.

@zyctc000

3 жыл бұрын

@@NoThankUBeQuiet Could you please describe what is going on in your mind when you are thinking about something? Curious.

@jacquelinele9170

3 жыл бұрын

@@NoThankUBeQuiet I am also curious about what your thoughts look like lol although idk how someone would describe that

Wait, some people _don't_ engage in imaginary arguments with others? W H A T

@adhesivemailbox1993

3 жыл бұрын

I only inhale in imaginary arguments with imaginary people.

@CarstenGermer

3 жыл бұрын

Some people hella zen ;)

@bassmunk

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha!

@Amghannam

3 жыл бұрын

I don't. I got really surprised by this video that some people talk to themselves, like wtf!!

@trezapoioiuy

3 жыл бұрын

I was also surprised. I mean, I expected that from any non-verbal person, but anyone else? For me even the language changes based on whom I'm discussing with, which usually depends on the topic. And it really annoyed me when I started actually talking english irl to people everyday after moving and I didn't sound as good as my English inner voice modeled after hearing people speak English in movies and videos. It was really upsetting.

Dude, I can literally hear music in complete silence. I could be sitting in a dark room, with only the sound of my own breathing, and I can clearly hear movie quotes, or lines from a video game with the correct voice actor. I can see things in my head too. I’ll zone out in class sometimes and just stare at the wall. But I don’t see the wall. Im seeing whatever it is im thinking about

@fryoungtrad

Ай бұрын

This is called audiation, and anyone can do it if they develop the skill. It used to be core to our survival up until the industrial revolution.

@pugnacious6290

Ай бұрын

Same, I literally have no idea how a person functions without this ability. I’m seeing a lot of people in the comments section claiming they can’t process images in their head. Like do they never zone out and just imagine weird scenarios? How can they do it if they’re not hearing/seeing anything in their mind?

@deadpoetz7

Ай бұрын

You have been programmed correctly

@morbidcorvid9294

Ай бұрын

​@@pugnacious6290 I can't hear music in my head, maybe my own muttering of it but nothing close to perfect. Can't see anything either, I think in ideas and feelings, words, nothing auditive or images.

@Tardisntimbits

Ай бұрын

I HAVE to do this when I'm having an MRI, because the panic of being shoved into a tube is overwhelming for me.

I have no inner speech, and it is wild to me to so many people have it. To go even further, some people cannot picture things in their heads, or recall faces in from memory. My brain is silent, but I can vividly picture images in my brain. My husband is the opposite, he has a very active inner monologue, but cannot picture anything, or even picture his childhood home in his head. The human brain is fascinating!

@RickyVis

3 ай бұрын

How do you read? Inner monologue is basically just talking but without moving your mouth to make sounds.

@sadiemaxfield7566

3 ай бұрын

Sometimes I WISH. my head is so loud its deafening sometimes lol. So you dont like... think through things?? Im so confused how.

@sadiemaxfield7566

3 ай бұрын

Sometimes I WISH. my head is so loud its deafening sometimes lol. So you dont like... think through things?? Im so confused how.

@sadiemaxfield7566

3 ай бұрын

Sometimes I WISH. my head is so loud its deafening sometimes lol. So you dont like... think through things?? Im so confused how.

@ebossnz6838

3 ай бұрын

​@@RickyVisit's bs. It's the new attention seeking. Alot of gen z are doing it people pretend to have all these illnesses

“The purpose of internal speech may be to catch errors when you talk.” Oh, is that why my inner speech is so perfect and my spoken speech is weirdly gibberish?

@PhillyTornadoSpin

2 жыл бұрын

Same here!

@michaels8628

2 жыл бұрын

My inner voice sounds so much deeper and cooler than my actual voice.

@daton3630

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaels8628 same lol

@pramada9431

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaels8628 same. I'm bilingual and my inner speech has perfect English with no stumbling over words or stuttering but when I actually talk in English it's a mess.

@ether3896

2 жыл бұрын

Sad but true :(

My inner speech isn't like a monologue or dialogue, it's more like a running commentary on everything I'm doing.

@shoujahatsumetsu

3 жыл бұрын

I hope it's like an enthusiastic sports commentator.

@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself

3 жыл бұрын

@@shoujahatsumetsu "Harry Carry here!"

@KeViNZP

3 жыл бұрын

That's interesting. Mine is more like a secondary person who comments on my choice decisions. He sometimes agrees or disagrees, and sometimes we just shrug and do both or neither.

@Pumpkiinhead

3 жыл бұрын

Mine is more like a list that I'm going over through my day like, as I'm doing my work I'm like "go do thissss and now that done so we've got to do this and this-" or just conversation ig? It's cool we all have diff versions 👁👁

@Atamosk-bu7zt

3 жыл бұрын

@@Pumpkiinhead i feel this one personally.

Say I have an appointment on Wednesday with my therapist. I could spend Friday - Tuesday literally having the appointment’s conversation play out in my head 1000’s of times.

@SieMiezekatze

22 күн бұрын

I just have music all the time and it never stops, I don't really think outwardly ? Is like unconscious thinking, my brain does it thing like I speak six languages and if I need to think of a phrase or something is just silence and then I get my answer and I don't voiced it out loud (head) is just there . maybe I will smile or be satisfied but I don't go over the details , my friends are creeped out by this since I am able to think or continue talking without pauses but is cause I don't think , during a test, there is silence when I have to read the questions I just hum it, then start writing and I heard the sound of the pen against paper in my head . until I have finished written it

my inner monologue never stops and in order to listen to you, my head voice repeats your words internally and then I have side opinions coming through in the mix as well

@farhinyasarkhan9157

Ай бұрын

Uss brooo xD its sooo damn hard to sleep

@DirtyBobBojangles

Ай бұрын

Sounds like hell

@miniya

Ай бұрын

Oh my gosh same. My brain just repeats everything someone says if I don’t actively focus on listening AND understanding and not “just hearing”, which is exhausting bc sometimes I do listen but don’t get anything of what someone said bc I didn’t comprehend any of it 😭

@karlafernanda2715

26 күн бұрын

Omg same, and also when I read I need to sound it all out in my mind or I comprehend basically nothing. Honestly it’s exhausting and I hate that I always need to have something in my mind. Sometimes when I want the voice to shut up I listen to music but even then my inner voice is humming to it, so yikes

@BrandonMcCurry999

19 күн бұрын

That genuinely sounds like a pain in the ass

when you're watching a video about inner speech and missing parts and having to go back because your own inner monologue can't shut up for 5 minutes so you can listen to someone else... lol

@julianafelixusa

3 жыл бұрын

Lol I completely understand 😅🙃

@nicolasribeiro7914

3 жыл бұрын

same

@Getorix

3 жыл бұрын

Add dyslexia to that and it becomes a chore to read a book.

@paulgebauer7516

3 жыл бұрын

I cannot imagine how someone could function without that inner speech. I honestly thought the only time your inner speech stopped is when you die

@betsybattles2696

2 жыл бұрын

totally true!

Does anyone else listen to music in their head? I'm not talking about singing internally, I'm talking about listening to songs, with or without vocals, and hearing the various instruments or sections. Also not talking about ear worms, where you get a song stuck in your head, but having conscious control over what sort of music you want to hear and which piece.

@SomeGuy1117

3 жыл бұрын

It's like a shitty radio up there (for me) lol.

@onewithsocks

3 жыл бұрын

YEESSS. Like an internal mp3 player

@lisadooley3872

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I can do that

@lisadooley3872

3 жыл бұрын

And another thing that my brain does is when it gets overloaded I hear a toilet flush and my brain seems to calm down after it

@theobnoxiousgamer9624

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, but actually listening to it is more satisfying. But a shitty alternative I’ll take.

