[Decided to write all of this before reading the main text of the article to prevent contamination, which I imagine would be very easy with subjective introspection reporting.]
Most of my thoughts are verbal (english sentences), but I have a secondary non-verbal awareness going on as well which can be monitoring my thoughts/doing something on automatic/aware of surroundings (not implying these are the same faculty though). (On a side note I find alcohol lowers the speed of my verbal throughts)
It takes effort to imagine new images but I recall photos I’ve seen very easily. By experiment I’ve found I can imagine up to six dots/points at once, but any more im putting my attention on different parts at a time. I remember songs very easily and ‘play’ them in my head pretty much on automatic.
I feel ‘psysical’ sensations in my head when thinking hard or experiencing certain emotional states. Best I can describe it is, for example an insight in something like a puzzle/maths problem/finding a flaw in an argument feels like untwisting, or unlocking (in the literal sense of a physical lock turning) something. My emotions generally manifest as sensations in the body (so tightness in the chest for anxiety).
[Will see what else comes to mind after reading the article and the rest of the responses.]
[Decided to write all of this before reading the main text of the article to prevent contamination, which I imagine would be very easy with subjective introspection reporting.]
Most of my thoughts are verbal (english sentences), but I have a secondary non-verbal awareness going on as well which can be monitoring my thoughts/doing something on automatic/aware of surroundings (not implying these are the same faculty though). (On a side note I find alcohol lowers the speed of my verbal throughts) It takes effort to imagine new images but I recall photos I’ve seen very easily. By experiment I’ve found I can imagine up to six dots/points at once, but any more im putting my attention on different parts at a time. I remember songs very easily and ‘play’ them in my head pretty much on automatic.
I feel ‘psysical’ sensations in my head when thinking hard or experiencing certain emotional states. Best I can describe it is, for example an insight in something like a puzzle/maths problem/finding a flaw in an argument feels like untwisting, or unlocking (in the literal sense of a physical lock turning) something. My emotions generally manifest as sensations in the body (so tightness in the chest for anxiety).
[Will see what else comes to mind after reading the article and the rest of the responses.]