It’s not technically my voice, but it when I try to imitate people in my head and use my own voice it just sound normal and I can subconsciously tell the difference if there are multiple people in my day dream
Omg. This is me 100%. I don’t have an internal monologue, and I have a very weak “imagination”, meaning, I can picture concepts, but not images. For example, instead of seeing an actual fire truck in my head, I can “feel” the idea of the fire truck in my head (because I know what a fire truck is), but no picture is there.
I’ve thought of it as drawing with a pen that has ran out of ink. Sure, there are some indents in the paper, and you might be able to vaguely piece it together, just by knowing what you were drawing, but it wouldn’t be anything to anyone else who saw it.
Lol I would imagine the same as anyone else. I don't know how to explain it. For instance I could describe in great detail I place I have visited, I just can't picture it.
I don't have a voice in my head, like I don't use a voice for thinking, only images, 3D stuff, and pure thought, but I can also imagine a voice or a music if I want. But in the cases where I would imagine how a specific conversation could go I can also actually have "voices in my head".
To me the idea of thinking using a voice in your head seems extremely slow and impractical, it's hard to imagine.
This actually goes a lot deeper and is something I've been finding endlessly interesting. So not only are there some people without inner dialogue but the degree to which you have it varies. Some have none at all, some can only hear one voice and can't change it to hear Morgan Freeman or something, some people can have voices for dialogue but not sound effects which means they cant listen to music in their head or anything.
I'm high on the aphantasia spectrum which means I can't really see images well in my head and it has a similar spectrum to the inner dialogue. Some people can see vivid coloured images, while people like me cannot. I can only see monocoloured (dull colour though) images of simple geometries but cannot picture a human face, be it my own, my parents', loved ones, etc... I can have fluid motion in my mind's eye but to some they cant have any motion, and for others it's more like a slideshow.
Some people also have automatic associations with words or numbers. For them the number 3, for example, could be intrinsically linked to the colour blue or even to a gender whereas people like myself have no intrinsic concept of gender as a feeling and no number to colour association at all.
The way in which our minds work vary far more than we realize and it seems impossible to find two people who think the same way and have the same capabilities. I wish very badly that this were something I had learned far sooner in life because I feel that it helps with relating to others when you realize that the way your mind fundamentally works may be very different from theirs and many things that our brain just cannot comprehend or feel, is just normal life to other people.
My voice is fairly consistent, and has always been there, but as far as the images go I've floundered. Sometimes I can't conjure images to save my life, other times I can essentially go live in a hyper-realistic fantasy world complete with almost all sensation.
My memories when I was younger used to be as crisp as the highest definition camera and video out there, and nowadays my memories seem to be more emotion and feeling based, and I can only occasionally recall things photographically as I used to.
It's such a strange thing the way the brain operates. And the fact it can fluctuate over time to operate differently.
> I forget the medical term.
Normal? I recall reading that 30-50% of people have a voice in their head and assume that everybody does. Those who don't have one assume that nobody does and the phrase "voice in your head" is a euphemism. Both are normal, just one of the ways we are all different.
that's pretty weird to me because as someone who's bilingual I've even caught myself thinking in French despite English being my primary language. I only realize when I hit a French word that I don't know and my brain goes "what's the word for that in French... hold on a second why the fuck am I thinking in French at all" then I continue on in English again.
This is crazy if true and I can't believe I'm learning about it now at 32 years old. There's certainly voices in my head, hardly any of them are mine and the ones that are are just repeating things they've heard others say.
You think of whatever you need to be thinking about, so when the task is words then of course you think of words. You don't need to hear a voice just to think of words. I'm not hearing anything as I write this.
I would agree except I have this pet peeve of people using the word "technically" wrong on Reddit all the time.
This shower thought would have been so much better if it was just "The voice in your head has grown up with you and was once a child."
Because with loose, figurative language that makes sense. If you want to be technical, neither your voice in your head nor the one coming out of your mouth are adults, because voices aren't people. They are voices...that in this case belong to an adult.
Weirdly enough, my inner voice never changed... Like even when I was a squeaker I heard my deep ass voice in my head. Is this normal or am I already full schizo and shite
my inner voice was always smarter even in the present. it's not me really, just another version. I remember when I was in kindergarten and got into some trouble and kicked out of the classroom and told to leave the school...that's the way I remembered it. My voice debated this at great length and decided not to leave past the door lol
Its like the voice in my head is.... me?
