What does your mind 'sound like' to yourself?

[sonambulo]

Inspired by some thoughts in this thread.

So, what's it like in your head? I know this is a really unspecific way to ask the question but I'm not sure how to be clearer about this.

Whenever I'm watching film or television, a protagonist always simply voices his or her thoughts about a surrounding area and goes about his or her merry way. For me, it's not like this at all. I don't really 'converse' with myself or 'talk out' my thoughts; there's no use of dialogue or words in my own thoughts.

Whenever I interact with an object there's always so much superfluous information floating around but I'm just used to it. For example, if I were to pick up a glass I'm instantly 'aware' of so much information like what it's made of, any related physical or chemical confirmation relevant to it, memories of having used that same glass or others, etc. I'm guessing most people have the same experience and just kind of filter out the extra information?

edit: maybe this is all just sophomoric, crazy rambling. please let it be sophomoric, crazy rambling.

 

[LtPage1]

I totally talk out my thoughts, in the 1st and 2nd persons. Sometimes I narrate my life, too.

 

[Vegitto]

Well, I'm not THAT conscious about stuff, but I often kind of 'talk' to myself in my head.. But it's more like a list, as in, I've got to do this before I can do that yadda yadda yadda..

 

[Sqube]

I've come to realize over time that my mind free associates so much that it doesn't really "sound like" much of anything. If it were to sound like something, it'd probably be a cacophany.

I also daydream a lot, so... shit. It's a madhouse in there.

 

[Epic Fail]

Originally posted by: Sqube
I've come to realize over time that my mind free associates so much that it doesn't really "sound like" much of anything. If it were to sound like something, it'd probably be a cacophany.

I also daydream a lot, so... shit. It's a madhouse in there.

Similar too this and add in the curses.

 

[jagec]

It depends...sometimes I actually have a mental voice that "talks out" things, sometimes it's total free association, sometimes it's all shapes and colors, particularly when I'm doing some sort of mechanical work and I have to visualize how everything fits together, or when I'm designing a component and need to think about where it goes. Thank you, left brain!

And yes, I daydream a lot, too. Often really weird ones, with aliens and powered armor and general oddities.

 

[RandomFool]

I've got a good 3 or 4 people up there that figure things out for me.

 

[BrownTown]

Originally posted by: jagec
And yes, I daydream a lot, too. Often really weird ones, with aliens and powered armor and general oddities.

ZOMG too many computer games for you, you need to try to be normal and have dirty daydreams about all the girls you see like everyone else does, not aliens and armor and cr@p like that...

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: BrownTown

Originally posted by: jagec
And yes, I daydream a lot, too. Often really weird ones, with aliens and powered armor and general oddities.

ZOMG too many computer games for you, you need to try to be normal and have dirty daydreams about all the girls you see like everyone else does, not aliens and armor and cr@p like that...

Did I say that there were no girls involved?

 

[cdmccool]

Ever watch Scrubs? Kind of like that, just not as goofy.

 

[SlitheryDee]

I'm often aware of having fully formed thoughts and ideas but not being able apply them until they're translated into language in my head. It's only the work of fractions of a second, but for that time everything is on hold in my head until it's in english. I've often wondered if language itself isn't holding me back to some extent, because the thought was there before I put it into words, and the words don't always carry with them the full content of the thought. I've come to think of language as a sort of "lossy" compression of thought.

 

[eldorado99]

I don't know, I guess it sounds like beer.

 

[meltdown75]

my thoughts pretty much sound like me talking a lot and not shutting up. it's a constant struggle in terms of what to actually say and what to keep to myself. i get in trouble for TMI, blatant honesty and inappropriate comments quite a bit. i have a lot of ideas but i never write them down. i procrastinate intellectually and put everything off until the last minute. my mind is lazy and doesn't like to be bothered to go out of it's daily routine too much. i'm a dreamer and like to close my eyes and hope that everyone can experience happiness and bliss within their lives. if they can't, i'm not about to feel guilty because i can but i'm damn thankful and proud to be where i'm at.

 

[tasmanian]

I ussaly vocalize most of my thoughts since it ussaly helps me catch stuff. I day dream alot. Ive always wondered what it would be like if you and your best friend were the only people left on earth.

 

[da loser]

it's the same voice i use to read

 

[Aluvus]

It sounds like George Costanza.

 

[Kadarin]

I just wish the voices would stop screaming at each other...

 

[cherrytwist]

Charlie Kaufmaun in Adaptation:

I am old. I am fat. I am bald. My
toenails have turned strange. I am
repulsive. How repulsive? I don't know
for I suffer from a condition called Body
Dysmorphic Disorder. I am fat, but am I
as fat as I think? My therapist says no,
but people lie. I believe others call me
Fatty behind my back. Or Fatso. Or,
facetiously, Slim. But I also believe
this is simply my own perverted form of
self-aggrandizement, that no one really
talks about me at all. What possible
interest is an old, bald, fat man to
anyone? I am repulsive. I have never
lived. I blame myself. I -

I'm not bald, or fat, but generally walk around with the notion that people can see right through me (read: neurotic).