As a person who speaks 7+ languages, I often hear the question: "In what language do you think?" The first time I thought about it, I was surprised to see that the answer is: none! I don't usually have an inner monologue. (Unless I'm about to speak or write something, then I need to convert my thoughts into words.) As far as I can tell, I usually think in kinds of "global concepts" that encompass intentions, feelings and global meaning. If I were to do the experiment they mention, where an alarm goes off and you note down what you were thinking now, I could write a whole paragraph of the thought-concept I was experiencing at the moment. Trying to convert these thought-concepts into words slows the thinking speed down significantly and "flattens" complex ideas-sensations-emotions into sentences, and confines them into parameters/ideologies/culture of the specific language in which it is formulated. I don't know if this type of thinking is related to my speaking various languages, I think it might be. I am also capable of having an inner monologue, but it's more limited as a thinking style for me, I find. I usually resort to inner monologue if I am under a strong emotion and want to calm myself down, if I am rehashing a conversation with someone (which rarely happens), or if I need to structure my thoughts about something (though I usually find writing about it a more effective method for that). I was very surprised to hear about the negative self-talk that the video says many people experience! I hear about negative self-talk in the context of psychology, but I didn't know it was to be taken literally! This is very foreign to me!

@emilyjane9901

3 ай бұрын

Very interesting! I asked someone who speaks 3 languages what he thinks in & he said he very fluidly switches between the 3 languages in his head regularly.

@awarlockunkindlyborn1353

3 ай бұрын

Knowing 7 languages is amazing! I only speak one language, but everything you described is what I experience. My research has led me to the term "unsymbolized thought," but it's still so hard to describe to someone who thinks in words. I think you did a great job!

@eaglewings8206

3 ай бұрын

I am fluent in two languages, and I often try to catch myself to see which language I am thinking in because I do think a lot. But it seems like I don’t think in any language unless I am thinking about what I said to someone or what I’m planning to say to someone.

@haydennagy196

3 ай бұрын

@@emilyjane9901I can barely speak a second language and it’s interesting cause sometimes I think shirt thoughts in German until I no longer know the word, then I realize it’s in German and I switch back to English. It’s so interesting!

@emrys6801

3 ай бұрын

We have the same thinking style! I don’t have an inner monologue with MYSELF, but my brain never shuts up. There’s always background music and thought-concepts, but it’s not me talking to me you know? It’s just me thinking.

I regularly listen to music in my mind and have encounters with different scenarios when I work. It gets me to a place where I can ignore the physical fatigue while I work at my job.

@Shvetsario

2 ай бұрын

Damn unskilled labor is boring as hell

The "inner me" never shuts up. As we share a warped sense of humor, I find me quite entertaining.

@jr2904

3 жыл бұрын

When I actually "talk" to myself I say we, I've always just thought of myself as two very close people that are different in some major ways.

@rockthevote398

3 жыл бұрын

I'm shocked to find out not everyone does this. My head never shuts up either. It's rather annoying at times. It makes it difficult to go to sleep. What the hay do people who don't have inner speech in their heads have going on? I mean, how the hay do they think?

@RaeWakefield

3 жыл бұрын

Rock the Vote exactly my thoughts. (Ironically) isn’t reflection all about thinking? I talk a *lot* to myself. How would I think if I didn’t?

@rasmusbrekke9412

3 жыл бұрын

Same. I have a constant conversation with my inner self, particularly when I’m nervous or stressed or I’m focusing on something. then it’s a continous conversation about what to do or how to do something. And If I’m bored or walking somewhere, The conversation is usually about something totally unrelated...

@mercylimpokhuwe

3 жыл бұрын

Neither does mine, which I'm actually grateful for, because if everyone heard what was in my head all the time, I'd get punched more often, Inner me is kind of an ass sometimes.

"...you can talk about it amongst...yourself." "We" had a good laugh at that one.

@krnt13

2 жыл бұрын

sus...

@emmaclements8448

2 жыл бұрын

Sounding like golem there...

@aistorynow

2 жыл бұрын

that weird moment when I read you comment at the same time he said it

@jooot_6850

2 жыл бұрын

We… are Venom.

@jeff_the_killer999

2 жыл бұрын

Lol dont worry bro I also call my voice by third person but lately it's just been me ig he took a break for a bit 😔

A bit of a contribution to the idea that inner monologue helps cognition: sometimes, when I'm doing a particularly puzzling task, it helps me to actually speak my inner monologue out loud to myself. It really is like i'm coaching myself through the problem- sometimes i'll even speak to myself in the third person! It used to be a mild issue on math tests especially cause I'd accidentally coach other people through the problems, too.

@DiCC-sh3lp

2 ай бұрын

Saame! I usually don’t think in words, but if I really need to focus I will put it into words (I usually end up talking to myself lol)

I've had an inner monologue since I was a child. My biggest stepping stone was understanding all the voices are own, and when I come to that realisation, they all turned into one voice, mine. Couldn't imagine life without it, I've saved myself many times.

@Monroestevens306

2 ай бұрын

This. I'm pretty cool.( My inner voice). 😅

@stoneneils

Ай бұрын

Weirdest thing is waking up from a dream with multiple people in it then realizing they were all you talking to yourself under various diguises to shield yourself from something weird as hell.

I think the weirdest thing about my inner monologue is that I sometimes launch into entirely fictional conversations, usually involving a complete stranger making a negative comment about me, a friend or sometimes other strangers. I start thinking about how I would respond to them, and quite often it turns into a full blown argument and I end up getting really angry at this hypothetical person that my brain made up

@phelan8385

9 ай бұрын

Same lol

@spacepatricia6268

8 ай бұрын

Same

@barbaradps828

8 ай бұрын

Same 😭😭😭

@KURENANI

8 ай бұрын

same but i dont get angry,i just leave the conversation

@barbaradps828

8 ай бұрын

@@KURENANI Please tell me how, I literally get stuck un them…

Anyone else just playing music in their heads all the time when there isnt anything to really think about

@IceMetalPunk

3 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing a poll once asking how often people get songs stuck in their heads, and I was like, "Wait... you mean not everyone has a song stuck in their head nearly 24/7?!"

@Handicrafti

3 жыл бұрын

The other day I was listening to a song in my head and someone started talking to me. I had an embarrassing moment when I went to turn my music off on my phone before remembering it was just in my head

@woosh_police4018

3 жыл бұрын

@@Handicrafti that's so weird something kinda similar happens to me all the time. When I say or read or think about a word and say it in my inner speech when I go to type my password I type that word subconsciously. Why is that? It happens to me all the time.

@AtarahDerek

3 жыл бұрын

My paracosm is generally a noisy place, but music is something I need to tune the other stuff out to focus on. I might be able to get it going in the background while playing out a scenario I'm wanting to write, but it's hard to do that much.

@adanactnomew7085

3 жыл бұрын

@@woosh_police4018 Same.

As someone with full aphantasia, this subject is endlessly fascinating to me

@SmallSpoonBrigade

Ай бұрын

I haven't seen enough talk about the difference between being unable to have the images created and the ability to access the images that are being generated. I seem to be able to generate the images as I do things like draw that are far more sophisticated than what I'd expect if my brain wasn't creating images, but I can't see any of them. It's a rare day where I see any images, even accidentally. But, the spacial dimension in the things that I draw implies that there is some sort of imagery being created at some point in the process.

@Kayscastle

26 күн бұрын

I think I have the opposite! Hyperphantasia

I feel like this video was more about having inner speech than not having it.

