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I have trouble figuring out what exactly is meant here. My own idea is that you can have several manifestations of inner senses. You can have them in word, picture, sound, taste and even smell or touch.

I know people that have a constant inner monologue, a non-stop stream of words in their head and have trouble quieting this, reverting to meditation or other relaxation or deviation methods to get some inner peace.

My head is quiet by default. However, I can voice things inside my head but by no means it's continuous, I can reason about things and voice them internally, but a lot of thought processes are abstract, or wordless. They just appear.

I can also see internal images, and to lesser degree taste and touch. Someone I know can remember taste, and describe something she ate or drank, f.e. a wine, from months or even years ago. This is unimaginable for me.

TheDesignFlaw 1y ago

I can have several streams of "inner monologue" at any give time. For instance, I can have both a song playing in my head (which is almost always, unless I'm listening to actual music) and working through thoughts that does seem like a conversation between my inquisitive self, and my "need to know things so it can make a difference in reality" self.

This is why I'm so often listening to podcasts or music, because it settles that. Both touching grass and smoking grass can turn those thoughts down a little too.

But I have to admit, it doesn't really bother me, and I even kind of like it. I think it stems from being a generally introverted only child who loved going into the woods to read books as a kid.

I can't imagine what not having that inner dialogue would be like. Seems quiet.

Interesting topic. Worth a zap.

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mutatrum 1y ago

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.

TheDesignFlaw 1y ago

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:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx4xU-8yWUo

mutatrum 1y ago

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.

TheDesignFlaw 1y ago

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.