Yeah. Same. The pictures on the radio are so, so much better than the ones on the tv or movie screen. Also, the revelation I had when I realised that not everyone keeps a history timeline in their head - that really shook me. Iâve read a lot of history over the years, and that timeline just keeps getting more and more detailed and multibranched. I canât imagine living without it now. It gives me perspective and I really value that. Canât even begin to imagine what it must be like to not have that context - particularly nowadays.
Comment on Discussion Thread đ Wednesday 20 August 2025
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Today I found out that some people donât see images in their head or have an internal monologue.
Wild.
Couldnât imagine reading a book without it playing like a movie in my head.
Or the definitely funny internal commentary Iâm making about my daily life lol
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
I have books, files and filing cabinets in my head. I just find the file and turn the pages. New information is catalogued. This is also how I perform in exams, I just read the pages in my head. Unless itâs analysis or calculations and then I plan the problem solving.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Ooh aphantasia (and hyperphantasia)âŚ
Such an interesting thing.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
I love reading plays and screenplays , always have had . I play them in my head. đ
so, Oliver Sacks has a whole book on the subject ( he had mild face blindness ) en.wikipedia.org/âŚ/The_Mind's_Eye_(Sacks_book)
I used to think everyone was the same but itâs actually pretty rare.
SituationCake@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Itâs fascinating how different peoples brains work. I too was astounded when I found out some people couldnât imagine images. Exactly like what you said, whatâs it like to read a book? But I guess if you donât know any different then itâs just fine. Brains are wild.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
evoke
and there is recall of images
and creation of images, making a new picture
RustyRaven@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Iâm not convinced. People donât mean the same thing when they say âinternal monologueâ so itâs not that clear whether the differences are that big.
Is an internal monologue like having a narrator talking constantly? Is it actually like hearing an external sound, or is it an awareness of the concept of the sounds and words along with all the other bits of meaning and fragmented thoughts that run through my brain? If you donât have any sort of internal monologue how do you ever manage to speak or write? Does writing something down feel like someone else has taken control of your hands and leave you surprised when you read it, because you donât have the idea in your head forming words first?
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Thatâs a good point.
I suppose for me the odd one is the image thing. Can you visualise, in your minds eye⌠a (something absurd say a giraffe headbutting a panda)? Some people just canât.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Well, Iâm not sure a giraffe could headbut a panda, the angles are all wrong.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
aha! so you can visualise a giraffeâs head missing the panda!
itâs a very complex topic lol.
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
For me it works very like Pratchettâs Third Thoughts. I find myself watching my own reactions and speech as if they were happening to other people. And adding footnotes inside my head about what I really intended to mean/say/do (never spoken or Iâd be tarred and feathered and run out of town probably). Thatâs the short version - the longer more accurate version WOULD get me tarred & feathered etc. I think.