“T” is testosterone, the male sex hormone. It’s commonly taken by transgender people transitioning to male. Testosterone causes many of the bodily changes associated with male puberty, such as the growth of body hair and muscles. Unrelated to its medical use, it’s also taken by biological males as a performance-enhancing steroid and is on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s list of banned substances.
Anon is saying that after they started taking testosterone, they developed an “internal monologue”. Most people already have this; it’s the sound of your thoughts, such as when you lick an ice cream and think to yourself “wow, this tastes pretty good”. Some people do not have internal monologue. I do not know the medical reason for this.
Anon is expressing confusion as to why taking testosterone caused them to develop an internal monologue when they previously didn’t have one.
Edit: It is important to add context that while testosterone is a banned steroid, the World Anti-Doping agency recognises a therapeutic use exception for it, including for transgender individuals.
I have kleinfelter syndrome, which means my body does not produce Testosterone, or very little anyway. I only found out at 38. I’ve had a pretty advanced internal monologue all my life, what the lack of T did give me was insulin resistance, major depression, and generalized anxiety. The latter 2 disappeared almost instantly after my first Testosterone injection. Depression was like a constant weight pushing down on me, the next morning I woke up without the weight, and without the worry about everything. And it was very weird.
I’m not the person you asked, but I’m the same way. I do not hear sounds when I read which is one reason I don’t tend to be moved by poetry (love music and spoken word poetry though). I instead tend to have an extremely vivid imagining of the things described. I always feel that books are better than movies at least partially because the special effects in my mind cannot be touched by anything possible these days.
Its actually wilder than that, some people have aphantasia where they can’t imagine shapes or forms in their mind. If you describe a dog, they do not have a mental image of the dog.
That’s correct. If I’m actively thinking about something or especially going over and processing some information, I do it like I’m expleining the thing to someone else in my head, using an actual voice in my mind.
So that simulated voice of yourself saying something inside your own mind, that’s “inner monologue”?
@lepinkainen@lemmy.world So you don’t have that? What happens in your mind when you imagine yourself explaining something to someone?
One more bit of context; many hollywood movies have a male internal monologue used as a narration device. So it’s also technically stereotypically a male thing (even though I have no idea if it is actually related to sex at all). Fight club comes to mind as a prime example.
I’m not saying whether its more stereotypically male or not in movies (I’ve never thought about it, maybe its that there have historically been more male leads in general?), I just like bringing up the classic naugthies rom-coms whenever I can.
“T” is testosterone, the male sex hormone. It’s commonly taken by transgender people transitioning to male. Testosterone causes many of the bodily changes associated with male puberty, such as the growth of body hair and muscles. Unrelated to its medical use, it’s also taken by biological males as a performance-enhancing steroid and is on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s list of banned substances.
Anon is saying that after they started taking testosterone, they developed an “internal monologue”. Most people already have this; it’s the sound of your thoughts, such as when you lick an ice cream and think to yourself “wow, this tastes pretty good”. Some people do not have internal monologue. I do not know the medical reason for this.
Anon is expressing confusion as to why taking testosterone caused them to develop an internal monologue when they previously didn’t have one.
Edit: It is important to add context that while testosterone is a banned steroid, the World Anti-Doping agency recognises a therapeutic use exception for it, including for transgender individuals.
I have kleinfelter syndrome, which means my body does not produce Testosterone, or very little anyway. I only found out at 38. I’ve had a pretty advanced internal monologue all my life, what the lack of T did give me was insulin resistance, major depression, and generalized anxiety. The latter 2 disappeared almost instantly after my first Testosterone injection. Depression was like a constant weight pushing down on me, the next morning I woke up without the weight, and without the worry about everything. And it was very weird.
What’s the difference between an internal monologue and just thoughts?
A monologue is and actual voice talking in your head, I think.
Never experienced it so 🤷
What is reading like for you? Do you not hear the words you’re reading in your head as you read them?
I’m not the person you asked, but I’m the same way. I do not hear sounds when I read which is one reason I don’t tend to be moved by poetry (love music and spoken word poetry though). I instead tend to have an extremely vivid imagining of the things described. I always feel that books are better than movies at least partially because the special effects in my mind cannot be touched by anything possible these days.
Its actually wilder than that, some people have aphantasia where they can’t imagine shapes or forms in their mind. If you describe a dog, they do not have a mental image of the dog.
I have thoughts that I hear, but I can’t picture images in my mind. Like I know what a dog looks like, but I can’t see it
You my friend, have aphantasia. IIRC its about 1-3% of the population.
That’s correct. If I’m actively thinking about something or especially going over and processing some information, I do it like I’m expleining the thing to someone else in my head, using an actual voice in my mind.
So that simulated voice of yourself saying something inside your own mind, that’s “inner monologue”?
@lepinkainen@lemmy.world So you don’t have that? What happens in your mind when you imagine yourself explaining something to someone?
One more bit of context; many hollywood movies have a male internal monologue used as a narration device. So it’s also technically stereotypically a male thing (even though I have no idea if it is actually related to sex at all). Fight club comes to mind as a prime example.
So does Bridget Jones Diary.
I’m not saying whether its more stereotypically male or not in movies (I’ve never thought about it, maybe its that there have historically been more male leads in general?), I just like bringing up the classic naugthies rom-coms whenever I can.