Re. Some of the comments… I don’t think I would be distressed if my internal dialog stopped. It’s intermittent anyway, and can switch between auditory and visual. If it just went quiet for an extended while, that would not seem bad. [as a test, just after I wrote that I did 30 seconds with no internal monologue]
I kind of need the internal monolog to write code, for example, so it would be a problem if I could no longer write code in my head.
Re. Some of the comments… I don’t think I would be distressed if my internal dialog stopped. It’s intermittent anyway, and can switch between auditory and visual. If it just went quiet for an extended while, that would not seem bad. [as a test, just after I wrote that I did 30 seconds with no internal monologue]
I kind of need the internal monolog to write code, for example, so it would be a problem if I could no longer write code in my head.