CLARIFICATION: Inner Vision, Inner Voice Inner vision. The ability to visualize:

CLARIFICATION: Inner Vision, Inner Voice

Inner vision. The ability to visualize: focus your attention on visual imagination. (The black head, and apple illustration by someone else in this thread)
Inner voice: quite literally the ability to talk to yourself in your head.
RE: terrifying: I mean the idea of it – not having inner vision or inner voice, both of which I run constantly and depend upon like my limbs – is just really disturbing to me. 😉
Data: These numbers of 10% are probably old approximations, so let’s look at the citations:…..

Inner Visualization (Aphantasia)
Percentage: Estimates vary, but a source from CNBC in 2023 states that about 3% of people can’t create a mental picture in their heads1. Other sources suggest a range from 1% to 3%.
Details: Aphantasia is the inability to visualize mental images. It’s a condition that’s still not fully understood, and the percentage of people affected could be higher due to lack of awareness.

Inner Voice (Lack of Internal Monologue)
Percentage: The data is somewhat inconsistent, but estimates suggest that 50-70% of people don’t have an internal monologue. Other studies indicate that inner dialogue is frequent for only 30 to 50 percent of people.
Details: The absence of an internal monologue doesn’t mean a person lacks any form of internal thought. The way people experience their inner world can vary widely, and not having an internal monologue is not necessarily an indicator of any cognitive deficiency.

Sources (Copy paste text to google to search)
3% of people in the world have aphantasia—here’s what to know – CNBC
Aphantasia: When You Are Blind in Your Mind – Verywell Mind
When the Mind’s Eye Is Blind – Scientific American
How to tell if you lack visual imagination and have aphantasia | Mashable
Woman without an inner monologue explains how she thinks – Upworthy
Is It Normal to Not Have an Internal Monologue? (Explained!) – Iris Reading

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