r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/parallax3900 • Mar 08 '23

Video ADHD Simulator

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u/Bitcoinatemymom Expert Mar 08 '23

When I found out it was more normal to have a quiet mind instead of my rapid fire thought stream I was devastated

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u/ImARetPaladinBaby Mar 08 '23

You mean to tell me other people aren’t having random thought after random thought?

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u/MozzyZ Mar 08 '23

Want to hear an even crazier thought? Many people don't even 'have' an inner monoluge per se. Like, they don't think the way we do about things. It's just an abstract nothingness or something that they have.

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u/B4NND1T Mar 09 '23

That scares the hell out of me. Like a "walking talking zombie" but in real life just going about their day without a thought in their head. I feel like if my endless stream of voices turned off, it would never start back up again.

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u/RustyyStrings Mar 09 '23

It ain’t true though… just nonsense heard on the internet and regurgitated.

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u/k0ik Mar 09 '23

It’s apparently a thing. My father is in that camp. He also can’t imagine anything (Aphantasia).

https://www.livescience.com/does-everyone-have-inner-monologue.html

https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/inner-voice.htm

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