| Troll_Whisperer said: Edit: Actually, I'm gonna ask you: what do you tell yourself? In what situations do you think in words? Can you give me examples? I'm curious about this. |
I don't know about moza but after thinking about it (lolpun) I think people experience a mixture of both
For instance while thinking about your post and how I was going to reply to it, I thought in words 100%, just assembling ideas and sentences with thought. Also, I can intentionally think about something and it'll feel like me talking
I also realized that I don't actually stop and think about much throughout my day, if at all. If a random thought does happen to pop up in my head (especially if unintentional) then it usually represents itself as an idea/concept rather than words/sentences, especially if the corresponding word is unknown/hard to describe, like the face of a pretty girl whose name I didn't know, the word girl didn't pop into my head either, just the face. Regarding feelings like hunger/thirst or heat/cold and the sort, I doubt most people would think up sentences for that stuff either
One example is just now I was thinking of what I was going to have for breakfast tomorrow, the idea of sunny side up eggs with a runny yolk immediately popped into my head but my corresponding word for that thought was just 'eggs'. When I remembered that I wanted extra salt I saw salt and thought 'salt'. Is it different for you?
OT: The fact that the words were 'eggs' and 'salt' means I was thinking in english lol
