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When we think (at least when I think, anyway..) we think in our voice, or some voice, or pictures, or something, or both. Mostly, what I am trying to get at here, is: 1.) How do you think...mostly pictures, voice (what kind of voice?), etc... 2.) Have you ever thought in a different way? 3.) If you have a voice-connected thought process (you think in words, as though you were talking to yourself), how does it work, exactly? Can you "shout" inside your head? How does remembering pictures work for you? 4.) Do you remember people more by a.) their name, b.) their face, c.) their personality/persona, d.) details/facts about them, or, e.) none of the above 5.) Where do you think the voice in your head (if you think in a voice) is sounding from...to refrase this, does it sound in your head, or your hand...could you make yourself think the voice is coming from your hand (I tried, and failed). 6.) Do you think in multiple voices? How so? 7.) Is there anyone who thinks in printed word? 8.) Do you ever think without words? Describe. 9.) For people who have learned a second language fluently...which do you think in? Both? The original language? The new one? Before you learned the second language, how was your thought process different (if at all)? Be thoughtful in your replies! Get it? THOUGHTful? Heh.

2009-06-24 15:33:00 Author: Orangutan Posts: 6

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1) Voices, which sound like my own. But also in images, when I need to figure out how to climb up a wall or any other physical activity. 2) See above. Pictures (as in movies) or my own voice depending on what I think about. 3) I don't think I can shout inside my head. I never tried it to be honest. I remember pictures as pictures. 4) B, C and D. It takes me ages to remember names. 5) Somewhere at the top of my head. Sometimes more in the middle sometimes more towards the back. 6) I can change the voice in my head like I can my normal voice, probably even better. I rarely do so though. 7) I remember printed words (photographic memory), but I don't think in printed or written words. 8) Erm, images for instance. 9) I speak two languages fluently and I think in both of them, but use my second language more often because that the language I talk, write and hear almost everyday. Before I learned the language I only thought in my first language. In general its a wild mixture of words I know in different languages. I just use what comes to my head first, which often results in rather strange sentence structures when talking to other people Edit: Fun Fact about my thought will creating levels: While I'm creating I mostly see the level as it would be seen in by someone who walks through the level. That is to say in first person perspective.

2009-06-24 15:53:00 Author: Syroc Posts: 3193

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I think in a mixture of pictures and my own voice depending on what i'm doing at the time. For example if i'm just commenting on something it's sort of like i'm talking to myself. But if i'm doing something that requires imagery such as describing an image or drawing something i'll be able to see that image quite clearly in my head. I can't say i think in pictures but if i say something like 'Taco!' in my head then i'll get a clear image of what i said. I'm not sure if i could say i've thought in a different way but i've definatly been in a different state of mind, usually it just depends on my mood. What i like though is if I'm completely immersed in a game that requires a lot of quick thinking it becomes subconscious and it's almost as if i'm watching myself play it For me remembering pictures is quite simple. Like i said before I sort of just say the word in my head and I have the image right there ready for me I don't have to focus on specific details on the image to remember all of it, but if I can easily add extra details to my mental image if i don't remember/think of them straight away. I usually remember people by their face like most people do, but i can easily recognize voices and sometimes personalities. Guess there's nothing unusual there The voice is always coming from my head - I don't think i could make myself hear that voice from my hand if i wanted to I can't think with multiple voices either, I guess I have a very linear thought process because I struggle to focus on more than one thing at a time. (I'm not entirely sure what I mean by any of that ) For example if i'm told to remember the numbers "2, 5, 9" I have to say them in my head in sequence if that makes sense. If i wanted to I could remember the 3 numbers visually but I don't do that very often with things like words and numbers. I definatly don't think in printed words. I'd imagine anyone who did is a very visual thinker because printed words are basically images. I don't know a second language but i've always wanted too I'd love to be able to think in a different language.

2009-06-24 16:21:00 Author: Dexiro Posts: 2100

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1.) i think with a voice. its always my voice. i also sometimes think with pictures. 2.) well, i sometimes read words (on the computer or from a book etc) aloud. except its not really aloud, because its in my head. hard to explain... 3.) its pretty much just me talking to myself, but with out the actual talking. and yeah, i can shout, whisper, sing, anything in my head. i normally dont remember the exact picture, but rather the basic concept... 4.) i remember them by their name, face and personality. i sometimes remember things that happened with them. like what they did at that one party, or what we did last time we went to hang out, etc. 5.) definitely from my head. it'd be weird if it was any where else. im not going to think with my foot >.> 6.) Do you think in multiple voices? How so? i think in my own voice. unless im imagining how something will play out (as in like... how someone will react to something i say or do, for example). then i will think in my own voice, plus the person who i am "talking" to's voice. 7.) why would any one think in printed words? their heads must be pretty silent o.o 8.) i think with pictures occasionally. thats about it. 9.) well. i dont know a second language fluently... but when im learning another language (spanish class etc) i try to sound out the different words in my head.

2009-06-24 22:06:00 Author: gofurr360z Posts: 886

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There are voices in my head, but the problem is that they are speaking in Spanish, so I have no idea what they are saying.

