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		vikaveri on June 13, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why can’t we remember being born or our first word... It's not that I'm incapable of having internal dialogue, it's just that it is putting in words others could understand a thought, or series of thoughts that happened in fraction of a time it takes to form a single sentence. The result of the thought process isn't something expressed in words, it's internalized knowledge, conclusion or decision

stackbutterflow on June 13, 2022 [–]

But maybe some people do lack the capability to have an internal dialogue. Why do you feel singled out?

vikaveri on June 13, 2022 | [–]

I don't feel singled out, I feel inclined to think that most people do have internal dialogue, but for some it's after the fact, it's not part of the thought process

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