Do you have thoughts and mental noise consistantly? Or no?

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My mind does that often in my sleep as well as awake. I do have a voice in my head, but he only says my name in a long while. I say "Yes?" or "what?", but it doesn't go any further.

*sarcasum* -> Yes, that makes perfect sence, I know.

My mind seems to be in only three states:

1. Music - my default state. If not concentrating on something, my mind hears/plays/sings music. Sometimes I'll sing along quietly even when among people.

2. White noise - what I hear when concentrating. My guess is that it's my mind's way of shutting down the music so I can think.

3. Hyper-active - when I get really angry or frustrated, thoughts about the situation stream thru my head at such a high pace that sometimes I can't even understand them. Absolutely HATE this, and try to avoid this state whenever possible, but there's never any accounting for surprises.

I have a constant stream or thoughts/music/images in my mind all the time. I brought this up in an AS group once and the NT therapist said everyone has this and that it was normal. But this subject only seems to come up in AS groups so I suspect it is much more prevalent or perhaps more annoying in autistics. I've never heard of an NT complaining about this other than the occasional song stuck in one's head.

How I do I avoid insomnia? I've learned to embrace the "noise." When I lay down and close my eyes I let my brain go wherever it wants with no conscious direction. I can often watch apart from the amazing stream of images and thoughts that are generated from who knows where. Eventually I drift off to sleep. If this stream doesn't start, I often have a hard time getting to sleep.

I often talk to myself being careful not it do when others are around. I got teased too much as kid for doing that before I got better control over it.

240 hours a day, 70 days a week, 520 weeks a year.

It never stops. Even in my sleep.

Sounds like a joke, I'm sure, but it's not funny. Not even a little.

It absolutely never stops. I am constantly thinking about all manner of things. It's particularly bad at night and is why I have to take sleeping pills to get to sleep at all. I wish I could stop thinking sometimes. I think it's why I have a tendency to talk to myself sometimes as well, it's one way of focusing on the important stuff I actually need to remember at a moment in time.

People with Inattentive ADHD or SCT seem to not have many thoughts in their head. Or so the ones I've talked to said.

When I'm not medicated my thoughts are running rampant and they change to another one every 10-20 seconds. It can get quite irritating. I tend to listen to a lot of music or have to be doing something, or just medicate the thoughts away. On meds I can still have thoughts but they are more concentrated on one thing.

I don't think it has anything to do with intelligence but curiosity. When I was younger I didn't think as much and not as rapidly and I had few interests. Now, everything gets my interest. I'm distracted by a lot of things and I have predisposition for anxiety, so yeah - many many thoughts.

Yes, absolutely. Even when I'm barely awake. I'm usually less aware of what's actually going on than of what's in my mind.

When I ask people I'm told this is normal, but I've never heard of anyone being agitated by it so I wonder if it's usual to have it to such a degree. Sometimes it's a good thing, but often my thoughts just go in circles - like always having a song stuck in your head.

Yes, I am always constantly thinking, which usually leads to me thinking aloud. I could never sleep and am a night owl and I can easily stay up all night. It eventually got bad enough that I have to take medication prescribed by my psychiatrist at least an hour before bed so that it takes me a few minutes to fall asleep rather than a few hours.

I didn't actually believe that other people could have 'no thoughts' in their head. I couldn't even imagine what that was like. I always wondered what was wrong with those people and felt kinda bad for them.

I've never have a quiet moment that I remember

I'm either on or off,,,ie sleep which isnt very restful as its alot of rem
rem is so vivid that it wakes me like being shocked....

The voice in my head goes at about 1000wpm. I really wish I could get them out that quick, which leads to me mis speaking and talking way too fast.

My brain never shuts off. I have a constant stream of thoughts that are instantly transformed into pictures. I do the grocery shopping for the family. While shopping, I'm running a continuous pictorial inventory of the pantry and the store. I hate it when Wal-Mart or Kroger relocates items that I normally purchase.
The only thing that causes my brain to shut down is praise & worship music at church. The lyrics appear disjointed to me, and I can't "see" the songs. Because I am awake, I become anxious and distressed when my brain action stops. It is so abnormal.
I, too, talk to myself. I am careful not to do this around other people.
However, I like how my brain works and am comfortable with it.