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~50% of people don’t have an inner monologue. do you?

when does it happen for you, or is it 24/7?

This is fascinating how various people's brains work so differently. I have an active inner dialogue, but I can silence it, if needed. Also, I'm very visual and can create a visual world with characters in it just by daydreaming or meditation. I can also  have conversations with people in my head in a hypothetical reality I imagine in the future. Is this odd? I remember discussing this with a friend and they thought it was totally weird. 😂

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I have aphantasia, so no visuals in my head, but I get sensations, and my head is FULL of words constantly.

Devotional polytheist living a monastic lifestyle centered on curiosity, simplicity, and joy.  Exploring the intersection of technology and spirituality.

Interesting! Can you stop the words if you meditate? Or say, play a musical instrument (or maybe you don't do that).

I am not at all good on violin, self-taught lol mostly, I'm working gradually towards improving and learning enough instruments I can eventually create a "hermit band" where I play all the instruments on a composition and edit it together into a single audio/video - but that's more a long-term dream 🤣

oh, what kind of music do you like to play on violin (when you play it)? I played it for about a decade, but switched to a bowed dulcimer, which is a vertical bowed instrument, because of neck pain. It's tuned like a viola. I mostly play the ukulele (with a low g) and the bowed dulcimer these days, but I also have a guitar and some flutes and in the past had a mandolin, violin, treble viola da gamba, viola and a rented cello. My fav instrument is a cello, but it was hard on my hands.

Nope, they just sort of fade down to a dull hum that I'm able to ignore.  I've done a 10-day silent mediation treat which helped with learning to tame them, but it's still a constant buzz.  And I do actually know how to play musical instruments, though haven't in awhile!  I have a clarinet, a violin, a lyre harp, and some kalimbas I haven't busted out in entirely too long!