2009-06-24 22:53:00 Author: BSprague Posts: 2325

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The voice in my head is my voice now, but deeper. I can't really explain how to see my thoughts, but imagine eyes in the back of you head, backwards. Something like that.

2009-06-25 06:45:00 Author: TheMarvelousHat Posts: 542

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1.) I think i think in a mix both voice other sounds and images, sences 2.) all the time, like the difference between when your a little kid and you dont really know whats going on you just sort of act impulsively and without much carefull thought. Call it inteligent animalistic thought if such a thing can exist 3.)Thinking to myself yeah its sort of like reading, the words are there but your not literally hearing them. Its like talking with your mouth closed. Can i shout? Yes, its a good wake up call. Sort of like in a dream where people are talking, you can hear them but your not listening to them, 4.) Oh man im horrible with names for like the first week but after that ill never forget one,remembering all those other things comes naturally but can vary depending on how close i am to the person. 5.) Head, deffinately head, if im in a bit of a stuppor and not thinking clearly i could probably think from my hand but not when im fully concious and alert. 6.) I dont but i can if i feel like it. 7.) Not really sure what this means like they see words in there head of everything they think? if so then no 8.) All the time, especially when thinking about a memory, i can remember through smells, sounds or any sense. And even with normal thinking hearing a car crash can convey danger without hearing the word danger. 9.) Ah this came up in heroes, im not personally bilingual (though i did one time wake up too early and think in the little spanish i knew till i realized what i was doing). Ive asked this to my japanesse friend and he says he thinks in english not japanesse. I think it may just be whatever language you use most. like i could think in pig latin but i hardly even use it so why think in it?

2009-06-25 07:17:00 Author: redmagus Posts: 667

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I think through voice and music. Whenever I'm not thinking with my voice, I play music off the top of my head, and it can be a recurring melody or song that either I've made up or I have listened to previously. I rarely ever use pictures, unless...

2009-06-25 07:57:00 Author: KoRnDawwg Posts: 1424

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1.) Weird shapes correspond to certain things; some simple like an egg shaped object for an egg but others are weird and I can't really describe them. There's also text sometimes; it's basically a collage on anything I know or think about that object. 2.) I imagine so but I can't remember what it was like before. 3.) I remember pictures mostly through a thing a bit like '1'; I effectivly make a gif. of the image so it's got a bit of noise but I remember where everything is. 4.) When I think of someone I see their face, a brief sort of signpost image (the basic ones like on air plane safety leaflets) which normally relates to something about them and with people whose voices I remember I also hear a mashup of their most used phrases. 5.) The middle towards the back; though depending on my mood it will change its location. 6.) Not really; when I think in a foreign language it's different of course also when it's a mimicry of another voice but it's only a deliberate action. 7.) ... 8.) ... 9.) Well I'm not fluent in German but my thought process is mostly done by observation so it's not really language specific.

2009-06-25 07:58:00 Author: Shermzor Posts: 1330

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this thread is cool!

2009-06-25 08:26:00 Author: Yarbone Posts: 3036

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Auditory hallucinations are a common symptom of psychosis. I recommend that you admit yourself to the nearest mental asylum and tell your consultant psychiatrist all about it. He can help you to function as a valued and productive member of society by electro-shocking your brain and injecting your buttocks with a cocktail of psychoactive chemicals.

2009-06-25 09:28:00 Author: Ungreth Posts: 2130

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Auditory hallucinations are a common symptom of psychosis. I recommend that you admit yourself to the nearest mental asylum and tell your consultant psychiatrist all about it. He can help you to function as a valued and productive member of society by electro-shocking your brain and injecting your buttocks with a cocktail of psychoactive chemicals. err... lol. what's that about? xD

2009-06-25 09:31:00 Author: Yarbone Posts: 3036

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When we think (at least when I think, anyway..) we think in our voice, or some voice, or pictures, or something, or both. Mostly, what I am trying to get at here, is: 1.) How do you think...mostly pictures, voice (what kind of voice?), etc... Mostly voice. Especially when reading something. I'm quite a fast reader (ever since I was young), which could be because of the way I interpret written word. It's a mix of voice and text. I guess I could say I have a mixed photographic and audio-based memory? 2.) Have you ever thought in a different way? I think in a lot of ways. To be honest, it mainly depends on how tired I am. If I have a lot of energy, my mind is buzzing with different inter-connected thoughts. When I'm really tired, I tend to focus on one, progressive thing, usually in a visual form. 3.) If you have a voice-connected thought process (you think in words, as though you were talking to yourself), how does it work, exactly? Can you "shout" inside your head? How does remembering pictures work for you? I'm not sure how to pin down this one. I don't think I could shout inside my head, because the voice doesn't have any physical presence to me. I just hear it repeating back whatever I'm thinking. 4.) Do you remember people more by a.) their name, b.) their face, c.) their personality/persona, d.) details/facts about them, or, e.) none of the above All of the above, I'd say. I also have one single image for most people that epitomises them (esp. for people I no longer see (ie, from my old school)). 5.) Where do you think the voice in your head (if you think in a voice) is sounding from...to refrase this, does it sound in your head, or your hand...could you make yourself think the voice is coming from your hand (I tried, and failed). I don't "hear" it anywhere. I just...hear it? It's complicated to describe, but it's similar to the effect of having two earphones in. You don't hear the sound from any one point - it's in your head. 6.) Do you think in multiple voices? How so? If I'm remembering somebody speak, it's in their voice. If I'm reading something that someone's written, I sometimes put it in their voice (or what I think their voice is if I don't know them) 7.) Is there anyone who thinks in printed word? Remember - sometimes. Think - rarely. 8.) Do you ever think without words? Describe. Sometimes. Strong emotions/memories, I see as images or memories of the actual event. Esp. with memories, I see the actual memory, not just the facts about what happened. 9.) For people who have learned a second language fluently...which do you think in? Both? The original language? The new one? Before you learned the second language, how was your thought process different (if at all)? Not fluently, but I do sometimes attempt to translate thoughts into the languages I'm learning to help me on my way

