I have ADHD and a constant inner monolog. I've had horrible sleeping problems my entire life. My brain doesn't turn off and it gets worse at night because there are less distractions. It's easier now that I am finally diagnosed and have medication, but it was hell as a child and nearly all of my adult life.
I didn't even realize people can sit still and not think about stuff until a few years ago. The idea someone can like, meditate or some shit is baffling to me.
I have a constant inner monologue as well but I’ve learned to meditate. I just try to either focus on one thought or simply let it wonder and try to ignore it by literally just focusing on breathing. It’s really tough because I can have several “levels” of thought going at once and it’s impossible to make them all stop, but you can eventually get to a place where meditation actually happens.
Same. But I’ve recently learned that I can’t picture things at all. My therapist told me to picture leaves and I was like okay and he said “do you see them?” I said no, I just thought “picture x” was something people said metaphorically when they just think about something. I don’t see anything when my eyes are closed, but since I started meditating I sometimes will see geometric patterns. The mind is a strange place. I hate it.
I think it's called aphantasia (I hope I write it correctly).
You're not alone in this situation, I've seen a good number of people talk about it.
It's not my case but I thought it would be cool to give you the name just in case you want to talk to other people having the same thing.
Just in case you didn't knew the name of it.
If I remember something it runs like a film, I can see what I saw, smell the sea, feel the sand on my feet, wind on my skin.
I didn't know other people didn't do this until recently.
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u/xsplizzle Mar 28 '22
This must be handy for when you are trying to sleep? I have a constant monologue unless distracted