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throwaway290today at 9:07 AM3 repliesview on HN

> are there people with no intrusive thoughts whatsoever?

There are people with no internal monologue whatsoever.


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Lerctoday at 2:29 PM

I have no internal monologue, but I certainly have intrusive thoughts. They just aren't in words.

volemotoday at 10:20 AM

I think every verbal person has the ability to “speak” phrases in their mind; people without an internal monologue (as is, I suppose, the case for me) just don’t need / tend to do that with every thought they have.

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idiotsecanttoday at 1:43 PM

Of course someone without an internal monologue can have intrusive thoughts! Do you think intrusive thoughts have to come in the form of a monologue? You don't have intrusive 'scenes' in your everyday experience?

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