I'd take a different guess at what's going on here:
Regular meditation has made me consciously aware of a lot more thoughts and processes going on in my mind than I used to be. But if I'm regularly distracted - by TV, smart phones, video games or whatever - sometimes it can be difficult to constantly maintain that conscious awareness.
I'd bet that there are a lot of young folks like her, who grew up constantly surrounded by technological distractions (not to mention the hyper stimulation and hormonal manipulation of much modern "food"), and they never really got the chance to develop much of a conscious connection to their inner processes. She probably processes internal imagery and dialogue like everyone else, but trying to access it is like trying to remember a dream - not everyone can do it well without practice.
There was a study on inner voice at a college (I can't remember the study unfortunately) where they tested college students to determine who had an inner voice.
If I'm remembering correctly, less than HALF of the STUDENTS had an inner voice which is truly terrifying.
I spend like, one fifth of every day experiencing whole worlds and scenarios in my own mind, not doing that would feel like I'm blind or deaf or something.
An interesting take on it.
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