Does anyone ever struggle to shut it up, I have arguments with myself in my head telling both voices to just be quiet 😂

@music2012pink

3 жыл бұрын

Omg yes, always, they often don't listen and need another voice to shut them up. 🤣 And other techniques 😅

@yawbarimachoful4588

3 жыл бұрын

Yes 😂😂

@chuckcheek2703

3 жыл бұрын

Yes i do too.. can't get em to stop. I havent decided if uts a inner voice or actually ppl talking to me... cause they r different voices plus.. they do more harm then good

@music2012pink

3 жыл бұрын

@@chuckcheek2703 mine are sometimes different voices too, which is weirder when I remember that I try to put on voices when reading a book. Like reading the Harry potter books and trying to read them in the voice of the actors from the movies. Apart from famous quotes, it naturally turns back into my voice So how on earth is my inner voice able to keep changing, sometimes drastically, without thinking, when I can't consciously maintain a different voice, even when I know how it should sound, for more than a few seconds. 😫

@music2012pink

3 жыл бұрын

@@chuckcheek2703 Have you looked into that? It's apparently more common than having naturally red hair, but extremely hard to detect (at least if you don't know what to look for). Especially the lesser known Otherwise Specified Dissociative Disorders, as they are often hidden, since they are designed to hide in order to protect you, since it is the bodies coping mechanism. But all bodies can react to similar situations differently. Only about 6% of people that have others in their head have overt symptoms ( 94% having subtle symptoms, less noticeable, seem normal) and that more people have that then have schizophrenia or are natural red heads, possibly 1% of the population could have it. A lot of stigma and misinformation, if your worried ask questions, research and seek out a good professional. Sorry if that was a lot, I got a little carried away and thought the information might be interesting to someone. Information on this is very difficult if you don't know what your looking for. So figured comments like these on videos like this might help someone someday 🤞. It could just be a different mental health issue, maybe anxiety, depression, guilt, shame, impulsiveness. These can cause harmful thoughts, it depends on the type harm you mean. No matter what the cause of them, loads of people around the world say that you shouldn't label them as bad or evil. That they are there for a reason, try Mindfulness or reach out to a professional. Thank you for coming to my ted talk 😅

I'm honestly shocked that not everyone has imaginary interactions. They're fun. You always win in the end.

@rossmathis8138

3 жыл бұрын

Or lose....it's a matter of perspective Edit: I have the inner monologues too. Just saying, you keep you positive

@matheuskelson

3 жыл бұрын

I'm always impressed by my eloquence, wit and courage in these inner dialogs hahah

@RatoftheSupremeRodentTakeover

3 жыл бұрын

I don't 😔😔😔😔

@jacobwerman1008

3 жыл бұрын

Well, the inner monologue is a result of really bad anxiety, so staying positive isn't always easy anyway.

@DDD3751

3 жыл бұрын

@@RatoftheSupremeRodentTakeover Me neither

Another neat thing I noticed, if I'm stressed/nervous, songs that calm/hype me up (even those I thought I fully forgot) play in my head

By far rhe best conversations i have ever had have been with myself. My inner speech is so strong that my breathing, tounge and lips will sometimes mimic the words that I'm thinking if I'm alone.

I feel like reading a book for a while completely changes my inner speech. Like suddenly I'll notice myself thinking in the tone of the book's narration.

@nat.gunder9611

3 жыл бұрын

Or a tv show, the inner voice might be a character...who..knows in this world

@Hakumeiun

3 жыл бұрын

I get that too! I even choose certain books to intentionally shift my internal voices, in order to control the narrative style of my writing. It's very useful when I'm not reading trash, which--let's be honest--is most of the time...

@avancalledrupert5130

3 жыл бұрын

Surly that's just your voice

@BacadoTheSkoggy

3 жыл бұрын

I do that with KZread videos, sometimes my thoughts sound like someone making a reaction video about my life

@kbearrs

3 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh I thought I was the only one, last year I was re-reading Harry Potter and reading a lot of HP FanFiction and at some point my inner speech had a British accent

I'm insanely aware of my inner monologue, I talk to myself in my head all the time and I'm aware of it.

@flygonfiasco9751

2 жыл бұрын

Same. It’s really annoying. I’ve fallen into depressions from it. I kinda thought everyone did that though, but I guess not

@TheLilKarma

2 жыл бұрын

I thought most people had this :p Its rarely quiet. But seems not

@tonyrainbolt9388

2 жыл бұрын

Me, too. It switches between describing what I'm doing, or a mostly one-sided argument based on past arguments (real or imagined).

@BJCMXY

2 жыл бұрын

Monologue? Lucky... Try having a whole endless crowd...😑

@rumblefish9

2 жыл бұрын

I'm the same way to the point that I have an overwhelming urge to actually say it out loud which is why I talk to myself even as an adult.

What I wouldn’t do for one minute of silence. Just 60 seconds of pure bliss. It’s hard for me to even imagine what that would be like.

I definitely have an inner monologue, and it’s most active and complete when I am planning various things or prepping for a conversation, or problem solving, etc. I’m fairly certain that I often have “shorthand” inner monologue, where I don’t have to think the whole sentence out, but I immediately come to conclusions that do need much language to internalize them until someone asks. I think this mostly happens when it comes to emotional things. I’m an INTJ and when it comes to sorting things out, I think I tend to identify those feelings in a simple manner and then shelve them somewhere. That’s not to say I don’t feel emotional, but I tend to not dwell on it especially when it comes to decision making.

I personally love changing this voice in my head to morgan freeman then making him say the most absurd stuff lmao

@physics_hacker

2 жыл бұрын

LMAO I might have to try that

@The_Official_T3

2 жыл бұрын

bruh, i did that minutes before reading this 😳😂

@V01DIORE

2 жыл бұрын

When I read stories I pick such voices to narrate, it’s quite fun.

@gordonfreeman5614

2 жыл бұрын

Yes or David Attenborough

@Apollo-ek9ud

2 жыл бұрын

HELP I DO THAT TOO

"It's really hard to measure internal experiences!" You just summarized all of psychology in one sentence.

@brago.gameplays

3 жыл бұрын

"The mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell"

@albertjackinson

3 жыл бұрын

@@brago.gameplays How does that relate to this?

@himanbam

3 жыл бұрын

Behavioral psychology though

@Dan0RG

3 жыл бұрын

@@albertjackinson It doesn't. That's kinda the point of the meme.

@albertjackinson

3 жыл бұрын

@@Dan0RG I see. And that's likely the only meme I understand often.

Something interesting I do when talking to myself is moving my mouth ever so slightly and breathing as if I'm talking. I can also make really loud noises in my head like screaming, static, random frequencies, music, etc.

My inner monologue never stops. I can totally relate to the negative self talk in my head, and being able to see an image in my Mind and also “talk” about it in my mind. I also practice conversations and situations in my head and speak both parts. I often wish my inner monologue would shut up… it often causes me anxiety

You know when someone reminds you to breathe and then you breathe manually. Well now ive been reminded to think and im thinking manually

@lmao2302

3 жыл бұрын

Same. I was brain dead most of the day inner speech wise and then this video came out.

@thereyougoagain1280

3 жыл бұрын

You know you’ve just reminded every single person who gets to this comment to breathe, right?

@determineddaaf3

3 жыл бұрын

Oh no don't remind me that manually breathing is a thing oohhh ohh aw man aahhh. Dude brains are so weird.

@weaksause6878

3 жыл бұрын

I find this amazing. Do you guys actually go times without inner dialog? Mine never shuts tf up! Edit: Ever.

@ToneyCrimson

3 жыл бұрын

@@lmao2302 Thats creepy..wtf

Inside my brain: super talkative In RL: the silent one

@theonewind

3 жыл бұрын

In in real life

@maxmoreno9545

3 жыл бұрын

This should be a top comment! This comment speaks to my soul haha

@justsomeguywithahood1954

3 жыл бұрын

Ella Jameson thats kind what he said

@jbr84tx

3 жыл бұрын

That's a hard way to live. I know from experience. It's a great relief to be able to speak your truth.

@Jobe-13

3 жыл бұрын

The weirdest part about it is that you never get tired of talking internally.

I have a very intense inner speech, as well as picture things in my head were vividly. This is probably why I live reading so much because the words instantly become a little movie in my head. Sometimes this can distract me from doing the stuff I need to get done. Like school work. I have learned that listening to music keeps me from daydreaming and wandering off into my mind as much.

The way your inner speech works can indeed change! Mine has changed from being mostly concrete words to emotions and impressions of emotions and concepts. There’s still words being used in my inner speech, but it is being supplemented by emotions, impressions, and concepts.

"Talking to oneself is the best way to ensure an interesting and intelligent conversation." Oscar Wilde.

@robin_birdie_

3 жыл бұрын

as long as you are Oscar Wilde ;)

@jp4431

3 жыл бұрын

Not true. I'm a boring idiot.

@briantrapp4793

3 жыл бұрын

I'm sure he did alot of that in jail

@Richard-tj1yh

3 жыл бұрын

Best way to self delusion.

