Internal dialog

[SDRSpark]

I see that my wording might have been imperfect, "need" wasn't really an operative word.
You pretty much nailed what I was trying to say.

I don't know that there is a concise way to explain such a concept. We do the best we can.

 

[AHClemist]

It's kind of like I have an Internal world and an external world. I can decide who lives in the internal world and sometimes those characters change or grow. I have complete control there, it's a simulation program I can run, not a compulsion. Sometimes what happens in the internal world has effects on the external or the other way around. If something happens at work or in a social situation, I might take that event inside and play around with it, learn from it and the next time I encounter something similar I will be able to react differentily.

I have also started to write down stories from this internal world. When I reread them, or even by writing, I can gain insights about myself. It's part journaling part strict self-analysis.

 

[SusanLR]

To put it another way, if I my internal dialogue were to cease I would feel like I lost one of my senses. It would be like being blind, or deaf. I wouldn't know how to function in the world

It is there constantly.
If not my inner thought dialogue then it's songs.
Never a moment of silence in my mind except for sleep without dreams.
And I would feel the same way without it. Like a part of me wasn't working.

The closest I ever felt to having it silenced was when I took Prozac.
I hated it. I said it was like my brain had a shot of novacaine!

 

[Kirsty]

or a recent invitation by a pushy new family member for us to drive for seven hours and attend a relative's surprise party.

What the hell did I just read??? I’d stay away from that.

 

[Streetwise]

What the hell did I just read??? I’d stay away from that.

Her family haven’t got the message the only way it worked for me was to cut myself off completely

 

[ezcare]

Do you have this never ending dialog (or monologue maybe) in your head? It's almost like you silently discuss things with yourself all the time.

I used to think this was the norm--that everyone had the same experience. Now I realize that it is just another one of my Aspie traits. For me, it works like two computer processors trying to reconcile their files. Whenever a particular question comes up, one of my computers spits out all of the information I have stored on the topic. The other maps the information to any supporting or disputing details I have stored. Sometimes the result is zero sum and balanced. Other times several details may fail to reconcile. When that happens I can go for days trying to work it out.

 

[Pats]

constant yes.

 

[Progster]

Yes, it helps me to process/work through problems.

 

[Sabrina]

Yes, all the time, and I thought everybody did it. Lately I talk with my imaginary husband and parents.

 

[Lemongrab]

My internal dialogue keeps changing accents.