[ljf]

I have full on conversations when I'm alone, with myself, with other people, maybe with myself as a child or at some point I'm thinking about.

I can hear the voices with different sounds - just like my friends voices - as I type this I loudly hear this in my own voice.

I always assumed everyone was like this, but of friends I've spoken to about this I'd say it is 50/50.

Sounds so quiet in your head! Must be peaceful. I imagine mine is linked to (or part of my) adhd (though my I don't have a formal diagnosis).

[dleslie]

It's not ADHD, many people do not have any inner monologue.

Here's an interview with someone like that which goes into detail on how she experiences the world:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/inner-monologue-...

[ljf]

Interesting. But to be clear, I was only linking my loud internal voice to my adhd.

It is that voice that is always pulling my thoughts in different directions (or just narrating the journeys my inner mind is taking).

I used to play music to drown out the 'noise' and focus, but these days I either 'use' it by myself narrating what I am doing or wanting to do, or tune it out through activities like walking or cycling alone. When I talk (in person) to others it goes away, also.

[escapedmoose]

I also have an annoyingly loud perpetual inner voice and suspect I may have ADHD (for other reasons). Do you also always have a song stuck in your head? There’s never a moment of inner silence for me, and I’m wondering if that’s common for people with ADHD

[ljf]

Not always a song, but nearly always a noise, it is rarely a quiet time for me. But lately I've been taking an 'out and return' walk where I walk along the bott of a cliff face and marvel at the formations - then walk back (once I've finished my coffee) doing a litter pick. Both these things seem to calm my inner thoughts, though lately with the solitude of the walk I've started to really enjoy singing out loud as loud as I can - also fun!

[germinalphrase]

“ I have full on conversations when I'm alone, with myself, with other people, maybe with myself as a child or at some point I'm thinking about”

I am the same.

[jamiek88]

I’m the same and I’m diagnosed with adhd too.

I’ll have follow on conversations from when I was 8 years old!

[ljf]

Totally! I'll remember some silly experience and the 'meditate' on that, working through various options or ideas, replaying or changing what happened and why. Can be so boringly minor, but my mind obviously needs it as some level.