@archiedonza6347

3 жыл бұрын

Love it. Oscar knew how to say it out straight like an arrow and a fellow dubliner

me: overly aware of the internal monologue that is currently going on as I watch this video

@RobotShield

3 жыл бұрын

It did not stop at any point

@markwallace1727

3 жыл бұрын

I had to rewind a few times, since I kept missing parts due to that voice in my head talking over the top of Hank. And once because he had me remembering camping trips. I miss camping.

@RichGuano

3 жыл бұрын

The final countdown

@DiegoGonzalez-sr9kl

3 жыл бұрын

Glad I wasn't the only one that was listening to this over my inner voice just chatting away

@hopeforlilli

3 жыл бұрын

its stressin me out!!

I used to have lots of inner speech but most of it was intensely negative and distracting. During therapy using cognitive behavioral therapy method I learned over a long course of time to “silence” this voice. Ignore it, state it isn’t helpful, untrue. Since I’ve been mostly successful with this through the years I notice I don’t have much of inner speech except for certain tasks. I speak to myself when writing, reading, rehearsing what I’m going to say or should have said. Anything that involves words or speech. But when I’m doing other things, even problem solving or deciding, I hardly ever talk to myself at all anymore. The thoughts are more direct and innate involving pictures, emotions, and logic that are hard to describe. Really fascinating video!

Super interesting topic! Thx SciShow

So my brain isn't haunted? That's good to know.

@ageamiu8923

3 жыл бұрын

Well, are you able to control your inner speech?

@dgray7537

3 жыл бұрын

@@ageamiu8923 Yes I can. No he can't*

@shibeman8388

3 жыл бұрын

Yep Yea Got demons in the head Time to get a piece of flint And for you a Hole in the head

@bunille

3 жыл бұрын

It's called your conscious... totally normal and healthy to have

@wolfcat1998

3 жыл бұрын

@@bunille so you're saying my conscience is the one telling me to burn the house down? That's a relief.

It's not just a monologue, it's not even a dialogue--it's a polylogue--a whole committee sometimes.

@vintyprod

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahahah best comment

@scifitony

3 жыл бұрын

I was just going to comment along those lines! I feel like sometimes my brain takes up multiple positions on a topic and I'm debating with myselves!

@frankiedirk1099

3 жыл бұрын

Touch thumbs brother! I legit have a party going on up here!

@poohbeardrawz8043

3 жыл бұрын

yeah; like the smarty pants in your head, the happy over-the-top person... its basically like inside-out!

@creativedesignation7880

3 жыл бұрын

I have that experience aswell and with me the reason for that is that I have dissociative identity disorder (DID). If you have several voices in your head, DID might be a reason for that. I don't mean to worry anyone (btw I don't even perceive my condition as a disorder, or as something negative at all), but you might want to look into that, if you have similar experiences on a regular basis. In many cases that condition doesn't need any treatment, but knowing about it can be very helpfull in gaining a better understanding of yourself. Also in case you happen to receive any treatment for an unrelated mental issue, you might want to know about whether you have DID, since it changes drastically how common issues like anxiety or depression need to be treated.

What a fascinating video. I have an inner monologue literally every waking moment, so it didn't even occur to me that other brains don't work that way. I just assumed everyone had an inner voice criticizing their past actions, planning future tasks, and motivating them to do the things they don't like. I even have music playing in my head most of the time, and it just plays in the 'background' even while I have complex thoughts. I couldn't even imagine experiencing even one moment of life without speech or music in my head. It sounds peaceful but strange.

After getting COVID i lost my inner monologue, and i never have got it back. It's such an isolating experience.

@yokie6439

28 күн бұрын

What so you can’t think in words now? Just out of curiosity like as you read this are you hearing your own voice in your head reading it? I’ve never heard of someone losing their internal monologue before only gaining one

@Gaia_Gaistar

3 күн бұрын

Weird, I caught the coof and my inner monologue got louder.

That there are people out there that don't hear their thoughts, constantly, is mind boggling. I thought that's just what having a mind is.

@liquidminds

3 жыл бұрын

Personally, I have very little speech in my head. My brain mostly communicates with visuals that transport concepts and are linked to areas of my brain with additional information that can be introduced to the visual concept when needed. When my brain uses words, it's most often to simulate arguing and formulating answers to questions, to have it available when needed later. But it's always "outer speech", happening inside the head. It's never addressed to different parts of the brain, but always as a unit. When the different parts disagree, it's mainly by showing problems with current plans or by voting on how confident they are with the choice being a good one. the only time where they ever break character is when something went terribly wrong and one of the players in my brain is admitting guilt, because it was its job to see that in advance...

@mr.ptolemy8947

3 жыл бұрын

@@liquidminds Fascinating

@vladimirvilliani6732

3 жыл бұрын

my thoughts exactly. I cant not hear my thoughts. if I try to turn off my inner thoughts, I just start thinking about trying to turn off my inner thoughts

@vakusdrake3224

3 жыл бұрын

I fall into the category of people who doesn't have any mental talking unless I *deliberately* generate it. Using mental talking is quite useful when thinking however, and there's evidence to suggest people are mentally handicapped if they don't learn some kind of language they can "think in" (in that deaf people really need to learn sign language). That being said most of my thoughts are some combination of abstract concepts and images and the experience of a constant internal monologue sounds strange and exhausting to me.

@mr.ptolemy8947

3 жыл бұрын

@@vakusdrake3224 it *IS* exhausting. It's like having an idiot constantly jabbering in your ear, and having a narrator that won't shut the hell up. Perhaps I need to retrain my mind. More concept, less words, like Alan Watts and Zhuangzi suggest.

Props to whoever thought up "you can still talk about it amongst yourself" 😂

@jennicaharris9134

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that made me laugh.

Crazy this video just popped up, because I was *just* having this conversation with people the other day. I was shocked when some of my friends said that they don't have an inner monologue.

I have had to learn to live with an extremely loud, critical and constant inner monologue. My mother criticised me all the time while I was growing up, and my inner speech often sounds like her, although not always. It is very exhausting, so I read, do puzzles or learn another language in order to quieten it down for a bit. Being creative also helps. Before, I drank alcohol to excess, but I quickly realised that this was a dangerous way to get some peace in the short term, so I stopped using it for that purpose. As I have to live with this, I decided to make it work for me. Before I had to put up with the bullying critical voice, but now I reason with it. It is actually quite useful for making the lazy part of me do things that I need to do, so I listen to it when it offers me constructive advice, and “it” seems to like it when I take that advice. It certainly makes me pro-active, which is a positive thing. My theory is that it is the side of me that wasn’t allowed to develop when I was a child and young adult because my mother was so controlling, so my mind is trying to compensate for my lack of confidence and passivity. I have recently been diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum, so that may also play a part and, to be fair to my mother, she may not have been able to deal with an autistic child.

I have imagined interactions more often than actual interactions.

@ethan.000

3 жыл бұрын

Same, and i feel like i should be able to draw the different imaginary "people" the interactions are with but i don't quite think i could. Lol.

@plederfagella9774

3 жыл бұрын

Lol same....

@noxaurum1

3 жыл бұрын

@Jeremy Shaffer No, but it does give me runny poops.

@plederfagella9774

3 жыл бұрын

@Jeremy Shaffer it would be the other way around. You are anxious about the potential interactions so you think about them

@plederfagella9774

3 жыл бұрын

@Jeremy Shaffer Getting blow could be a mix of intense excitement for the blow and the intense anxiousness of the deal if we was already on blow he could've been hella paranoid about it aswell. Blow and other stimulants get you really anxious that's why people love to mix with alcohol as alcohol reduces that but it also happens to be really dangerous as the blow can make you not able to notice how drunk you are and may get alcohol poisoning

This becomes interesting when you are bilingual or polyglot - speaking one and having inner conversation in another

@kateg9437

3 жыл бұрын

I asked a friend of mine (Polish, moved to England when he was 15, and is now fluent in English) which language he thought in. His answer was that he "didn't know". I wonder if that means he's one of those people who rarely have an inner voice, and just think in concepts

@user-un5xj1wl6p

3 жыл бұрын

Idk, I never used another language inside compared to the exteriour one... because if you try to think in one the other one's gonna end up mixing with that one.