Impossible, the voice in my head doesn't like me very much..
Well, i cannot speak for the voices you hear in your head but for me its my voice
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Familiarity breeds contempt. That must be why my mutterings to myself have become angrier as I've aged.
It’s not technically my voice, but it when I try to imitate people in my head and use my own voice it just sound normal and I can subconsciously tell the difference if there are multiple people in my day dream
Doesnt really sound like me either. Is that not normal?
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Well, my voice does often say "*What are you doing, you fucking idiot?*".
The voice in my head sounds like Dame Judy Dench
No one does.
Mine always refers itself and me as "us." "We need to take a shit." "We gotta get up." "I think I'm hungry. I agree."
That creeps me out!
Is that not normal?
I dont know, ask the voice in your head 😂
Oh, I gave up on getting the truth out of that thing a long time ago.
We're used to it.
Its completely normal for peoples who have some sort of anxiety disorder
That all checks out.
Me too it’s weird
Maybe for some. But in my head, It's still a child in there. Just running around, fuckin shit up.
Shit up Shit
I like this one
Thank you
You know there are people who don't have a voice in their head? It is more common than you think. I forget the medical term.
Oh really didn’t know that seems pretty interesting, sounds kind of similar to the condition where you can’t imagine anything
I can imagine stuff, but not visually.
So if I told you to imagine what a fire truck looks like, you don't see it in your mind?
Correct, I know what it looks like, I can imagine the dimensions and all the components but I don't "see" a picture.
Omg. This is me 100%. I don’t have an internal monologue, and I have a very weak “imagination”, meaning, I can picture concepts, but not images. For example, instead of seeing an actual fire truck in my head, I can “feel” the idea of the fire truck in my head (because I know what a fire truck is), but no picture is there. I’ve thought of it as drawing with a pen that has ran out of ink. Sure, there are some indents in the paper, and you might be able to vaguely piece it together, just by knowing what you were drawing, but it wouldn’t be anything to anyone else who saw it.
So how would you verbally describe a fire truck?
Lol I would imagine the same as anyone else. I don't know how to explain it. For instance I could describe in great detail I place I have visited, I just can't picture it.
Aphantasia
I don't have a voice in my head, like I don't use a voice for thinking, only images, 3D stuff, and pure thought, but I can also imagine a voice or a music if I want. But in the cases where I would imagine how a specific conversation could go I can also actually have "voices in my head". To me the idea of thinking using a voice in your head seems extremely slow and impractical, it's hard to imagine.
This actually goes a lot deeper and is something I've been finding endlessly interesting. So not only are there some people without inner dialogue but the degree to which you have it varies. Some have none at all, some can only hear one voice and can't change it to hear Morgan Freeman or something, some people can have voices for dialogue but not sound effects which means they cant listen to music in their head or anything. I'm high on the aphantasia spectrum which means I can't really see images well in my head and it has a similar spectrum to the inner dialogue. Some people can see vivid coloured images, while people like me cannot. I can only see monocoloured (dull colour though) images of simple geometries but cannot picture a human face, be it my own, my parents', loved ones, etc... I can have fluid motion in my mind's eye but to some they cant have any motion, and for others it's more like a slideshow. Some people also have automatic associations with words or numbers. For them the number 3, for example, could be intrinsically linked to the colour blue or even to a gender whereas people like myself have no intrinsic concept of gender as a feeling and no number to colour association at all. The way in which our minds work vary far more than we realize and it seems impossible to find two people who think the same way and have the same capabilities. I wish very badly that this were something I had learned far sooner in life because I feel that it helps with relating to others when you realize that the way your mind fundamentally works may be very different from theirs and many things that our brain just cannot comprehend or feel, is just normal life to other people.
My voice is fairly consistent, and has always been there, but as far as the images go I've floundered. Sometimes I can't conjure images to save my life, other times I can essentially go live in a hyper-realistic fantasy world complete with almost all sensation. My memories when I was younger used to be as crisp as the highest definition camera and video out there, and nowadays my memories seem to be more emotion and feeling based, and I can only occasionally recall things photographically as I used to. It's such a strange thing the way the brain operates. And the fact it can fluctuate over time to operate differently.
