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I find this hugely fascinating, I have done for a few years. I realised I was different about a decade ago during a meditation session and I questioned if people actually saw a candle. I was the only one of about 30 who could not.
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I knew I was different when people thought I was odd for not enjoying reading, then delving in to it and realising they could build whole worlds in their heads and I just get words on a page.
My girlfriend raves about meditation, I just don't get it, my mind is usually clear.
The only mediation I can get away with is a body scan, as I'm focusing on sensations - rather than imagining anything
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So what benefits do you think you get from this superpower?
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It was aimed @Kreeeee as he said in the superpower thread that he's found some benefits of not being able to visualise things.
My mind is still blown that people can't imagine.
I found out one of my friends can't do it. I said.. Can you picture a beach? And he said no!
Can't remember why it came up. He plays DnD too. I wondered why he always struggled with descriptions.
But yeah seems it's more Common than I thought
I found out one of my friends can't do it. I said.. Can you picture a beach? And he said no!
Can't remember why it came up. He plays DnD too. I wondered why he always struggled with descriptions.
But yeah seems it's more Common than I thought
Oh it is quite rare. Not ridiculously rare. I can see the benefits. Must make work more efficient not falling into fantasy all the time
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I suppose this could be in the super power thread but my imagination is so good that I have just been in a rehearsal room with my band learning the song Mr Blue Sky and I can see everybody playing their parts and harmonies and as I get to the end bit I'm saying "I haven't got a clue what to do now".
I'm imagining all this while doing my job.
When I'm playing guitar or piano I can hear and see my band around me even better than when I haven't got an instrument.
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What do you do for work? I'm an engineer and I couldn't do the job without being able to viaulise things. Maybe I would have been an accountant if not.
Same here. Not being able to visualise and model how things will behave in my mind would be a major drag.
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Might have been mentioned (can't be bothered to search the thread) but Richard Herring mentioned on the Taskmaster podcast that he can't visualise things and it reminded me of this thread.
I'm personally much better at imagining things than ever producing anything in the real world. It's a real problem for me when I decide to start a new project, because I tend to lose interest once I know enough to have a good idea of how I would do it. On the one hand you don't get recognition from others for stuff that exists only in your head, but on the other you can be whomever and do whatever you want in your imagination 
I concur here. I've been in a fatal road accident involving a pedestrian with my father behind the wheel. I remember that he cried for the only time I've ever seen and I remember that the person smashed off the windscreen in front of me.
However past thinking that these things happen, I cannot ever visualise them and have thankfully been spared the trauma of those memories.
However it must be noted that this doesn't stop people remembering. I have a good knack for remembering faces of people I've met only once, years after seeing them. I just can't take that memory and form anything in my mind at will.