@luancarlosoliveira5128

3 жыл бұрын

I've use the inner speech to "practice" my second language

@nataliaalmeida-nacillustra5954

3 жыл бұрын

I speak both English and Portuguese fluently, and I also have inner monologues all the time since I have OCD. It's... interesting. The torture happens in both languages, usually mixed in together, sometimes just one or the other, but mostly in Portuguese. Lol As for other stuff (inner conversations that aren't related to OCD), especially if it's about the future or some sort of hypothetical thinking, it's usually English. It also depends on what Language I was using beforehand. If I was, for example, reading something in English, I usually would be on "English Speaker Mode" so to say.

@its_agentsmith3329

3 жыл бұрын

Fluent in two languages, have self conversations in both languages with myself

This is fascinating to me. I was born with an extreme case of rapid cycling bipolar disorder and once given the right help i built a foundation in my mind where as long as my meds are working i can keep a close eye on myselves and the inner discussions. Somewhere along the way i compartmentalized the warring parts of me and in the center is where i listen sometimes argue and try to think logically. I am able at any time to dive into the world of a book series ive read in the past and some movies as well. i visit memories good and bad and learn what i can from mistakes. i have practice conversations often enough i cant remember if the real one has happened so i check. This is from getting frustrated with my mom for insisting she told us things but never got past the practices. the only time the internal noise dies down is when i have to focus on a manual task. i am an extremely visual and hands on learner so that is where i focus best.

Wow, I’m blown away! I have anxiety and depression, plus, I’ve always had a VERY active inner monologue. Too active, almost lol 😅 I even have a lot of experience struggling with that inner speech because of the negativity/critical things it would say. Plus, it just NEVER shuts up unless I concentrate 😖 Luckily, I managed to listen closely enough and notice patterns in my inner speech that I’ve gotten pretty good at changing it so my mood is better. My parents are psychologists so I always assumed my inner monologue was an expression of my mental scripts or schemas (patterns of thinking and behavior that people use to interpret the world). Great video! Glad I’m not as crazy as I thought lol 😜

I have a strong inner voice. Its not negative. I basically just silently talk to myself like a friend. I discuss problems, funny stuff, what an emotion is about, entertaining stuff you would discuss with a friend, etc. its rare i get lonely because my internal monologue is so strong. I was mind blown when i found out others don’t do this

@markdammers3207

11 ай бұрын

I’m the same way, when I’m bored I can talk to myself for hours like there is someone in my head listening.

@katelynwhitmer

11 ай бұрын

Me too. Inner me is hilarious and thinks of comebacks I shouldn't say out loud way too often 😂

@janco333

11 ай бұрын

Same here

@Stick666

11 ай бұрын

This video sounds like it was written by someone who doesn't have an internal voice

@jattikuukunen

11 ай бұрын

For me it was actually stranger how I can think about something without the inner voice, but obviously everyone does that too.

I took my friend's ADHD medication one time and my inner talking completely stopped. It was so weird and kind of nice to have a break! I even said, "I dont understand how Im forming sentences without thinking about it first." My mind had never been empty like that before. This world is crazy, guys.

@fariesz6786

7 ай бұрын

congratulations, you also have _some_ form of ADHD then xD (not necessarily pathological or anything, but if stims make your brain spool down like that it's almost guaranteed you have it) interesting that it switches off verbalisation for you though. hooman brains are fascinating

@pedroba76

7 ай бұрын

@@fariesz6786 ADHD medication also worked for me to quiet my mind, but in my case I have autism. When I asked my psichatrist and psychologist If I could have adhd, they told me not.

@how.to.avoid.bookkeeping

6 ай бұрын

I have ADHD. It doesn’t stop my inner speech, but I can control it better. If I have “too much” Ritalin, then my inner speech will stop from time to time. It’s a _really_ weird feeling for me. I don’t really like it. But, it’s nice to be more in control of my inner speech. I used “too much” in quotes because it’s probably not actually too much, just more then I enjoy. Side note… I think this is also part of the reason why taking Ritalin isn’t addictive if you have ADHD - it just helps you concentrate, and more isn’t better.

@breannamcfarland1080

6 ай бұрын

​@@pedroba76plot twist, you definitely can have both. I do. I only found out about the autism after getting medicated for ADHD. It had been hiding behind my ADHD anxiety and squirrel brain for years.

@MacNerfer

5 ай бұрын

@@fariesz6786 ADHD is a spectrum, it's not binary. Most people have ADHD in some situations but not others. Mind altering drugs will likely have some kind of an effect on everybody, but if it's appropriate is entirely a different matter. Going for a walk in the woods or just being outside has been shown to help. Maybe meditiation techniques or daydreaming is enough for you to focus your mind when it's needed. Don't try to self-medicate without a competent doctor's advice.

Thank you for this video. I have constant internal monologue (regardless of if I'm speaking) and my theory is that my brain is "virtualizing" or "abstracting" reality such that I can understand the situation better versus just "experiencing" it and going with the flow. What some call "wrapping your head around something". My guess and my hope is that it also helps with experiencing empathy.

Now this is a very detailed and awesome video! I just became aware of this thing having a name a year back or so. When I came across a video where someone reacted to another video, and they said "What? You hear yourself in your head?"😂 So, I have this since I was born I guess. And I think, I have it all the time whenever I don't talk or write. But I just remember the negative ones. Like that day when I was on my lowest level ever. And during so many traumas I had to endure. But honestly...I do it really all the time. And NOW after this video my inner speech voice will sound like Hank. For an hour at least 😂

I've been in a 19 year long conversation with myself, it was a rocky relationship the first 10 years, but we've grown to accept each other.

@Pleasing_view

2 жыл бұрын

How?

@systemoverrider4270

2 жыл бұрын

Idk you get used to it maybe

@Lacter12

2 жыл бұрын

lol

@thephoenixsystem6765

2 жыл бұрын

I literally have DID and I approve this comment

@gaddis8263

2 жыл бұрын

Same but for 23 years and it took us like 22.5 years to accept each other.

I'm so shocked that people don't think every word they read. I can't even imagine processing words without saying them in my head.

@casp6132

3 жыл бұрын

Right???

@avikasixfour2362

3 жыл бұрын

I tried to read without saying words in my head In end I understood exactly 0% of what I've read and I had to read everything again and it seemed like I have never seen it before

@NatoBoram

3 жыл бұрын

That's because you don't recognize words letter by letter, but instead by the general shape the word forms. Same goes for sentences. Some words you're going to just give them meanings without spelling it out then move on to the next word to refine the meaning of the sentence, or even the whole paragraph.

@ashes_menagerie

3 жыл бұрын

Same..

@MrPhillip876

3 жыл бұрын

I said your whole comment in my head 😭

In much of my life , my inner speech was a dialogue with someone else who was important to me . A family member or girlfriend who wasn’t present , but someone who I wished were , and I would have these very real seeming conversions with them . I was alone a lot of my life , working and living as a solitary person , even if others were around briefly from time to time . Speaking of modifying your actions … I started having trouble distinguishing conversations I had engaged in with those people in reality , and those I had only imagined . I would see them months or years later , and mention something we talked about , only to be met with confusion … So I decided those conversations were just a coping mechanism for being lonely , and so … a weakness I should not allow . I trained myself not to do it . Now , I don’t talk to myself out loud , or others in my head . I still can hear playback of old conversations… or sounds … music … that sort of thing … I can rehearse a conversation I might be needing to have and imagine several scenarios , as to how that might go … But I don’t indulge in imaginary conversation any longer . That way lies insanity or at the very least , a symptom of personal weakness and disgusting vulnerability . They made a video game about this , by the way … How Mason escaped from Vorkuta … It wasn’t just me , after all …

Oh wow, I'm actually kind of shocked to hear there are people who don't have an inner monologue! I never knew. And so many people! My thoughts are going on non-stop. Even when I sleep they keep on rambling part of the night (only not during deep-sleep). It's my way of analyzing the world and myself, learn, plan, create, imagine, and so many things more. Never a dull moment in my head :) I seriously don't even know how to be bored, there is always something I'm thinking about. May be this explains why I'm not really familiar with the concept of loneliness either. There is always something interesting to think about or things to reflect on, think through, etc. This video was mind blowing and eye opening to me. And now I'm really curious about the people around me. I'm definitely going to ask them!