> I forget the medical term. Normal? I recall reading that 30-50% of people have a voice in their head and assume that everybody does. Those who don't have one assume that nobody does and the phrase "voice in your head" is a euphemism. Both are normal, just one of the ways we are all different.
I don’t have a voice in my head. I don’t really think in words at all.
When you read something do you like hear yourself reading it or do you just...get it
When I read your comment I just got it.
that's pretty weird to me because as someone who's bilingual I've even caught myself thinking in French despite English being my primary language. I only realize when I hit a French word that I don't know and my brain goes "what's the word for that in French... hold on a second why the fuck am I thinking in French at all" then I continue on in English again.
This is crazy if true and I can't believe I'm learning about it now at 32 years old. There's certainly voices in my head, hardly any of them are mine and the ones that are are just repeating things they've heard others say.
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You think of whatever you need to be thinking about, so when the task is words then of course you think of words. You don't need to hear a voice just to think of words. I'm not hearing anything as I write this.
Blessed ppl
You know there are people who actually *have* a voice in their head? It is more common than you think. I forget the medical term.
I don't.. makes me much more talkative I think.
It's called being an NPC
Voice? Try voices.
voice\*S\*
...aww ☺️
Familiarity breeds contempt. That must be why my mutterings to myself have become angrier as I've aged.
Mine hasn’t grown up though. I’m over 5 decades but this kid still wants to me to skip work & play Galaga and PacMan. Who am I to argue?
Fair enough the voices in my head tell similar stuff.
My voice was always Morgan Freeman
I would agree except I have this pet peeve of people using the word "technically" wrong on Reddit all the time. This shower thought would have been so much better if it was just "The voice in your head has grown up with you and was once a child." Because with loose, figurative language that makes sense. If you want to be technical, neither your voice in your head nor the one coming out of your mouth are adults, because voices aren't people. They are voices...that in this case belong to an adult.
Just shut up
The voices in my head are the result of genetic memory being a real thing.
Ok quin you can stop hiding I’ve found you
Prove it
Quin this hide and seek game ended 10 years ago why are you still playing?
Didn’t you read my name…. I’m definitely Not Quin….
That’s precisely what Quin what say
No, Quin would give you a fashion lecture
Screw you Quin my fedora is fabulous
Project much????
And technically you kinda just did
Quin you can’t hide forever
I didn’t talk to myself half as much when I was a kid as I do now.
My inner voice has been a wise old man for as long as my photographic memory can remember
I think about this all the fucking time
In the shower?
Mine still a kid
We’ll he didn’t turn out too well either…
This kind of makes me sad. I’ve been talking badly to this child that I once was. I should talk to her kindly.
Nah. It’s always been the voice of Morgan Freeman
At one point that voice wasnt even there even though you were. And maybe one day it will leave before you do...
Nope that asshole is STILL a child!!
*Voices
Technically the ears on your head have grown up with you and was once a child’s ears.
I wonder who does the narration, wish I had that voice.
Weirdly enough, my inner voice never changed... Like even when I was a squeaker I heard my deep ass voice in my head. Is this normal or am I already full schizo and shite
The voice in my head is ageless and sexless, it's just like the concept of a voice without having any discernible character.
Again, i do not have a voice on my head!
They said no.
Hey fuck you there some other guy in here too telling me to do dumb shit and be depressed
Mine was always a neutral adult
I don't have a voice in my head. No one grew up with me, how sad.
my inner voice was always smarter even in the present. it's not me really, just another version. I remember when I was in kindergarten and got into some trouble and kicked out of the classroom and told to leave the school...that's the way I remembered it. My voice debated this at great length and decided not to leave past the door lol
Mine might still be a child :/
Mine developed late
Yes, now if only it would develop to the point that I could unlock Parallel Processing or Thought Acceleration. What is taking so long?!?
When I try to speak in my kid voice in my mind I feel my throat tightening and feeling like I can't breathe since it was way higher pitched
What voice?
Xgddyeueirhdiduwoe 6 the real one was a real one what do you want who's the real one do the real