It’s more so instinctual flashes of imagery when I’m in the moment but sometimes real life pause buttons and then there’s movies. To me inner monologues always felt so slow like reading from a book out loud. Is yours faster than speaking?

No same as speaking speed. And now that I think about it, I do wish I could speed it up lol

This exactly. Words are for translating thoughts out of my head and into others' - I have no use for them internally