We don't think in words. We think in pictures.
This we is you and who? Neuro Linguistic Programing makes a distinction between visual, auditory, and kinesthetic modes of learning and accessing memories. There are people who use pictures, others talk to themselves, others access feelings.
I can do a little of each but oddly and seemingly less usefully kinesthetics are my strongest recall. I can see a somewhat detailed but not sharp image of say an orange. I more vividly can feel the weight of it in my hand, the smooth but bumpy texture of the skin and how that skin feels under my nails as I peel it and the soft texture of the white inner peel of the orange, etc. Now, Schraf may have a vivid recall of flavors and aromas.
I do most of my thinking like I'm doing right now while typing, that is by talking to myself using the English language.
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