Inner Soundtrack: The Music of Thought

Sixthly, inner dialogue feels like music, not monologue. If most people have

an inner monologue, you've got an inner soundtrack, and sometimes it's more Broadway musical

than sensible narrator. While others are busy narrating their every move in neat sentences,

your mind is a swirling symphony of impressions, moods, and half-finished ideas,

playing out in something closer to music than speech. It's like your thoughts have their own secret

playlist, shuffling between upbeat optimism, dramatic tension, and the occasional

existential jazz solo. You might not hear yourself talking in your head as

much as you sense the rhythm of what you're feeling and thinking, like the mental