I have yet to meet someone without an internal monologue. It's all over their face and in their eyes.
all the same information is still there but it's just in a different format...
like you might think to yourself literally the words, "I need to go to the bathroom." after experiencing a sense of urgency.
But, I would just picture the toilet I am about to go to, the pathway to the toilet on an arial view like a blueprint or a map, a gif of me opening the door to the toilet, etc. and many other related things to toilets like, images of hand sanitizer and, maybe 3D structures of a kidney. And I'll think about how much water I had that day, images of several glasses of water, or memories flashing of the times I took a sip. Or sometimes even older memories will flash up, all relating to, using the bathroom. The smell of toilets. etc. it Will all be there at once like BAM. Sometimes even cartoons I've watched, involving toilets or, gifs from TV shows I remember seeing- involving scenes with toilets. will come to mind. The words, "porcelain throne" will float through my head. Or, a story I heard a comedian tell once about the time he used a toilet in a Home Depot (childish Gambino stand up comedy) and I will see the images of him, standing on a stage, moving like a movie. The expressions on his face. The sound of the audiences laughter.
That doesn't mean you're not narrating yourself to yourself. You just do it like a filmmaker, as opposed to an author.
I have the multiple thought track system in my head, as well.
When I was younger, things were more like a single movie, with a single soundtrack and a single voice narrating, but as I grew and enjoyed more and more sensation, and learned to pick and choose which yucky parts of my surroundings I wanted to ignore, the montage within became bigger, faster, louder, more colourful. I will often have 2 or 3 songs and several to-do lists all jumbled up in there with w/e my most recent project is. I love mashups and quirky vids like these bc they're the type of trip my imagination goes on when some boring repetitive stimulus threatens to make me start snoring.
lol religious whackjobs and preachy assholes. Just fucking lol
The visuals that go through my head are often a lot like a Primus vid :D
But that depends on where I'm trying to put my focus. What I want to stay with, what I want to ignore, what I love, what makes me feel good, what annoys me. So yeah, there's a ton of shifting emotion up in there as well.
I used to use music to study for math and chemistry tests, too :D