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[–] [email protected] 73 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (20 children)

I have a friend at work who openly confessed to not being able to mentally create images when discussing why he wasn't into reading books.

I was like "Wow, I can't really imagine your reality for myself, that sounds strange."

he said, "Now you're getting it, as I can't imagine it, either."

Video games and film though? 1000X more entertaining for him via his testimony. He can't conjure those images so seeing someone else's interpretation is often thrilling.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 weeks ago (16 children)

I can't really do that either and I read books.

I also do have an inner monologue which might be a part of it.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (15 children)

Wait are there people without inner monologue?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah! I don't think I do in the sense some people do, in the sense that some people describe having a narrator or something like that. If I am to think in words or sentences it takes a little more effort and happens when I'm thinking about talking to someone or putting things into words, whereas my passive thinking is generally wordless, and more conceptual/spacial/tactile.

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