When a person does not experience an inner voice (inner speech), it’s most commonly called:
Anendophasia
- A term used in psychology and neuroscience.
- It refers to the absence or very low presence of inner speech, meaning the person doesn’t “talk to themselves” in their mind.
Related terms you might encounter:
- Inner speech – the normal phenomenon of having a mental voice.
- Silent thinking / non-verbal cognition – thinking without words, often using images, concepts, or feelings.
- Aphantasia (related but different) – absence of mental imagery, not inner voice. Some people have both; many have one without the other.
Important clarifications:
- Anendophasia is not a disorder by itself.
- People without inner speech can think just as effectively—often more visually, intuitively, or abstractly.
- Many only realize inner speech exists when they learn others have it.
If you want, I can explain:
- how common it is
- how thinking works without inner speech
- how it differs from mindfulness “no-thought” states
- or how it relates to creativity, memory, or decision-making
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