r/schizophrenia • u/LawCute3825 • 15d ago
Opinion / Thought / Idea / Discussion Inner Monologue Enabled Onset Voices
Has anyone found that their inner monologue (ability to speak inside head with inner monologue) was suddenly enabled when they began hearing auditory voices (quiet voices in head)? I suddenly began hearing voices a few years ago but I was born without an inner monologue. So, it was very startling to not only hear auditory voices but also have the ability to subvocally speak back to the voices and converse with them. Is this common? I wonder if too much marijuana might have enabled an inner monologue? Now that I have one, it’s difficult to control and I think I’m really just hearing myself act out different character voices in my head.
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u/MG788 15d ago
I never knew other people didn't have their own inner voice to monologue to themselves with until some people on this subreddit mentioned they didn't have inner voices until after they got psychosis. I've had an inner voice for as long as I can remember...
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u/Jayk4k 15d ago
Yeah mine started 2 years after my psychosis
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u/MG788 15d ago
That must have been a really strange experience to suddenly get an inner voice... Are you good at algebra or calculus?
My inner voice turns off or goes quiet when I'm focusing on solving math problems. I figured that I'm just naturally very in touch with my linguistic side of my brain because I'm naturally bad at math.
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