HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 23 days agoUp to half of the earth's population doesn't have an inner monologue, up to half of the earth has never had a shower thoughtmessage-squaremessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1211arrow-down135
arrow-up1176arrow-down1message-squareUp to half of the earth's population doesn't have an inner monologue, up to half of the earth has never had a shower thoughtHappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 23 days agomessage-square65fedilink
minus-squareMatriks404@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-222 days agoI just think in concepts/abstractions, I don’t know how to explain it, lol. I definitely don’t think in pictures, like other person said. My mind can’t create pictures out of thin air. That might be more like artists think I guess.
minus-squareAnalog@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 days agoI am very very much not an artist, and yet also cannot imagine not being able to conjure up images of whatever. It is fascinating how the brain works! Even if we barely understand it!
minus-squareMagiilaro@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·22 days agoHaving a minds eye or not is a different thing from having a inner monologue or not. People can have both, one of it or none. Lack of an inner eye is called Aphantasia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantasia I have a inner monologue but not a glimpse of an inner eye.
I just think in concepts/abstractions, I don’t know how to explain it, lol.
I definitely don’t think in pictures, like other person said. My mind can’t create pictures out of thin air. That might be more like artists think I guess.
I am very very much not an artist, and yet also cannot imagine not being able to conjure up images of whatever.
It is fascinating how the brain works! Even if we barely understand it!
Having a minds eye or not is a different thing from having a inner monologue or not. People can have both, one of it or none.
Lack of an inner eye is called Aphantasia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantasia
I have a inner monologue but not a glimpse of an inner eye.