Nikia
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Fri Feb-11-05 05:17 PM
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When I read silently, I read in my own voice in my head |
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I am going to counseling to get better control of my anxiety and my counselor aked if I was visual, audio, or kinestetic in my learning and the way I related to the world and thought. She explained each of these categories and strategies that these people use. She then asked me to rank these categories. I said that I was audio and then kinestetic, but not very visual. She asked if I had problems comprehending written material. I said no "I read every word in my own voice." She asked "You mean that you read out loud." "No," I said "I don't actually speak, but I hear my own voice reading in my head." She thought that was rather interesting. I was puzzled. I always have read this way. I thought that most people read this way. I asked my husband if he reads this way and he said that he doesn't hear anything in his head when he reads. I have yet to ask more people. I guess that I took for granted that my way of reading was something that was normal and something that everyone did. What about you? How do you silently read?
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Fri Feb-11-05 05:25 PM
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I'm not sure how the deaf experience this, but I thought everyone heard their thoughts in their own voice.
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Fri Feb-11-05 05:26 PM
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2. Are you sure it's your voice? |
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Actually, there is a voice in my head too when I read. I always assumed it was my brain. I can't even comprehend reading without that voice.
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Fri Feb-11-05 05:27 PM
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3. It is not your own voice...it is SATAN! REPENT! |
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Fri Feb-11-05 05:40 PM
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14. But, the voice tells me no! |
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Fri Feb-11-05 05:48 PM
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19. Oh...then don't. SATAN ROCKS, ,MAN!!! |
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Heheheheheh...I am going to hell, signed, sealed and delivered.
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Fri Feb-11-05 05:48 PM
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20. It probably is more steady than my own voice |
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It doesn't get tired from speaking for long periods of time either. It isn't affected by things like sore throats and such.
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Fri Feb-11-05 05:29 PM
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for me, it's a generic, made-up voice, that varies depending on what I'm reading
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Fri Feb-11-05 05:33 PM
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If I'm reading a book and it's a female speaking in the book, I hear a female saying those words. If it's a male, I hear a male. Damn! I've never even thought about this before.
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Fri Feb-11-05 05:39 PM
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13. and when I read non-fiction... |
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or something written in 3rd-person, it's always what I assume the author's voice sounds like
or the actual author if I know his/her voice
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Fri Feb-11-05 05:31 PM
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5. I was just thinking about this, kind of |
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I was wondering why I "hear" characters speak in American voices even when they are not American characters - and even when I've seen a film of the book many times and know how they should sound.
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Fri Feb-11-05 05:31 PM
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6. I do, but it's not my voice |
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How do you know the voice is yours?
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Fri Feb-11-05 05:36 PM
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10. That pic is awesome...I see a nekkid woman at the center of the arc "eye" |
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Fri Feb-11-05 05:48 PM
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21. You see an ENTIRE nekkid woman? I only see a small part thereof. |
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Fri Feb-11-05 05:33 PM
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7. When I read, I hear the voices of the characters |
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It is not my own voice - it is the voice of the character as I imagine it. The narration is in whatever voice I imagine the narration to be in.
I've never thought about this or questioned it and I find it interesting that your counselor found it interesting.
Voice of experience here - I've been nuts for many, many years. I've seen any number of counselors and therapists, a couple who were excellent, some good and a few very bad. Quite a few of them were, in my opinion, crazier than I am. That's not necessarily a bad thing - but I do find it interesting.
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Fri Feb-11-05 05:55 PM
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I thought that everyone does this. If it's something I wrote, it sounds like my voice in my head. If it's someone I know, I imagine his/her voice. If it's someone I don't know, I just make it up. If it's characters in a book, the voice will have an accent based on whatever nationality the character is.
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Fri Feb-11-05 05:34 PM
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9. Usually my voice, but sometimes I can make up voices for the characters |
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Fri Feb-11-05 05:37 PM
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11. I am visually oriented |
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I see the words and relate to the meanings. In fact as I sit here and type and read I have some rather loud music playing in the background and my audio senses are more focused on the music and lyrics.
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Fri Feb-11-05 05:46 PM
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16. My husband is like that too |
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He says that he does not need the intermediary of the voice for him to comprehend the meaning of the word.
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Fri Feb-11-05 05:38 PM
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I'm not sure it's in my voice per-say. But I usually hear the words when reading and also when typing and writing. I'm actually a very visual person, so this was a problem for me in HSchool. I took a speed reading class, but I had a tendency to dwell on nuances and needed to "see" what the words meant. This greatly reduced my speed reading ability.
But this doesn't hold true for everything. Headlines, advertisements, signs etc are much more superficial and don't require as much attention.
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Fri Feb-11-05 05:42 PM
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15. Everyone does this!!! |
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If someone told me they don't hear a voice in their head reading when they read, I would say that they are lying!
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Fri Feb-11-05 05:47 PM
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The other ones only speak when they tell me how to take over the universe:) Seriously though, when I read it is my voice I hear in my head.
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Fri Feb-11-05 05:48 PM
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18. Sounds normal to me but I am not sure about this women? |
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