I guess I'm somewhere in the middle of a continuous unstoppable stream and complete silence. My resting state, when not actively engaged in something, and no stress impact would be no inner monologue though.
Having a constant radio playing is one I haven't heard before, excuse the pun, very interesting. I wonder what would happen if one would have a constant visual stream, or taste/touch stream. If that would impact the ability to function more.
Maybe that's more into the ADHD/ADD region.
Yeah, constant visuals would be crippling lol. I wish I had a constant radio station, that would be a little more interesting. Instead it's usually the same song for hours on a loop until some phrase triggers the memory of the lyrics of a different song, then that one plays until replaced. For instance, I started some laundry a couple hours ago and this is what's been in my head since then:
Ash that's funny. So it seems you're very susceptible to ear worms, you only need a bit of a song to have to stuck in your head. Is it actually with the music, or only the lyrics?
I know the effect, but it's rare for me. And then it's more the music, not the lyrics. But I pay more attention, or feel more of the music and less of the lyrics of songs anyways.
I'm with you actually in being more of a melody than lyric person. It can definitely be the music too. If my wife is flicking through her instagram on her phone looking for cat videos and I hear a melody line that reminds me of a song that I'm more familiar with, it will ear worm it's way in. Although, thinking about it, I do value lyrics a lot, but more when I'm actively listening to music... meaning I stop everything else and want to just enjoy an album or something.
That's another interesting topic on its own... the balance between favoring the music or lyrics/meaning of songs.
