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Thomas Palmer · 11-29-2007, 03:20 PM

Hi, am excited to join this online community! I just recently learned about this site via Lifehacker and a mention of polyphasic sleeping. Two hours later after reading all the sleep logs I sent Mr. Pavlina this message via his contact page. On that page it said I may receive better results by posting in the forums, so here I am. If any other users besides Mr. Pavlina would like to respond, feel free. If anyone has heard of this or has had first-hand accounts/experiences with this type of thinking, be all means please let me know. Thank you all for your time!

RE: Nonverbal Thinking

In day 21 of your polyphasic sleep log you mention nonverbal thinking. I am curious to know if that continued during your duration of the 5.5 months you slept in this manner. If so, what happened when you returned to a monophasic sleep pattern?

The reason in why I am interested in this is because I am a nonverbal thinker. I have been ever since I was a kid and could remember. Currently I am 18 years old and a freshman in college. I have always had trouble expressing my thoughts into words to explain to others, yet my way of thinking is exactly how you described it. I am surprised to say that I actually never tried to find out what this was called or if anyone else ever experienced this. Through my own experiences I could tell that others did not operate in this fashion and that they quietly spoke their own thoughts so to say. This has given me an advantage thus far in my life and now as I discover myself while I am in college everything seems to fit in place.

In the next two months I will be developing my own blog. Whereas your blog is about personal development, mine will be about leadership. As an Eagle Scout I have discovered I have an unusual knack for leadership and I love it. I think I finally figured out the one big thing that makes me a great leader; my nonverbal thinking. Even though I am horrible at communication I was a great leader, though I did not make friends easily and plentiful as others did, I had a few great friends. Communicating is my downfall. I cannot express my thoughts into spoken words, even having normal conversations has been difficult.

When you brought up the result of nonverbal thinking, I realized with great enthusiasm that I am not the only one like this. In fact I never thought of doing a search for this before because I never had a phrase to associate with this. I tried explaining my thought process (what basically is nonverbal thinking) to others in the past but I have never been able to successfully explain it. Now that I can use the term of nonverbal thinking I can easily explain it to others (I just explained this to my roommate and he was intrigued). I also did a quick Google search and found out some other things about nonverbal thinking. First, the idea is not that well known, only 1,800 results for it. Secondly, this is predominant in autistic children, but I am not autistic.

Anyways, if you could please tell me about your experiences of nonverbal thinking, it would greatly help me in my search for myself. I appreciate your time and your website very much. Even though I just discovered it, I will be a regular reader and most likely a great reference for my own website (I am a very loyal person and I hate to steal, expect many links from my site to yours). Thank you again.

11-29-2007, 03:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
Thomas Palmer Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 2	Nonverbal Thinking Hi, am excited to join this online community! I just recently learned about this site via Lifehacker and a mention of polyphasic sleeping. Two hours later after reading all the sleep logs I sent Mr. Pavlina this message via his contact page. On that page it said I may receive better results by posting in the forums, so here I am. If any other users besides Mr. Pavlina would like to respond, feel free. If anyone has heard of this or has had first-hand accounts/experiences with this type of thinking, be all means please let me know. Thank you all for your time! RE: Nonverbal Thinking In day 21 of your polyphasic sleep log you mention nonverbal thinking. I am curious to know if that continued during your duration of the 5.5 months you slept in this manner. If so, what happened when you returned to a monophasic sleep pattern? The reason in why I am interested in this is because I am a nonverbal thinker. I have been ever since I was a kid and could remember. Currently I am 18 years old and a freshman in college. I have always had trouble expressing my thoughts into words to explain to others, yet my way of thinking is exactly how you described it. I am surprised to say that I actually never tried to find out what this was called or if anyone else ever experienced this. Through my own experiences I could tell that others did not operate in this fashion and that they quietly spoke their own thoughts so to say. This has given me an advantage thus far in my life and now as I discover myself while I am in college everything seems to fit in place. In the next two months I will be developing my own blog. Whereas your blog is about personal development, mine will be about leadership. As an Eagle Scout I have discovered I have an unusual knack for leadership and I love it. I think I finally figured out the one big thing that makes me a great leader; my nonverbal thinking. Even though I am horrible at communication I was a great leader, though I did not make friends easily and plentiful as others did, I had a few great friends. Communicating is my downfall. I cannot express my thoughts into spoken words, even having normal conversations has been difficult. When you brought up the result of nonverbal thinking, I realized with great enthusiasm that I am not the only one like this. In fact I never thought of doing a search for this before because I never had a phrase to associate with this. I tried explaining my thought process (what basically is nonverbal thinking) to others in the past but I have never been able to successfully explain it. Now that I can use the term of nonverbal thinking I can easily explain it to others (I just explained this to my roommate and he was intrigued). I also did a quick Google search and found out some other things about nonverbal thinking. First, the idea is not that well known, only 1,800 results for it. Secondly, this is predominant in autistic children, but I am not autistic. Anyways, if you could please tell me about your experiences of nonverbal thinking, it would greatly help me in my search for myself. I appreciate your time and your website very much. Even though I just discovered it, I will be a regular reader and most likely a great reference for my own website (I am a very loyal person and I hate to steal, expect many links from my site to yours). Thank you again.