Billybobjimjoejeffjr t1_j2bjq14 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 1:04 AM

Reply to comment by dgz345 in Every single person in the world who reads a novel will have a different image of the characters and scenes that they read by JenJen3508

I also have aphantasia. I usually do listen to music while gaming if i get tired of the games music (usually when playing roguelikes). I also listen to music while doing pretty much anything i dont like doing to entertain myself.

Also i got an inner monologue.

dgz345 t1_j2ctcok wrote on December 31, 2022 at 7:53 AM

Ok so I do not have inner monologues. Its quiet all the time for me on the head. Me myself I can't really lisen to music while playing games because I can't concentrate then.

I guess it's not connected with aphantasia.

Billybobjimjoejeffjr t1_j2cxr1x wrote on December 31, 2022 at 8:51 AM

Yeah people with and without aphantasia can have a quiet mind or a inner monologue.

When youre really focused thinking about something do you think in words then? or is it some kind of other thought process? Ive heard people usually think in images when they dont have an inner monologue but i guess that wouldn't be how you do it.

dgz345 t1_j2d6axm wrote on December 31, 2022 at 10:49 AM

I "speak" the words with closed mouth when I think. I think. It feels like the muscles in my throat is moving sightly when I think. So when I'm thinking I'm speaking for myself kinda. It's hard for me to think stuff if I'm trying to not move my muscles in the throat kinda.

Billybobjimjoejeffjr t1_j2db6le wrote on December 31, 2022 at 11:55 AM

Thats interesting. I do that sometimes when im thinking about talking. When I get too focused on it i'll start mouthing and making facial expressions.

nightsky77 t1_j2d3vbe wrote on December 31, 2022 at 10:15 AM

I wrote an essay about this based on this research:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34721222/

Your condition is called anauralia. I looked it up because I’m aphantasic and just talk to myself all the time.

dgz345 t1_j2d6wzy wrote on December 31, 2022 at 10:58 AM

Interesting I'll read the full text soon. I hate reading :) but I read the abstract. I'm shit at short term memory I think but my longterm memory is kinda good I would say. I don't really listen to music and I don't plan stuff but my logic thinking is considered great. I've always had an easy time for maths and patten recognition.