Bumping this because it came up on one of my rp writing forums.
There are moments when I have fantasies where they're pictures, like a movie playing. But even then, the characters in these internal stories talk to each other in full words and sentences.
Other than that, I internally think in words all the time. Sometimes, I internally narrate what I'm doing but more often then not, I put the body on autopilot(such as while doing dishes, cooking, driving, etc.) and my mind wanders off on other topics. I talk to myself about philosophical topics, think through how things work by giving myself mechanical or scientific lessons, I tell myself jokes that make me laugh out loud. My internal voice even speaks words that are hurtful sometimes. 95% of the time though, that inner voice and I are best friends.
What annoyed me today is the nonsensical contribution by someone with aphantasia, i.e., the inability to form mental pictures. Some people cannot mentally hold an image in their mind unless a thing is right in front of them or they're looking at a picture of it.
https://neurosciencenews.com/aphantasia-...-pictures/
I thought this was a related phenomenon in the differences between how people think, being odd to think of how the other person processes things. And also, I thought that ridiculous that this guy who's on a forum for creative writing, apparently can't visualize anything in his head. I don't believe you, man. How do you describe anything? How do you write anything that isn't literally happening right this moment? Somethin's up.
There are moments when I have fantasies where they're pictures, like a movie playing. But even then, the characters in these internal stories talk to each other in full words and sentences.
Other than that, I internally think in words all the time. Sometimes, I internally narrate what I'm doing but more often then not, I put the body on autopilot(such as while doing dishes, cooking, driving, etc.) and my mind wanders off on other topics. I talk to myself about philosophical topics, think through how things work by giving myself mechanical or scientific lessons, I tell myself jokes that make me laugh out loud. My internal voice even speaks words that are hurtful sometimes. 95% of the time though, that inner voice and I are best friends.
What annoyed me today is the nonsensical contribution by someone with aphantasia, i.e., the inability to form mental pictures. Some people cannot mentally hold an image in their mind unless a thing is right in front of them or they're looking at a picture of it.
https://neurosciencenews.com/aphantasia-...-pictures/
I thought this was a related phenomenon in the differences between how people think, being odd to think of how the other person processes things. And also, I thought that ridiculous that this guy who's on a forum for creative writing, apparently can't visualize anything in his head. I don't believe you, man. How do you describe anything? How do you write anything that isn't literally happening right this moment? Somethin's up.