It’s insane hearing someone talk about “maybe we can train ourselves to have multiple monologues with different voices or to have more consistent conversations with ourselves” when literally this is how I think 100% of the time

@tvold9204

2 жыл бұрын

Same.

@bigz9102

2 жыл бұрын

Yea I do the same lol

@devononair

2 жыл бұрын

The harder I try to hear a voice in my head, the more silence I hear.

@artwithjam3304

2 жыл бұрын

One time I tried naming all the different kinds of monologues I have in my head... I haven't really heard any of them after that, but there turned out to be about 20.

@Betielix

2 жыл бұрын

Same here. Well not 100% of the time, but if I want I can do it.

i think the weirdest thing is how we read. like my brain narrates the words. i hear them as if i was saying them out load. but i’ve heard other people don’t do that

@lisadooley3872

3 жыл бұрын

My brain does that too

@emaceratus

3 жыл бұрын

Idem

@andrewwiemken6443

3 жыл бұрын

If you pressed me to put a voice to what I read, yeah I guess it's my voice, but it's halfway between that and a thought, kind of a neutral idea of a sound. This is with plain text or narration of course. Obviously, Gandalf sounds like Gandalf and my friends' text messages sound like them.

@erwieherb3687

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not hearing the words. Just seeing the film! Also don't have inner speech.

@Maryaminx

3 жыл бұрын

I narrate what I'm reading to myself but my friend doesn't. Her reading speed is significantly faster than mine (and I'm a very fast reader).

I have full-on conversations with myself.. I ask questions and respond in my head. I talk to myself about my day and bounce ideas off myself. I also daydream constantly and have a vivid and very active imagination.

This is super interesting. I don’t have any internal self-talk (negative or positive), but I do have imaginary arguments/scenarios in my head. I have depression and anxiety, but I don’t have any negative self-commentary. When I feel bad it’s just an immediate sense of feeling bad (or feeling like a failure … or really it’s more like KNOWING, without words). My anxiety is centered around bad things that could happen, but I don’t usually put it into words (unless I’m talking to my therapist). I’m very good at visualizing and I have a good sense of auditory imagination (like I can hear music in my head). I’m very good with language and love reading, and in the past I’ve been a full-time writer. I also don’t practice conversations in my head before meeting someone. It seems like I should be able to do this since I can write any number of characters having a conversation, and I can argue ideas in my head, but rehearsing for real life convos in my head is something I never do; it doesn’t come naturally. Weird.

I still remember the one history class where one of my (Egyptian-Australian) classmates came in talking about having being approached by another (Turkish-Australian) student asking him if he thought in English or Arabic, being like "who thinks in actual words?" This was the day we discovered some people don't have an inner monologue, and he discovered other people do.

@ebonyblack4563

11 ай бұрын

I used to be confused on the concept of inner monolog because I too don't default to actual words, I was far into my teens when I even started to do that and still have to imagine there's someone else I'm speaking with; I have no self directed inner speech. Now, probably because I'm neural divergent, I do sometimes 'script' things ahead of conversations to help me during them later, but this isn't inner speech so much as priming for an event, practicing. Even when I began writing as a hobby I didn't develop an inner monolog, and still find them distracting/emersion breaking in stories. For the longest time I thought inner speech was a kind of trope or concept I didn't quite 'get' like so many other social things and expectations, I just accepted it refered to something that I was supposed to accept but might never understand.

@rawdaaljawhary4174

11 ай бұрын

Wow, that's fascinating! Does your friend think in a visual logic and language structure?

@boginoid

11 ай бұрын

It's actually funny how it changed for me as I got better in English. First it was always in my native language and I had to go through the mental gymnastics to translate it. Now it depends on the enviroment: I think native when I talk to my fellow countrymen, watch or read stuff in my native language. Mostly Emglish otherwise due to spending a lot of time speaking/hearing English in my daily life (work+hobbies). Sometimes it's just abstract without having any wordly shape and I struggle to translate them into any language.

@CharlesPayet

11 ай бұрын

@@boginoid the moment I realized that I was becoming fluent in German, was while taking an early morning shower. It suddenly occurred to me that I was thinking about my day ahead *in German, in my head.* It was the coolest thing! And even though I haven’t lived in Germany for decades, I can still switch between English & German almost at will.

@boginoid

11 ай бұрын

@@CharlesPayet Haha, always those shower thoughts. Best place to ponder.

I remember asking someone if they think to themself in words. They were convinced I hear voiced and were scared of me. This is when I learned not everyone has an inner monolouge.

@celisewillis

2 жыл бұрын

Being scared of someone who hears voices is completely ridiculous. People with schizophrenia or DID or other stigmatized illnesses are way more likely to be VICTIMS of violence than perpetrators. So if anything, you're safest around people who hear voices, haha

@marionow6227

Жыл бұрын

Or not everyone is aware that they are having inner dialogues...

@Periwinkleaccount

Жыл бұрын

I think you were just explaining badly.

@FLdancer00

Жыл бұрын

@@Periwinkleaccount Nope. There's a lady who had her first thought at 24 and she believed she was possessed by the devil because of it. It's how she learned about an inner monologue.

@Periwinkleaccount

Жыл бұрын

@@FLdancer00 who?

I have a really vivid inner speech. I also have the neat ability to hear a text of someone I know more, as if that person is speaking. This is not only fun, but also helps me understand their views and toughts of that person.

I constantly have a conversation with at least 1 more of myself internally 24/7 and its honestly exhausting at times specially during depressive episodes. I bet not having inner speech must be nice and relaxing

@Gaia_Gaistar

3 күн бұрын

I divide my inner monologue into various concepts or parts of myself like mind body spirit etc as well as some other concepts like anxiety and self destructive behavior.

it's funny to me when im having a conversation with myself in my head and i skip forward a few words or lines because I've gotten to the meaning of the thought and know what's coming next anyway and don't actually need all the words for it

@lisabriggs9064

3 жыл бұрын

But then I would want to go back because I have to finish what I started. Then I would spend like, an hour debating about going back or not.

@orchdork775

3 жыл бұрын

@@lisabriggs9064 meee 😂

@nunn2do

3 жыл бұрын

yeah same like i’ll be explaining something or working something out in my head and i’ll get to the point where i’m like “i know what i mean idk why i’m explaining it” 🤣

@trezapoioiuy

3 жыл бұрын

or when I rewind it to change something, and i skip a part because "yeah yeah i got this part"

@sergiosanchezpadilla6941

3 жыл бұрын

I was looking for this. There are actually 3 levels of speech that some of us can navigate through, jumping back and forth: full thoughts almost bared of any speech as the video says, an intermediate level in which we can hear the sounds like from afar and full blown speech in which we even articulate the slightest details in our heads such as whether we pronounce the differences between /z/ an /s/. I would even add a 4th level, which is moving the tongue inside with our mouths closed, which personally hardly ever do I do.

My inner speech consists of speeches, therapy sessions with myself and a LOT of stories I make up when I'm bored 🤷‍♀️

@Supremax67

11 ай бұрын

People forgets the most obvious reason, we don't always get a chance to have an intelligent conversation.

@clairee4939

11 ай бұрын

What was your best story?

@Clifford_Banes

11 ай бұрын

@@clairee4939 Dude my entire life I've been "writing stories" before going to sleep. I ran out of superpowers. But I do have trouble when adding aliens in my story, it gets extremely difficult to "write" it. If I wouldn't be so lazy, I would probably have had at least 500 stories by now. The thing I like best is using whatever dream fragments I got left to come up with some crazy stuff.

