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Serious question at you.

I started asking people I know well enough to no be awkward if they had an inner dialogue.

The answers I get are astounding.

I meet people all the time that don't know what tf I'm talking about.

"You mean like when the TV narrative tells you what the person is thinking?"

me: yeah. like that but Its just me talking in my head.

They often think I'm kidding.
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Anchorite 1y ago

My inner voice sometimes likes to pretend it's other people's thoughts.

Sometimes I wonder if it is.

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ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 1y ago

i sometimes try to pretend that my inner voice is other voices

sometimes it is, and i know because it knew stuff i couldn't have known

but really, how do people not understand the idea of thinking? i mean, that's what it is, thinking, like, speaking to yourself = thinking, how is that not widely understood?

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Anchorite 1y ago

Well I think technically the whole universe is mental, so you could call anything thinking.

I also think there is a kind of instantaneous, transcendental thought and mute instinct.