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Me but not really

It’s my voice but it’s definitely not me because she refers to me. For instance when I need to get up in the morning it’s like “dude you have to get up you have so much to do and you can’t afford to have a late start.” In other words, it’s never coming through in the first person. So it’s like someone with my voice constantly talking to me I guess. She’s cool though, a little judgy at times, but really fucking funny and I couldn’t imagine living my life without her tbh. The biggest con to an internal monologue in my experience is that I can’t shut it off. And you can’t really ignore it because it’s in your head. It’s insane to me that people don’t have internal monologues, though. Like y’all are just thinking on mute? There’s no one else up there?

@suplauryn

Oct 3, 2024

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i either see visuals or hear a voice in my head

i can very very clearly picture entire scenarios play out like film scenes or just conjure up imagery related to whatever's on my mind. but if i'm just thinking random thoughts ("i need to pay my phone bill later" "fuck my stupid life" etc) i don't see anything and just hear my own voice in my head saying it to me. for instance typing this out right now i'm hearing it all in my own voice as i write

@princess

3d ago

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Part Self-instruction, part simulated dialogue

so about half the time my "internal monologue" is my own voice giving myself instructions (ex. "ok, i have ten minutes to spare. what should i do? i think i'm gonna pull up pi.fyi and look at posts until i have to get back to work."). it's not literally me listening to my own voice because i am conceptualizing the voice much faster than i (or any human) is capable of speaking, but it definitely coherently exists in my head as a fleshy .mp3 file, and it is definitely my voice. the other half of the time i am simulating social scenarios in my head. there are a variety of scenarios where i do this: sometimes i am actually rehearsing for a real social situation that is actually going to happen, sometimes i'm merely preparing for the possibility of a social situation, sometimes i'm trying to do a post-mortem on a situation that has already occurred so i can think about how to improve, and sometimes i'm just talking to an imaginary adversary in my head in order to find and plug holes in my worldview / philosophy etc. adding the caveat that if i am alone (or merely think i am alone) the "internal" monologue / conversation frequently becomes an external one, and i am sometimes ambushed by my partner and / or roommates who occasionally hear me passionately arguing with an imaginary person and i've just kind of made peace with the fact that i am going to appear casually schizophrenic to anyone who catches me doing this because i genuinely believe that actively trying to rehearse conversations and arguments in advance is what helped me get over my debilitating introversion to the extent that i have

@dotmatrices

Oct 2, 2024

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Eavesdropping

truly America’s pastime. I was reading in the park earlier and overheard a girl dishing about a breakup to her friend who was kinda implying she was in the wrong… and she was like “so did I lie? Yes. But I meant it at the time” and then explained to her friend how the NYT connections puzzles work. I only hope people are as thrilled when they listen in on my crazy ass. I love being nosy

@sabina

Mar 17, 2024

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Writhing around in bed

really just stretching your whole body so intensely you’re using muscles you didn’t even know you had and squeaking like a little mouse. wiggling like a worm on the sidewalk after it rains when you poke it with your shoe, but a little slower. maybe more snake than worm. but to each their own

@sabina

Feb 7, 2024

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RE-REC'D BY @sabina

Buckle up, team. tonight’s the night

Sleeping with the window Open

I feel like this is rec‘d once a week on here. 60° and a light breeze, take me away

@Shadowbeni

Apr 16, 2024

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