Linguist John McWhorter explains the phenomenon, "When we utter a word, we cannot help but mentally see an image of its written version. Whether they be in the form of verbal ponderings or abstract concepts, both types of inner narratives are normal and common. Like most aspects of life, our inner narratives exist in a spectrum the majority of the population has both visual and verbal internal reflections. What IS The Default Setting In Our Brains? Thousands of the responses to the tweet suggested that people simply couldn't imagine an inner narrative that didn't resemble the "default setting" in their brains. What Tweet Initiated The Inner Narrative Phenomenon?Ī viral tweet by provided the Twitterverse with a brief psychology lesson, suggesting that our inner voices not only sound different from each other, but some don't "speak" at all: " Fun fact: some people have an internal narrative and some don't As in, some people's thoughts are like sentences they "hear", and some people just have abstract non-verbal thoughts, and have to consciously verbalize them And most people aren't aware of the other type of person."
Extensive research has demonstrated that our individual personalities and experiences can drastically shape these verbal monologues. What Is An Inner Narrative?Īn inner narrative, also referred to as an internal monologue or self-talk, is the voice a person hears in their head while they are consciously attempting to "think something through." This voice is used by the brain as a constructive tool to facilitate cognitive and emotional processing, and is influenced by both our conscious and subconscious views of the world.
That little voice in your head - have you given much thought to what it says? Or rather, what it doesn't say? A recent post to Twitter has suddenly made people start to question what their inner narrative sounds like, and based on the viral tweet's nearly 30,000 replies, it's become clear that the ways in which our internal reflections manifest may be more different than we previously thought.
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