there’s been a lot of talk about internal monologues recently, what exactly does it mean? and how can i tell if i have one?

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there’s been a lot of talk about internal monologues recently, what exactly does it mean? and how can i tell if i have one?

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I think i have an explanation that it happens to people who know more than 1 language. I know 2 langs and dont have internal monologue either.

You know words that have a meaning in 1 language but doesnt have an analog in the second langauge, and somehow you stop thinking in words, but in concepts instead. This maybe enables you to translate. Especially when translating idioms.

I learned english when i was a child and i dont remember if i had internal monologue before, but im sure i dont have now. I do definitely think, i just dont have a voice, unless i want to, but then im thinking about how to say the monologue more than thinking itself, so its distracting.
Sometimes though when thinking about a really tough problem, i can catch myself having some sort of monologue, but the thing is its *never* in my native langauge. And if i “say” something its often some kind of a key word because it emphasizes something important, its almost never a sentence.

And im not fluent in english so ig for people who are, the internal monologue just disappears entirely. Now imagine how a person who knows 10 langs thinks.

Idk thats my theory, but seems logical.