At least in my case, I have visual as well as auditory thoughts. I recently watched a video on how a Stirling Engine worked, and if I wanted to think about how it worked, I wouldn't talk myself through it, I'd just imagine the animated diagram.
Often there are shortcuts, so the internal monologue or visualisation can skip details or words if the end of the sentence is clear. Much like the way speed readers might hit a few key words to get an understanding of a sentence. It makes me wonder if the internal monologue only happens after the thoughts occur, like a narrator, though it doesn't feel that way.
There are still thoughts that are not narrated, like intuitions or moments where I can act without thinking things through. I just tried to work without an internal monologue, and I found it hard to chain thoughts together. Like I could sense what I wanted next, but I needed to have some auditory or visual hook to connect to it.
Often there are shortcuts, so the internal monologue or visualisation can skip details or words if the end of the sentence is clear. Much like the way speed readers might hit a few key words to get an understanding of a sentence. It makes me wonder if the internal monologue only happens after the thoughts occur, like a narrator, though it doesn't feel that way.
There are still thoughts that are not narrated, like intuitions or moments where I can act without thinking things through. I just tried to work without an internal monologue, and I found it hard to chain thoughts together. Like I could sense what I wanted next, but I needed to have some auditory or visual hook to connect to it.