Do you hear your own audible voice when you think?

[Kaon]

Does the brain produce FM radio waves? I've never heard of that.

It can receive them. Transmitting them would require a super-power, likely.

But, it can produce regular radio waves; it is a series of bio-circuits. A change in the current produces a change in magnetic field - which produces an electric field by Faraday's Law. So it is definitely possible to produce electro/magnetic radiation, but the currents in the body aren't very large, and the field we produce is weak.

We likely produce a low frequency radio wave "buzz" that cannot be detected except by sensitive instruments. Some of us may emanate higher frequencies, some of us lower. But, the lowest radiation frequencies in the EM spectrum are radio waves. FM is pretty high frequency (energy) radio waves.

 

[Bobber]

A colleague of mine was amazed at something she just found out. I had never heard of it either.
What she read was that some people, when they are thinking, hear their own voice, audibly just like they are actually talking. They can look in the mirror and have an internal conversation with themselves... while hearing their voice.

This colleague, and others so we have found, do just that. They were baffled that myself and others could think and make decisions in the silence of our mind.

So, are you one who can think and have thoughts in silence... Or... do you hear your own voice in a audible dialog?

Um....yes....but it depends on what you mean.

But such a voice doesn't come from the human mind, but from the spirit. It's not a mental thing but rather spiritual. One will find if they fast a lot or just don't overindulge in food they can hear the spiritual aspect of their being more easier or one might find at least I do that when awaking out of sleep just a few moments afterwords they can hear their inner voice.

Reason for this I think the natural mind upon just awakening is still not fully activated. Now that voice can be the Holy Spirit speaking to one or your own spirit coming to know things from God but it is a reality.

Just about a week ago I was visiting a friend and I heard a voice within me to tell them their home would be like a LIGHT house to share the gospel. They looked stunned. They told me a few weeks back a minister told them their home would be a place where LIGHT would come forth. My words to them were a confirmation that what they heard before was from God.

Word of warning though...just because you hear a voice of something doesn't mean it's of God or even of your own spirit. If it tells you things that violate the principles of scripture than take the scripture first and chuck the message of the voice. And don't be on a quest to hear a voice. Let God decide how he directs you. Most times it's by circumstances that cannot be coincidental and you'll have a good feel in knowing yes this is what you should do...or maybe shouldn't.

 

[Lost4words]

I just hear the usual 'woofs' and 'barks'.

 

[Chesterton]

It is not about loudness. You will always be heard in your head no matter what is going on outside. Most likely, I would be thinking, "This is too loud!, I wonder how this will affect my hearing!" And I would hear the full sentence clearly in my head while thinking it.

I have another question. When you're talking to someone, do you hear the voice coming from your mouth and the voice of your thoughts simultaneously?

I believe we are saying that same thing, just in different ways. How do you know that you thought anything? What we call hearing, is the acknowledgement of your thought. It isnt an audible sound.
We say speak....you say think. We say hear.....you say that you just know you thought something.

Well wait. I thought you guys are saying it is an audible sound.

So now you are seeing things that arent there? Words floating in space? Im sure there is a disorder for that....

Visualization is not seeing with the eyes. But I wasn't trying to insult you. It's just the way you described the difficulty of sitting through a lecture sounded like...a difficulty.

 

[Chesterton]

It can receive them. Transmitting them would require a super-power, likely.

But, it can produce regular radio waves; it is a series of bio-circuits. A change in the current produces a change in magnetic field - which produces an electric field by Faraday's Law. So it is definitely possible to produce electro/magnetic radiation, but the currents in the body aren't very large, and the field we produce is weak.

We likely produce a low frequency radio wave "buzz" that cannot be detected except by sensitive instruments. Some of us may emanate higher frequencies, some of us lower. But, the lowest radiation frequencies in the EM spectrum are radio waves. FM is pretty high frequency (energy) radio waves.

Okay. So, do you hear your thoughts with your ears? If you place your hands tightly over your ears, can you still think?

 

[Kaon]

Okay. So, do you hear your thoughts with your ears? If you place your hands tightly over your ears, can you still think?

With your brain! You "hear" (interpret) with your brain!

It's amazing, right?

 

[RaymondG]

I have another question. When you're talking to someone, do you hear the voice coming from your mouth and the voice of your thoughts simultaneously?

No, this is not something easily done.....but I believe it possible. But thinking (talking in your head) usually stops when speaking begins. This is why we are told to think before your speak....e.g. talk to yourself before you talk to others......

Well wait. I thought you guys are saying it is an audible sound.

Not like you would hear music from a tv, no. But hearing is the best way to describe it. I sing the tone of a song in my head so that I can find it on the keyboard.... I would have to be hearing what I hum in my head to be able to match it with the sound I hear with my ears......

Visualization is not seeing with the eyes. But I wasn't trying to insult you. It's just the way you described the difficulty of sitting through a lecture sounded like...a difficulty.

Dont worry, words dont offend me....neither do I look for offense in them.....like I said....Im alien.

And yes......it is very hard to pay attention to one speaking outside,,,and yourself talking to yourself inside at the same time.

