Is it true that up to half of people have no inner monologue? I investigated | Arwa Mahdawi

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✍️ The article discusses the phenomenon of inner voices and the fact that not everyone experiences an inner monologue.
👉 Inner voices are a common phenomenon, but not everyone experiences them.
👉 Research suggests that most people have an inner voice roughly 25% of the time.
👉 The nature of inner voices varies dramatically from person to person.
👉 People's brains process the world in different ways, and everyone experiences reality differently.

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Our brains are miraculous and weird things, and it turns out everyone has different ways of processing the worldSometimes I like to start a column by asking myself: should this really be a column that will live on the internet forever, for all and sundry to see? Or is this really an airing of my many neuroses that is better shared privately, with a therapist?Not infrequently the answer is the latter. But therapy is expensive and comment is free, so I’m afraid, dear reader, that you’re going to have to be my shrink today. And I’ll get straight into my issues: I have a voice in my head that won’t shut up.Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/30/inner-monologue