@clairee4939

11 ай бұрын

@@Clifford_Banes and it’s in words ？

@Clifford_Banes

11 ай бұрын

@@clairee4939 I have full speeches and rewinding the story if at some point things don't fit, choose a different action or response to get to where my story is or simply change the whole story. In my last one I got bored of slowly changing the world, so my main character gets killed by his one and only partner-in-crime and lover, who steals his powers and forces the people of the world to change their ways. She's using both words, and actions. Meeting the leaders of the world, everyone has something to say, everyone has a different point of view (which is limited by my own knowledge of geopolitics, civilisations, religions) and they express it. It's like a book. Also, I talk to myself a lot. "I'm so stupid, why did I say that? I never learn to keep my mouth shut". But it doesn't have to be a bad thing. It can be "I really nailed that one, didn't I? Well done me." Sometimes I talk to myself as "you damn fool" if I'm really mad at myself, I'm distancing myself from...myself. I talk to myself so much that it's tiring. Every word I think about triggers a connection and every connections triggers more. I talk a lot because it forces me to be less divergent and stick to a story. Meditation works to calm my thoughts down, it's like a thoughts tornado in my head, and meditation is like going into the eye of the tornado. Medication would probably work better.

Certainly do that a lot myself, some times I swear I can have full blown arguments with myself over things. Honestly, in the end I find it cleansing and helps keep me on track in the long run.

Fascinating. I never had an “imaginary friend” but I have constant inner monologues with not only myself, but other people. (Ne)?

"[Some people] don't necessarily talk in their heads 24/7." Lucky bastards. I bet they sleep too. Lucky bastards.

@lexiridenour324

3 жыл бұрын

Seriously though... Imagine sleeping, or having a quiet mind.

@jvmeel7454

3 жыл бұрын

Lol ikr

@cubiusblockus3973

3 жыл бұрын

I have a hyperactive inner speech.... it never shuts up. The trick i have found to help me fall asleep is to put a movie on that ive watched heaps and 'watch' the movie in my head whilst it plays in the back ground. Because ive watched it so much, i have no more questions about it that my inner monologue wants answers for. Its still hard to fall asleep, but it helps.

@jillianvanrhyn6860

3 жыл бұрын

@@cubiusblockus3973 Yes! I can't sleep without something playing, when they took Friends off Netflix.. not cool ahah

@nataliegiles2554

3 жыл бұрын

@@cubiusblockus3973 I do the same but I play a song in my head! I've done this since I was a kid

I went to a school for disabled children. One of my classmates had a severe speech impairment due to cerebral palsy. Our teacher once asked her whether the speech impairment was present in her inner speech. She said no - it sounded normal inside her head.

@fleepity

3 ай бұрын

That's very weird. Cuz I thought the voice inside ur head would be based off how u hear it when u speak

@unrealomida1

3 ай бұрын

⁠@@fleepity Yes and no, it’s normally different when you more so think about how you speak out loud, but when your just thinking, it’s never a clear voice of yourself to other people because your not focusing on it. Either way it’s pretty cool

@fleepity

3 ай бұрын

@@unrealomida1 mines pretty much exactly how I sound, just without the fumbling from talking too quick that I sometimes do

@keeptaiwanfree

3 ай бұрын

@@fleepityinteresting, mine doesn’t sound like my actual voice so much. but it feels more like the real me, the actual voice of who i am. not how i’m perceived to other people

@fleepity

3 ай бұрын

@@keeptaiwanfree out of curiosity are u some flavour of trans / nonbinary.

I have actually trained myself to think differently! When I'm not trying or too tired, I have something like that abbreviated inner speech where full concepts and moments are put into a collage of memories and single words, but I usually force myself think through things in full sentences because it helps me make connections between things!

I caught myself composing a comment about this video mentally while I was watching it. My inner speech is extremely active.

"Non existant interactions" Me and people like me : *turns to look at imaginary camera* 🤫

@audreydoyle5268

3 жыл бұрын

Get an actual camera and you become like the thousands of people who upload to youtube. Also, I imagine both a camera or a person, and turn my head in a different direction if I'm talking to another person because usually I pretend there's multiple people, but can imagine only one other. It's quite fun, but also a little anxiety inducing when I whisper too loud 😂

@squigglypeterson7157

3 жыл бұрын

That's fantastic

@julsie3195

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, now my keyboard's drenched in wine and spit.

@aubreyharper4829

3 жыл бұрын

I feel like I'm with the 3 stooges 😂

@mushroom7839

3 жыл бұрын

You've exposed us- uhhh me.

"Talk about it amongst yourself." It's like the whole video was made just for that joke.

@spritemon98

3 жыл бұрын

"The me's in my head wont shut up"

I'm a hypervisualizer and someone whose inner voice is pretty much on 24/7 including in dreams etc. And yes, I've been anxious and depressive pretty much all my life. I've also had strong tendencies towards considering what's going on inside my head at least as stimulating and interesting and important as the stuff going on outside it. Which, together with the overstimulation of constant internal self-generated "input" kind of explains (or relates to) me being an introvert who needs a lot of alone time. Learning that there are people who DONT have constant inner speech is to me almost as much of a "MIND=BLOWN" moment as when I learned afantasia is a thing.

It's a fascinating subject. I have memories going back to being two, and I'm aware of some quite structured thoughts and ideas. But also know I didn't have the language skills back then.

wearing a mask has helped me hide the fact that my mouth actually starts moving when im talking to myself while i walked from class to my room

@Hakumeiun

3 жыл бұрын

FOR REALS @@ I will never go back to walking around maskless now that I don't have to consciously keep my mouth from moving

@andreagriffiths3512

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! This! If asked I say I love wearing a mask because I don’t have to smile at people but it’s also because I talk to myself ALL the time

@ryn.999

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine you can see your mouth moving under the mask and it looks like you’re eating or something

@Benzene265

3 жыл бұрын

And here I just liked not getting a cold for the first winter in my life.

@Hakumeiun

3 жыл бұрын

@@ryn.999 I try not to think about whether or not people can see my mouth moving, but Now I'll have to start carrying an open candy bar everywhere, just to ensure people think I'm eating lol

It absolutely blows my mind that not everyone has an inner monologue. I feel like there’s a completely separate world in my head…where I see images, I re-experience different situations, I talk to myself, I reflect on things I’ve done and said, I contemplate different ideas, have conversations with other people, analyze and discuss situations with myself while I’m in them…I mean I couldn’t live without an inner world. I feel like it keeps me sane. It’s how I make sense of everything. It’s constant, I’m always aware of it….it’s the real me, my true reality.

@yo_victoria

Жыл бұрын

I've been mind blown that people REALLY DO have inner monologues and can imagine objects or places in their mind as clear as day. I guess the idea that not everyone processes imagination the same had never occurred to me 😬 I'm actually extremely envious of you, and other people that can. Now that I'm aware of this phenomenon, I feel like I'm missing out on this whole human experience. But I do find all of this fascinating, it's been a fun rabbit hole to fall into 😊

@Gradymeister

Жыл бұрын

@@yo_victoria It has it's pros and cons. It never shuts up. I wish I could experience silence in my head lmfao

@runrabbitrun5437

Жыл бұрын

Me, 24/7 😑

@bradleyparker7284

Жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️❤️

@tuckh5110

Жыл бұрын

@@yo_victoria same lol, I got full blown aphantasia and have never been able to experience the world most people do. But it is a fun little thing to learn and wonder about

Wow! This is is so interesting. I didn’t even know it was unusual to have inner speech preceding every thought that comes into my head. I mean literally I am always thinking 🤔. My inner voice doesn’t ever shut up. Thank goodness it’s pleasant company.

One of the ones that has assumedly no inner speech here, though I can have it when I focus hard on it. It's funny to me how this subject has been getting a lot of recent attention. I first learned that people talking about their "inner monologue" weren't just making a metaphor when I was very young, and that cartoon characters thinking about something in words was actually real. I kind of just accepted it and moved on with a, "huh, neat". I didn't realize just how many people actually think that way. To me, when I actively try to think in words, I feel like I process my thoughts so much slower. That could be lack of practice, I suppose, but I think it's so much easier and quicker to think in pictures or ideas. I also don't have an inner voice when I read, which I think means I can read quicker than I would otherwise, too. When I have talked to friends about it an mulled on it more in recent times, I made the realization that I DO talk to myself out loud. A lot. Anecdotally more than the average person I know. That's how I usually do the "acting out" of conversations I could have had with someone and practice future conversations. And I wonder if I do that because I don't have an inner speech? It's hard to say, but it seems like it could be connected.

