What is it for?

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    Read this sentence one word at a time. As you read it, do you hear the words spoken inside your head?

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      If that doesn’t work, turn on the tv and try to repeat the words you hear immediately after you hear them, but absolutely silently. The goal is to echo the television ij your head.

      That is your internal monologue.

      Now imagine you’re trying to sleep and the asshole part of your brain starts talking about the reality dumb-ass shit you did 25 years ago

      Now imagine that you just got a song stuck in your head. You know the song really well and you can’t stop repeating the hook in your mind.

      It’s your brain silently reading the captions of the narration of the images of your train of thought.

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      Oh, is that all it is? I guess I was reading it to be where I can hear myself talk to myself when reasoning things out or experiencing things.

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        I can do exactly what you are describing and do constantly and all day. You don’t debate on goings internally with words? That’s confused my brain. Wonder if it’s an ADHD thing on my end.

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          I don’t debate ongoings internally, but I am formally adult ADHD diagnosed. This entire post/thread is fascinating to me.

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          it is not normal? mine fight constantly.

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        your inner voices didn’t fight with each other?

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          Mine do all the time. Thanks to the Internet I now know that this is either uncommon or lots of people are terrified of what people will think about them if they admit it.

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        Yep, it’s mostly that. Like a movie/show/anime protagonist narrating their reasonings and thoughts to the watchers, except there are no watchers and you are just talking to your inner self.

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        It’s the same inner voice speaking thoughts instead of words on a page.