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Sounds like anendophasia
It is not considered a disorder
If we were to make a computer to "read our minds" it would pick up on our internal dialog which people with anendophasia do not have.
People with anendophasia are not dumb. They just think different.
Like imagine a person that was born deaf. They can't have a verbal dialog in their heads. They could imagine sign language, images, or words. But just because they were born deaf doesn't mean their IQ is low. They just think different.
This is the best explanation of Bella's mind silence I've seen.
I'd add that Edward has likely seen many people with anendophasia and has had no issue reading their minds, but Bella might have an extreme form of it
I’d guess a true telepath would easily read your internal monologue even if it wasn’t strictly verbal. He shouldn’t not be limited to the language center of the brain, IMO telepathy so specialized would be a stretch if it was a natural gift.