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Comprehensive-Cat-86 t1_ix28d30 wrote

Reply to comment by overwhelmed-yordle in Can you control your inner voice when reading? by mrtomatoehead77

When I read fiction, within about 5 pages my internal voice disappears and I visualise the scene, I guess it's always there and turned on but I don't pay it any attention. I assume most people read like this?

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Kind_Nepenth3 t1_ix2fb0p wrote

Well yeah, but that's always still with the audible words when I do it. I just also have an internal movie with my monologue. Which is important in this case because when I'm not reading something, I don't think in words.

I know you could have just the one with aphantasia but I can't begin to imagine the other way around, being able to comprehend a sentence you're not reading out to yourself. It's like...enjoying art with your eyes closed.

I don't believe it. Reading posts like this reminds me of that one post about the girl that went to therapy over hearing "voices" and found out she just thinking.

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tgs-with-tracyjordan t1_ix2f0du wrote

Not me, but then, I can't visualise anything in my head.

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Kathony4ever t1_ix56oqn wrote

Neither can I. Well, I can wen I'm not reading. Scenes of my novels or fanfics will play out like movies in my head. But then I have trouble putting it into words. And vice versa. When I read, I have trouble visualizing. Even when reading fanfiction of t.v. shows, where there are specific people, that I know what they look like. I will hear dialogue in the actors' voices, but won't actually see them. There's a disconnect between words and pictures for me.

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Oolonger t1_ix3jx2y wrote

Yes, it’s almost like watching it unfold. If I’m really into it I can’t hear any of the sounds of the room I’m in. You’re just immersed in the story.

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mrtomatoehead77 OP t1_ix2avtd wrote

Yeah I think when you get immersed like that it's what's supposed to happen. You actively voice the words then your mind takes over and that's when the magic happens. I have yet to been taken away like that 😂

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