Recently I asked which people thought most potent: Word or Action? All ultimately landed on action but a few folks went a bit deeper talking about the power of word and deed match/mismatch. I think word and act are a chicken/egg type trick, as each can trigger the other.
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Very verbal people whether in spoken word or written, or even just very prone to a lot of "brain chatter" "Monkey Mind" kind of thinking appear to be prone to respond to words over action. Generalization of course, but think about the things you heard prior to 6 years old.
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What affected you as an individual more persistently and deeply? Words or actions. Recently I stated to a friend that words cause me incessant pain. It may be a hard parse, but the logic is there: I've got a real obsessional issue with words, specifically meaning. There's also
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a strange form of word blindness for me, where I hear the words but do not look at actions as much. This can be very useful in terms of my work product, but when not channeled properly become utterly destructive. You've seen it in me. I trigger at certain terms to the point of
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severe anxiety. Have any other folk experienced such overwhelming brain chatter it never stops, and may even be working on more levels than one can count? I do not know what this really emerged from, but it shows up in one sibling and was extreme in my mother, so one wonders...
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Language processing: Nature and nurture? IQ can factor in, especially in how fast a person inputs and outputs language. This can be in any language, and the more languages including code, the more complex language processing becomes. #neurology #Cogntion #Linguistcs

Jun 14, 2020 · 1:57 AM UTC

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Another quirk is the ability to be talking and still process other people talking to you. I had a neighbor in Las Vegas who insisted it was impossible. I know it's not because it's prominent in certain cultures - everyone talking or yelling at once. With gestures!
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If you've been accused of "Thinking too much" (talk about a phrase I obsess over!) you probably have some of these traits. I'd love to hear other experiences about how words do or do not affect you, and why or why not. I'm refining my academic focus and this would be so helpful!
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