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dgz345 t1_j2b5na7 wrote

Reply to comment by deicist in Every single person in the world who reads a novel will have a different image of the characters and scenes that they read by JenJen3508

Same. Random question do you usually listen to music? While working or gaming?

And can you hear voices in your head? (have inner monologues)

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SeanBrax t1_j2c0q4a wrote

Inner monologues aren’t specific to people with Aphantasia btw, I have them all the time.

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Billybobjimjoejeffjr t1_j2bjq14 wrote

I also have aphantasia. I usually do listen to music while gaming if i get tired of the games music (usually when playing roguelikes). I also listen to music while doing pretty much anything i dont like doing to entertain myself.

Also i got an inner monologue.

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dgz345 t1_j2ctcok wrote

Ok so I do not have inner monologues. Its quiet all the time for me on the head. Me myself I can't really lisen to music while playing games because I can't concentrate then.

I guess it's not connected with aphantasia.

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Billybobjimjoejeffjr t1_j2cxr1x wrote

Yeah people with and without aphantasia can have a quiet mind or a inner monologue.

When youre really focused thinking about something do you think in words then? or is it some kind of other thought process? Ive heard people usually think in images when they dont have an inner monologue but i guess that wouldn't be how you do it.

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dgz345 t1_j2d6axm wrote

I "speak" the words with closed mouth when I think. I think. It feels like the muscles in my throat is moving sightly when I think. So when I'm thinking I'm speaking for myself kinda. It's hard for me to think stuff if I'm trying to not move my muscles in the throat kinda.

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Billybobjimjoejeffjr t1_j2db6le wrote

Thats interesting. I do that sometimes when im thinking about talking. When I get too focused on it i'll start mouthing and making facial expressions.

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nightsky77 t1_j2d3vbe wrote

I wrote an essay about this based on this research:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34721222/

Your condition is called anauralia. I looked it up because I’m aphantasic and just talk to myself all the time.

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dgz345 t1_j2d6wzy wrote

Interesting I'll read the full text soon. I hate reading :) but I read the abstract. I'm shit at short term memory I think but my longterm memory is kinda good I would say. I don't really listen to music and I don't plan stuff but my logic thinking is considered great. I've always had an easy time for maths and patten recognition.

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deicist t1_j2cxaal wrote

I listen to music while driving but that's about it, I work in silence.

I don't have an internal monologue, and I don't vocalise while reading.

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MCatsRCool t1_j2d9o1p wrote

i have aphantasia, i listen to music while gaming and i have an inner monologue

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