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Because I find doing everything visually easier, I just assumed it was the same for everyone. I find hard to retain information given aurally. A few years back I got into a conversation with someone and realized they were the exact opposite. Whereas I write something down or draw it to remember. It's no surprise that imagination or visualization is similar.
 
I can't visualise anything even basic things like a tree or plain white wall.


I used to be able to fall asleep really fast by laying with my eyes closed and not thinking at all.

just picturing nothing but the empty black darkness and turning all my senses to mute


I struggle to recognise people in the street too but I'm not faceblind
 
Seeing this thread pop up again it made me wonder.

Ignoring artistic ability, are you able to draw anything at all @Kreeeee ? I mean, I have a vivid imagination, but if I had to draw a horse it would look like something a child has done in prep school. Wonder if you can come up with anything artistic and execute on an idea?
 
I have this and it absolutely sucked when I found out I didn't have the ability to imagine things and other people could literally see anything.

I really think that it’s a hindrance and makes life more difficult. I struggle with drawing, interpreting drawings/plans, etc. At the moment we’re trying to get a new kitchen and it’s stressful as I need to do every consideration in a kitchen design software. Same with decoration and picking colours.
I really don’t see any benefits to it.
 
Kreeeee said:
A lot of people with a regular mind’s eye also struggle with those things. You’re a man so you also have worse color vision than most women so don’t worry about picking colors and just agree with the wife :cry:
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Well, your final idea is a good one! However, she painted the beam in the living room pink whilst I painted the dining room ceiling gold. So I’m not sure who has the worst colour choice :D.
 
Freefaller said:
...Only 2% of adults are truly creative - in problem solving we often use something call divergent thinking - allowing the mind to go crazy with weird and wonderful ideas etc... and then you use convergent tools to sharpen the focus and weed out the fantasy from reality. Honestly it's the most fascinating thing seeing a bunch of adults get completely sideswiped by asking them to imagine and think outside of the constraints of their day job. Through the work that the company I run we've been able to uncover multi £bn of opportunities ( of course opportunities dont' turn to value unless they're implemented) - but the "belief" about creativity in a pragmatic/scientific field is starting to be seen - however people default back to what they're comfortable with...
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Thanks for a very interesting post.

I find people are often task focused and that limits their imagination. People generally tinker with what they know, and find it difficult to go beyond that.

Short-termism is the bane of my life.

That old joke often applies: "I wouldn't start from here, if I were you."
 
Isn't this like the thread about a lack of internal monologue? i.e. if you're thinking about a subject do you hear a voice?

I'm not sure if you can have one without the other.
 
Kreeeee said:
I don’t recall seeing that thread (this one is from 2017) but I also have no voices in my head.
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I have your voice in my head...


Joking aside that's quite interesting in itself. Funny isn't it how our minds all develop somewhat differently, yet our brain's basic functions all do the same thing (i.e. keeping us alive, letting us breathe, blink etc...).
 
What's that Sean Locke quote? I hear voices in my head all the time, but then I ignore them and keep on killing people...

Rip Sean.
 
robfosters said:
I can fully see the beach, the trees, the water and hear the sounds and even feel the warmth.
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Same but minus the heat/cold feeling.

I have a really active visual and aural imagination so I find it very easy to allow myself to "zone out" if I want and imagine being elsewhere and doing other things and, like I'm in a dream-state, my conscious mind takes a back seat and lets my imagination run riot (so day-dreaming but my eyes are disconnected from my brain and I'm just "seeing" whatever my brain is imagining). I can also "play music" in my head so when I'm bored I can just turn on my memory and, like I'm wearing poor quality headphones, "hear" random songs that I can flip around like a playlist.

I find it fascinating that lots of people don't have an internal monologue and so can't "hear" themselves in their mind too.
 
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