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Yes Mr. Johnson, it's called the inner monolog, and we all have it. Yours doesn't make you special because it says so.
Or it might if you don't recognize it as yours and it starts telling you delusional things, such as being a prophet.
Reminds me of the South Park episode The Douche.
Paraphrased but basically, yes we all hear voices in our head but its just our inner monologue you douche.
What if I really believe I hear voices?
Then you're a stupid douche.
I'm pretty sure that the latter possibility would be a symptom of a mental disorder of some kind.
By the way, apparently not everyone has an inner monologue.
This is a sort of dumb article based on a reddit thread on the topic where people discuss their experiences
https://www.iflscience.com/people-with-no-internal-monologue-explain-what-its-like-in-their-head-57739
This is an article from an actually respectable source
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/intersections/202304/inner-monologues-what-are-they-and-whos-having-them
When I was younger I had no inner monologue. I thought in concepts is about the best way I can describe it. It was way, way more efficient as a thought process.
I miss that sometimes.
Psychedelics may be something you'd enjoy.
Not to diminish your point as I totally agree with what you're saying, but interestingly enough, not everybody does have that inner monologue. It is estimated that anywhere between 30% - 50% of the population has the ability to have conversations with themselves inside their head, the other 50% - 70% of the population can not. As someone with an inner monologue, I can't even begin to comprehend how that works.
I've never been able to keep up the habit, but I've tried silencing my inner monologue. It's not necessary, I already know what the full thought is going to be before I even start "vocalizing it" inside my head. Thought would be faster without taking the time to encode it in a spoken language. But I suspect it's also sloppier. That conversion to spoken language gives your brain more time to consider the thought.
Think of the times you've said something or started saying something and then realized right after or part way through that it is a candidate for the dumbest thing you've ever said. I don't know about everyone else, but I catch myself thinking thoughts like that, too. I wonder if those who don't have an inner monologue are more likely to just move on without noticing.
I wonder if that's a fundamental difference that plays a role in how differently some people see and interact with the world.
The conversion also helps you explain it to others.
You know, I wonder what my deaf uncle's equivalent to an inner monologue is. I would imagine it's different having never heard speech before (he was born deaf).
I actually saw this question asked on reddit way back, and the top answer was they think in a combination of sign language (words) and images since speaking is foreign to them... I'll give this statement an 87% chance of being an accurate recall.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicameral_mentality