If my inner voices are replaying actual conversations from when I was a child, I must have had some damn sophisticated conversations with my mother at four years old.

@The_Man_Who_Sold_the_World.

3 жыл бұрын

lmao

@detran09

3 жыл бұрын

This to me is obviously 100% false. I am dumbfounded that anyone would actually believe this theory, I've been speaking to myself in my head from infancy.

@jake6681

3 жыл бұрын

@@detran09 How can you remember back that far

@Foible

3 жыл бұрын

@@jake6681 I also have active inner dialogue since 4-5 years old, I think that the difference is that at such age you don't think about the negative things as much so people commonly don't remember it because our inner speech develops with our views of ourselves and changes drastically from childhood to adolescence, it shifts constantly as we mature I guess

@chrissipumpkin

3 жыл бұрын

I think it's more about HOW we talk to ourselves in our heads. Like, if you talk to yourself with soft, positive tones, or harsh, negative ones, for example. If someone who you looked up to saw you struggling with a problem, and they encouraged you to slow down, think about every part of the issue, praised you for trying, versus if they scolded you, talked down to you, and told you to hurry up, then your inner monologue might reflect that as you age.

People aren’t always just engaging in inner speech at all times? Woah.

@ethan.000

3 жыл бұрын

Ikr... (this may be weird idek) but sometimes i have conversations with different "voices" if i'm bored. But i'm not crazy lol.

@mrcleeves7106

3 жыл бұрын

@@ethan.000 thats what a crazy person would say....

@jo-vf8jx

3 жыл бұрын

ethan ADD/ADHD? That’s what I’ve got and my mind hardly ever shuts up lol

@danielreed3718

3 жыл бұрын

jo YES. My brain does not shut up.

@tlo1216

3 жыл бұрын

It's so exhausting...

Holy cow! I just assumed everybody experienced this. So fascinating!

i always talk to myself in the form of a conversation with me and also me, i find it really helps me think :) i think its fun to think of it as giving your subconscious a voice to suggest things

I can't imagine living my life without inner speech. Sometimes I talk to myself sometimes I talk with myself. Like if inner speech was someone and I was... Me. Lol

@TheSuperCoolMan122

3 жыл бұрын

our thoughts talking to our "self"

@wellwelp313

3 жыл бұрын

It kinda help me goes through 3 years of depression cause from Social Anxiety. 2 years have passed since then but im fine now.

@jamesgabor9284

3 жыл бұрын

Same, I also talk to myself, except the part that’s less “me” has a different voice

@ValeriePallaoro

3 жыл бұрын

@CyborgJiro Inner speech is conversations that you 'hear', silent in sound but apparent in your head like words. Thinking in general, like when you are writing a points list or dictating a paragraph to type, is not inner speech because it's not a conversation.

@melwasnevergivenaname

3 жыл бұрын

Lady.whatever what a great distinction, the difference between "to myself" and "with myself" 👏👏 When I'm lonely or processing/reprocessing it's often "with myself", engaging with all of the different facets of me. When I have critical thoughts (that I recognize) I quickly announce it's "just that critical bit" talking to my current self.

when I stop to think about it, one of the ways that I became fluent in English (my native language is Portuguese) is that I kinda forced myself to do my inner conversation in English, that was when I was 15-ish, now that I'm 30, I can honestly say that I can have an inner talk mixing English and Portuguese without even noticing! it's really interesting to be able to notice how we are always practicing conversations with others in our minds!

@lineofumanisa4494

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, I relate to this My internal speech is in English even though my mother tongue is isiXhosa. I think it’s because of reading exclusively English books as a child

@josecorchete3732

2 жыл бұрын

It worked for me too. I have inner monologues in German or English even though Spanish is my mother language. It really helped me out to gain proficiency in them, and to work around the missing vocabulary.

@elianmaxzzz

2 жыл бұрын

@@josecorchete3732 Muchas veces cuestiono en mi mente las cosas que hago en inglés, como "why tf you just let her go" o algo por el estilo, es muy curioso.

@jameswilkes451

2 жыл бұрын

That's essentially what separates someone who is trying to genuinely learn a language from someone who is not really that interested. Someone I used to know told me he learned English by "beginning to think in English". He would constantly second guess his thoughts by trying to re-think them in an English equivalent.

@Darkfyre755

2 жыл бұрын

Lol that's honestly how I learned Portuguese 😬

yes to last questions imo. Lsd use definitely increased the frequency of inner-speech in my experience, and is something I think others with similar experiences would agree.

My inner only stops when I'm speaking or actively listening.

I've always had conversations in my head: "inner monologue" - I thought everyone was the same 🤷🏼‍♂️

@ptonpc

3 жыл бұрын

Same, my inner monologue sometimes 'reads' along with me when I'm reading a book, wanting me to back up sometimes to reread things.

@MrJonskup

3 жыл бұрын

I have this all the time and it makes me slower to think than others. I also thought everyone was the same but feared that would not be the case and that I'm weird in some way

@n1elkyfan

3 жыл бұрын

One thing that I have noticed with research about the mind is there has been a lot done because it's hard to conceptualize that other people don't think in the same way. One of the first eye opening stories about this was that not everyone can form mental pictures.

@perrygriffin2371

3 жыл бұрын

Most are

@theresamayton302

3 жыл бұрын

@@n1elkyfan Really!?? Not everyone can form mental pictures? I think I missed that memo.

Very comforting to know I’m not the only person having full blown sentences of self-analyzation in my head

@adhritgulati6794

10 ай бұрын

Oh yes, i analyse my action, then a voice comes up and questions the what who why of me analysing that and if I should or should not be analysing it or letting it go, then another thought analysing wether that was worth it or not, and then after that goes on for a while there's a thought thinking about how I'm over analysing everything, and the how that is meaningless for my life, it continues forever until i am interrupted

@bubblemufiin

10 ай бұрын

@@adhritgulati6794yes omg

@JohnDoeWasntTaken

10 ай бұрын

Also super interesting to know that it's correlated with better being able to put yourself in someone else's shoes. I'm empathetic to a fault and now I know it may be because my inner speech is so prominent in my day-to-day. I'm constantly using it to analyze, reflect, and comment on things. I think it makes me more adept at simulating what someone else's thought patterns may be.

@ImNotQualifiedToSayThisBut

10 ай бұрын

​@@JohnDoeWasntTakenEmpathetic != Having high levels of cognitive or emotional empathy.

@rafaelsantana4905

10 ай бұрын

Actually I brutally envy people who doesn't have it It must be such a better life experience

Watching this video made me realize that I don't really have frequent inner speech. I do have inner speech during depressive episodes (diagnosed with SAD), usually negative, and I occasionally have self-motivating inner speech, but I don't actually have inner speech on a daily basis because most of my thoughts are accompanied by visualization. Neat!

The whole time I was listening to this I was talking to myself, my inner speech is incredibly developed. Conversation, stories, unique characters. Every once in a while like every couple of months I will have a thought so loud I get confused if I had said it out loud. From my point of view I see only one difference between inner speech and talking, the out loud part. I feel crazy to have to describe how inner thoughts work because it feels as if everyone should have them. I find my inner speech to be very helpful at times it feels like I have both automatic inner speech and dictated inner speech. When I'm bored and write storylines and characters I tend to let my automatic inner speech take control of some characters and I will control the other so I can have a full natural conversation in my head with that character. Of course the automatic inner speech gets very negative when I'm stressed or depressed. Kinda feels weird having to talk it down. Like If I mess something up my inner speech gets very angry starts insulting me and throwing a tantrum and I have to be like well calm down buttfucker we got this. It confuses me how people would make sentences if they don't have inner speech. But my experience is different from the next man, so who knows I may sound super crazy to some.