On not having a mind’s eye:
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Duchess of Umbragereplied to Adrianna Tan last edited by
@skinnylatte Holy moly! I have the same fear. I’m totally face-blind, would 100% flunk a police lineup. I also can’t tell cars apart, so I’d be useless about the getaway vehicle. A corollary fear is that I’m accused of a crime I didn’t commit, but I fail the polygraph because my physiology is weird and I just naturally feel guilty about everything.
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Thomas Sobieck 🐘replied to Adrianna Tan last edited by
@skinnylatte new fear unlocked
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@NilaJones I don’t ’hear’ it and it’s not first person. It’s like quiet writing, not reading aloud even. There are a few steps before I can dig in and hear what that thought is saying. There is no real time feedback.
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Adrianna Tanreplied to Duchess of Umbrage last edited by
@iBlame also face blind!
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That's what I think of as my interior monologue! Are other people different?
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Adrianna Tanreplied to NilaJones last edited by [email protected]
@NilaJones @keira_reckons from what I’ve read, it seems more like direct commands. ‘This sucks’ or ‘do this’ or ‘don’t do this’
I know people who have very loud inner voices and they sometimes can’t tell they haven’t said a thing out loud
Most people are apparently surprised at the existence of the other type
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Katie Barry Ishibashireplied to Adrianna Tan last edited by
@skinnylatte I have this too! We're apparently 3% of the population, according to random content I devoured after learning this term. My 5-year-old has taken to coming up to me and letting me know at random times he can picture a red apple in his mind.
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Oh that's so interesting! Most people hear it like a voice talking to them?
I almost never get that, and when I do it's an actual memory. For example when I'm canning fruit, I hear my mom telling me, as a kid, to run a knife around the inside of the jar to let the air bubbles out
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@NilaJones @keira_reckons yes, it blows my mind but seems like that’s the rule rather than the exception!
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Veronika Cheplyginareplied to Adrianna Tan last edited by
@skinnylatte I have so many thoughts about this
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Adrianna Tanreplied to Veronika Cheplygina last edited by
@DrVeronikaCH I’d love to hear them!