2009-06-25 09:38:00 Author: dawesbr Posts: 3280

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err... lol. what's that about? xD ^ Confusion and disorientation are common symptoms of senile dementia. But don't panic, because you can still suffer your mental decine with a sense of dignity! Simply ask your family to place you in a nursing home where you can vegetate in a puddle of drool while caring support workers attend to your holistic needs with cold flannels, latex gloves and glycerine suppositories.

2009-06-25 10:00:00 Author: Ungreth Posts: 2130

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^ Confusion and disorientation are common symptoms of senile dementia. But don't panic, because you can still suffer your mental decine with a sense of dignity! Simply ask your family to place you in a nursing home where you can vegetate in a puddle of drool while caring support workers attend to your holistic needs with cold flannels, latex gloves and glycerine suppositories. O_o uhm... I actually think almost everybody thinks this way. With a voice in your head. It's not like you're sick if you think like this. Or am i misunderstanding you?

2009-06-25 21:59:00 Author: Yarbone Posts: 3036

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Oh boy... my thoughts... 1.) My voice is a physical being by the name of Chaiotix. He is like my guardian angel, talking me out of dark situations and usually serves as my common sense. I think by usually thinking about what he'd do in the situation I'm in. He gives some handy advice. 2.) Yes. Sometimes, I just focus on one image, and observe the many morales within the image. And, other times, other voices talk to me (like God :hero. But usually, Chaio talks to me. 3.) Depends on the situation. The more serious the situation, the more stern and powerful his voice gets. The more odd, the more confused he sounds. He works like my emotions; the situation is presented, and he responds in the appropriate manner (usually). 4.) Everything except their names. Only half of the time do I remember a name (I still confuse Heath Ledger from Hugh Hefner ). 5.) It comes from Chaiotix himself. For some reason, my mind has personified this "angelic advisor" as an actual being. He comes from God and abides by God, so you can say my thoughts come from God's messanger (I'm Catholic and proud:star. 6.) Yes. Sometimes I project my confusion as a flurry of voices coming from all over. Other times, different personas are personified and discuss over what I should do (sorta like an angel or devil over your shoulder ). And whatever that verdict is, I usually respond to the situation in the same manner. 7.) Pictures, yes. Phrases, yes. Sounds, yes. Specifics, yes. Numbers, usually. Words... nuh-uh. Not by a long shot (unless it's in a picture). 8.) Yes. Ever since I got Flower (yes, a guy who has Flower, ladies :blush, I sometimes retreat to the tree you bloom in the first level. Helps me relieve myself of stress and slows down my train of thought. Literally, my thoughts are like unstoppable cargo trains. You try stopping it and VA-MOOSH!!; slams you right in the face. Kinda hurts. 9.) Being an American, I don't learn languages (yet); I learn slangs. Sometimes, though, Chaio talks in foreign tounges to various people, translating their thoughts to me. Sure, sometimes I think in gibberish (whatever that is), but usually I think in American English. Now you know how I think. Excuse me while I give myself a common-sense slap.

2009-06-26 04:31:00 Author: Outlaw-Jack Posts: 5757

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Personally I have a very cinematic mind. I see alot of think in action with people, sometimes me included, like a movie kinda playing in my head. This is in general but there are different ways my mind speaks. I have that voice, voice of reason I would say. It "speaks", like me talking to myself. I also have "feeling". It's not "words" but it tells me something. Intuition? I don't know what it is but I understands it. Lastly I have a special function that starts a song in my mind. Then it never wants to stop. This until I listen to the actually song and pay attention to the lyrics. More often than not, the song tells something about my mood, my day or what's happening in my mind. .

2009-06-27 00:56:00 Author: RangerZero Posts: 3901

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O_o uhm... I actually think almost everybody thinks this way. With a voice in your head. It's not like you're sick if you think like this. Or am i misunderstanding you? lol i think your being messed with, but dont worry, dillusional notions are a common occurance for those suffering from advanced stages of mental deterioration

2009-06-27 03:32:00 Author: redmagus Posts: 667

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