PexelsEveryone is different and I’m not just talking about the fact some people are introverts and some people are extroverts, or that some people are outdoorsy and others prefer to be tucked up inside watching Netflix.
I’m talking about right down to the way we think.
Sure, we’re all human, but it turns out the inner thoughts inside our minds are so very different.
PexelsThink about when you’re casually sitting minding your own business, thinking about what you’re going to have for dinner that night.
Some of us might be sitting there saying to ourselves: ‘Well, I might have pasta, because I’ve got that chicken in the fridge that needs using, or I might grab a pizza’. Before you know it, you’re having a full on conversation with yourself.
And, to most people that would sound obvious and completely natural, but it turns out not everyone can do that and the internet is having a full on breakdown.
The revelation comes after someone on Twitter, who goes by the name of Kyle Plant Emoji, revealed that some people just have abstract non-verbal thoughts and ‘have to consciously verbalise them’.
Fun fact: some people have an internal narrative and some don't
As in, some people's thoughts are like sentences they "hear", and some people just have abstract non-verbal thoughts, and have to consciously verbalize them
And most people aren't aware of the other type of person
— Kyle🌱 (@KylePlantEmoji) January 27, 2020
He wrote:
Fun fact: some people have an internal narrative and some don’t
As in, some people’s thoughts are like sentences they “hear”, and some people just have abstract non-verbal thoughts, and have to consciously verbalize them
And most people aren’t aware of the other type of person
Judging by the responses to the tweet, everyone is in a state of shock, and I’m glad I’m not the only one.
No mate, when I'm speaking i generally have no idea what I'm going to say until I'm saying it. As a result I speak really fast and go off on tangents.
— THRILLHO (@tonydenton78) January 27, 2020
One person replied, asking:
WHAT? I thought everyone heard what they wanted to say before saying it. Maybe that’s what determines speaking speeds. I think people that hear what they’re about to say can speak faster than people who can’t.
Fortunately, an abstract thinker was on hand to answer, explaining when they speak, they have no idea what they’re going to say before they’re saying it, adding ‘as a result, I speak really fast and go off on tangents’.
my thoughts are def the abstract ones. if they contain words, it's more or less just fragments & not complete sentences until they're coming out. i think it's why i stumble over my words so often, stutter, always 5 levels ahead of whatever I'm actually saying, rambling, etc
— human capote🕷️ (@shelbzazaaz) January 27, 2020
And to be fair, others pointed out they had elements of both ways of thinking, with one person explaining:
My thoughts are def the abstract ones. If they contain words, it’s more or less just fragments and not complete sentences until they’re coming out. I think it’s why I stumble over my words so often, stutter, always five levels ahead of whatever I’m actually saying, rambling, etc.
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Emma Rosemurgey is an NCTJ trained Journalist who started her career by producing The Royal Rosemurgey newspaper in 2004, which kept her family up to date with the goings on of her sleepy north east village. She graduated from the University of Central Lancashire in Preston and started her career in regional newspapers before joining Tyla (formerly Pretty 52) in 2017, and progressing onto UNILAD in 2019.