I'm curious: What does your "inner voice" sound like, to you?

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I read your post, for example, and understood it, very quickly;

but I would ask you to now go back, re-read your own post, mentally, to yourself,
but imagine your own voice enunciating the words,
and see if you "hear" it as clearly, or if it takes more effort, than mere reading and comprehension of words.

(You don't have to actually do this, obviously...I'm simply trying to illustrate the distinction of what I mean between the THOUGHT, versus the "mental vocalization" of that same thought).

No, it takes effort to hear it.  It's so unfamiliar it doesn't come out as my voice but as I hear myself when I am speaking, which is different than how my voice sounds to others.  I'm trying to "vocalize" the words in my mind, but it's difficult.  It's easier if I do it in a goofy voice; someone else's voice.  Right now, all my thoughts are vocalizing as the Charlie-In-The-Box from the island of misfit toys.

That is excellent!  What a relevant pic, you found to post!

Thanks for your candor.  So you find the specific effort of "inner vocalizing" a bit cumbersome, too?

Right now, all my thoughts are vocalizing as the Charlie-In-The-Box from the island of misfit toys.

That is hilarious...both because it's ludicrous...and a bit of an obscure reference!