> I’m also realizing that that when people describe that they can hear the sound of their voice in their head (a train of thought), that it wasn’t just a metaphor. But my thoughts are silent.
I call that "my brain," and I tell it to shutup a few times each day. It feels like thoughts I'm not in control of, I'm just listening to them. Usually, they're off-topic. Often, I don't even like them.
Although I'm not sure I could swear they aren't silent. I relate to a "voice" in my head, but it's definitely not a third-party narrator, and it's certainly not auditory. It's more like I'm imagining a voice saying the words (generally at a pace that is much faster than I speak).
So, as proposed in some other comments, I think I can see how either description would fit me, and how people might view their own inner thoughts as either voiced or silent, even if those inner thoughts were identical to mine.
I call that "my brain," and I tell it to shutup a few times each day. It feels like thoughts I'm not in control of, I'm just listening to them. Usually, they're off-topic. Often, I don't even like them.
Although I'm not sure I could swear they aren't silent. I relate to a "voice" in my head, but it's definitely not a third-party narrator, and it's certainly not auditory. It's more like I'm imagining a voice saying the words (generally at a pace that is much faster than I speak).
So, as proposed in some other comments, I think I can see how either description would fit me, and how people might view their own inner thoughts as either voiced or silent, even if those inner thoughts were identical to mine.