Just like it is hard to speak and think(talk to yourself in your head) at the same time, it is, likewise, hard to listen with your ear to one speaking outside, and listen to yourself (acknowledge that you are thinking) inside, simultaneously.

 

[Chesterton]

No, this is not something easily done.....but I believe it possible. But thinking (talking in your head) usually stops when speaking begins. This is why we are told to think before your speak....e.g. talk to yourself before you talk to others......

Well that would make it hard to tell a lie I guess. You're hearing yourself say "Yes, honey I took out the trash" and simultaneously hearing yourself thinking "I did not take out the trash". You could get mixed up.

Not like you would hear music from a tv, no. But hearing is the best way to describe it. I sing the tone of a song in my head so that I can find it on the keyboard.... I would have to be hearing what I hum in my head to be able to match it with the sound I hear with my ears......

Dont worry, words dont offend me....neither do I look for offense in them.....like I said....Im alien.

And yes......it is very hard to pay attention to one speaking outside,,,and yourself talking to yourself inside at the same time.

Just like it is hard to speak and think(talk to yourself in your head) at the same time, it is, likewise, hard to listen with your ear to one speaking outside, and listen to yourself (acknowledge that you are thinking) inside, simultaneously.

With your brain! You "hear" (interpret) with your brain!

It's amazing, right?

I think I'll have to give up trying to understand this. It seems ya'll are saying "hearing" but not really "hearing". I know I just think in silence, and I don't understand your experience.

 

[Kaon]

Well that would make it hard to tell a lie I guess. You're hearing yourself say "Yes, honey I took out the trash" and simultaneously hearing yourself thinking "I did not take out the trash". You could get mixed up.



I think I'll have to give up trying to understand this. It seems ya'll are saying "hearing" but not really "hearing". I know I just think in silence, and I don't understand your experience.

What does thinking in silence mean? I think this is fascinating if it is what I think it is.

 

[comana]

When I think or read I "hear" the thoughts and words in my mind as a voice. I would equate it to how you can hear and speak in dreams.

 

[Chesterton]

What does thinking in silence mean? I think this is fascinating if it is what I think it is.

For me, that's like asking what thinking is. I don't know how to answer that. I don't actually see them, but sometimes, in deliberate thought I vaguely imagine words flowing in a linear way. The majority of the time, like when I'm brushing my teeth and my mind's wandering around about nothing in particular, I don't imagine words.

 

[Kaon]

For me, that's like asking what thinking is. I don't know how to answer that. I don't actually see them, but sometimes, in deliberate thought I vaguely imagine words flowing in a linear way. The majority of the time, like when I'm brushing my teeth and my mind's wandering around about nothing in particular, I don't imagine words.

But no "thinking" sounds? No "internal monologues" you hear within you?

 

[Larniavc]

It is not up to you to determine whether internal monologues are a sign of psychosis from a social (or medical) point of view unless you are an actual neurologist or someone who specializes in the brain - which was my point: that people will just hear "you hear voices" even if you explain what it is you hear... even if it is not clinical psychosis.

Good job I’m a cognitive behavioural therapist who assesses and treats people who experience both an internal monologue and audio hallucinations.

And you’re off base with a neurologist. They do (unsurprisingly) nerves in the CNS. Wrong specialism.

 

[Larniavc]

Yes, as I said in an earlier post, I think in words, but more like linear text, nothing auditory.

Do you visually experience the words?

 

[RaymondG]

I think I'll have to give up trying to understand this. It seems ya'll are saying "hearing" but not really "hearing". I know I just think in silence, and I don't understand your experience.

I think I may have to give up on understanding your experience as well....it is very confusing.

How do you know you are thinking? How do you know what you are thinking if it isnt heard or seen? What do you call the acknowledgement of the thought? You ______the Thought. I would fill the blank with heard or saw......what would you fill it with?

 

[Robban]

I think I may have to give up on understanding your experience as well....it is very confusing.

How do you know you are thinking? How do you know what you are thinking if it isnt heard or seen? What do you call the acknowledgement of the thought? You ______the Thought. I would fill the blank with heard or saw......what would you fill it with?

How many thoughts does the average person have each day?

7, 70, 700, 7,000, 70,000?

 

[RaymondG]

How many thoughts does the average person have each day?

7, 70, 700, 7,000, 70,000?

Depends on how busy there are and how active their minds are. Some are always off in their own world of thought.....while others are more present.

I would say that both have their pluses and minuses....both spiritually and naturally.

 

[RaymondG]

I, for one cannot imagine not being able to converse with God in my mind........

Where do you all believe the Secret place.....the closet with the closed door....is?

 

[JacksBratt]

I think I may have to give up on understanding your experience as well....it is very confusing.

How do you know you are thinking? How do you know what you are thinking if it isnt heard or seen? What do you call the acknowledgement of the thought? You ______the Thought. I would fill the blank with heard or saw......what would you fill it with?

We do think, it's just differently. There are no audible words.

 

[JacksBratt]

How many thoughts does the average person have each day?

7, 70, 700, 7,000, 70,000?

When in doubt... pick (c).......