My husband is one of these people. And yes, he sleeps easily every night. Falls asleep in less than 2 minutes (I've timed it). I've asked him what goes through his head while on an elevator, he said 'nothing'.

I have a super active inner monologue and crazy vivid dreams but minutes after my head hits the pillow, I'm out. I did have terrible insomnia in high school, though. So I know the pain. But I seemed to grow out of it, thankfully.

That does not count for all of us... I can lie awake for hours and go through the things I have seen throughout the day or earlier in my life and "re-live" everything that happened. Its like watching a movie or old photos again and again. I guess its much the same like lying awake I reciting your inner monologue. :)

Some people think in images, text, senses and impressions. Is not necessarily that their minds aren't active. We're all just utilising different pathways.

No! Not having an inner monologue doesn't mean people don't have thoughts lol. I have no internal monologue and yet have awful insomnia.

I fall asleep very easily and I have my own narrator.

Man, I wish taht was true, but I'm afraid, ti doesn't work that way. Our brains might not form actual strings of words, but they still 'chatter away' constantly.

Actually not. I'm like this most of the time. It's more like thinking in images, only when I concentrated on words or speech than I have inner monologues. But in bed: many many pictures or scenes running in my head.

I don't think in words except when mentall rehearsing what to say to someone. Is that what they mean? Or is it something deeper than that?

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Not sure about the sleep thing, but they surly never shut up and verbalize almost everything.

Pass out as soon as I hit the bed - I think it’s mainly due to my inner monologue never shutting up throughout the day.

its like when you read a sentence, you dont actually hear a voice voice, but is a voice. kinda like imagine calling out your favorite person's name in your mind.

not the only one. but i hear a voice and talk to myself in my head. idk how u think tho without it

You sure are not Quinn.....these people sound like all having mental problems...

🤣 not exactly "voices" just my own... a monologue of free association thoughts, awarenesses, feelings, must do's, desires, fears, joys, etc.. It makes me feel alive. I think, therefore I am; for me anyway.

I did as well. I can't get my head around the fact people actually hear voices... in their thoughts. It's so weird!

Also, some people have multiple voices in their heads (like they are literally thinking two completely different things at once, all the time) and some don't. Some have a better or worse inner ear. My husband says "counting sheep" for him is actually an image of sheep jumping a fence (for me I can see a sheep but only one at a time so the idea of counting them is kinda pointless, I might as well forget the sheep and just count) but they're cartoons and they bleat when they jump. He can't imagine it without the sound. Everybody has such different experiences in their own mind and everyone generally assumes there's just one way to think but that's not true at all. It's quite fascinating! Have a conversation or three about this stuff, you'll learn a lot about the people in your life.

They do have a voice, but is a bad adviser.

I once made a small poll on a public comment section. There's several versions of inner voice: self-narrator, interview, monologue/talking to yourself in your head, dialogue, non-verbal (pictures etc.)

I have 4 voices in my head that I speak as

No, the words on the page just transform to pictures in my brain :)

I think talking to yourself counts as an inner voice.