[Kizzy]

I think I'm really lucky now when I read it plays like a film in my head and I see the characters and hear their voices ( well you know, imagine their accents and such.

[Josy]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

I think I'm really lucky now when I read it plays like a film in my head and I see the characters and hear their voices ( well you know, imagine their accents and such.

I'm the exact same

[Jessica.]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

I think I'm really lucky now when I read it plays like a film in my head and I see the characters and hear their voices ( well you know, imagine their accents and such.

My bf told me that when he reads a book it's like he has a comic book going in his head and when he reads a comic book it plays like a film. It was crazy to hear it described like that

[Jessica.]

Also this isn't something I wish for or to try to be different like a flat earther because it's depressing to not even remember my boyfriends face when I'm not looking at it or my families faces or voices as I live in a different country from them

[Josy]

How do memories work for you then Jess?

[Jessica.]

Originally Posted by Josy

How do memories work for you then Jess?

Badly, I don't have any visual memories, I just remember the facts of what happened, I'm kind of glad though because my early life was quite crap and I don't ever have to reexperience any of it.

[Josy]

Originally Posted by Jessica.

Badly, I don't have any visual memories, I just remember the facts of what happened, I'm kind of glad though because my early life was quite crap and I don't ever have to reexperience any of it.

Oh really that sounds really weird and also sad but I guess like you say it can be a good thing too for certain people.

[Kizzy]

You don't see a freshly cooked pizza with cheese all stringy and delicious ( yes I'm still juicing )

My head hurts, I'm gonna ask about see if I know anyone who thinks this way.

[Jessica.]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

You don't see a freshly cooked pizza with cheese all stringy and delicious ( yes I'm still juicing )

My head hurts, I'm gonna ask about see if I know anyone who thinks this way.

Nope, I've never imagined anything in my life, sometimes if I close my eyes really tight I can see colours on the backs of my eyelids for a second but I think that's a physical thing with the eyes and not imagination 😂

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Jessica.

Nope, I've never imagined anything in my life, sometimes if I close my eyes really tight I can see colours on the backs of my eyelids for a second but I think that's a physical thing with the eyes and not imagination 😂

Aw Jessica it seems really sad, maybe you could practice? Maybe draw a pizza and then try to imagine it all cooked and in colour?

[Jessica.]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Aw Jessica it seems really sad, maybe you could practice? Maybe draw a pizza and then try to imagine it all cooked and in colour?

I've tried loads of times, apparently the best time is at night before sleep and I've tried that. I'm not really sad about it. I've chatted lots of other people who are the same as me thanks to online communities and stuff, it doesn't make me sad, I've come this far in life without that ability. I'd love to learn more about it but it's still early, it was only discovered to be an actual way of thinking in 2014 when a man woke up from anaesthesia without the ability to create mental images after previously being able to for his life whole life. There's a study going on at a University in the UK, I've done a survey for them.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Jessica.

I've tried loads of times, apparently the best time is at night before sleep and I've tried that. I'm not really sad about it. I've chatted lots of other people who are the same as me thanks to online communities and stuff, it doesn't make me sad, I've come this far in life without that ability. I'd love to learn more about it but it's still early, it was only discovered to be an actual way of thinking in 2014 when a man woke up from anaesthesia without the ability to create mental images after previously being able to for his life whole life. There's a study going on at a University in the UK, I've done a survey for them.

Do you think it could be a survival technique for trauma then maybe, you did mention some bad experiences yourself. Could this be that by blocking them out it blocks out everything else?
Do you have a link for it or any info on this thanks?

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Aw Jessica it seems really sad, maybe you could practice? Maybe draw a pizza and then try to imagine it all cooked and in colour?

[Jessica.]

There are many ways of imagining things though, I have a friend who doesn't think in colour, everything he vizualizes is in black & white

[Jessica.]

This is the first article I ever read about it

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-34039054

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Jessica.

This is the first article I ever read about it

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-34039054

Great link really interesting thanks

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Jessica.

This is the first article I ever read about it

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-34039054

...that’s a really interesting read, Jess...my head can never relate a visual of things like..’imagine yourself on a beautiful beach’/type thing...first imagine the beach...etc...I don’t create images for some stuff...but if I were to be really engrossed in a fictional book, for instance..?...the characters would start to take on forms, as if their story were playing on a movie screen and not on a written page...this is a really fascinating topic...

[bots]

Memory functions can be learned though, and imagination is a function of memory.

For example, unless you can imagine your own front door or your own car, you would never be able to find them again

[Ammi]

...I guess that’s where I sometimes feel a bit disadvantaged at not having the visuals..I swear to the gods that my car is often not where I left it...

[arista]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...I guess that’s where I sometimes feel a bit disadvantaged at not having the visuals..I swear to the gods that my car is often not where I left it...

You sound normal.

[Josy]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

Memory functions can be learned though, and imagination is a function of memory.



For example, unless you can imagine your own front door or your own car, you would never be able to find them again

Yeah I'm having trouble understanding how it's even possible tbh and I've been reading loads on it

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

Memory functions can be learned though, and imagination is a function of memory.

For example, unless you can imagine your own front door or your own car, you would never be able to find them again

Glad you've managed to clear that up then bots... Jessica will be pleased. You know your car is blue you know the make and the reg, that's how most find their car they don't just imagine a blue car.

[Marsh.]

I suppose this is obviously why you get such different people from creative types and genius mathematicians and autism etc, it's all the differing ways the mind works. So interesting.

[Jessica.]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

I suppose this is obviously why you get such different people from creative types and genius mathematicians and autism etc, it's all the differing ways the mind works. So interesting.

Yeah, it's really fascinating. When I found out that counting sheep was not just a metaphor for counting quietly and that people actually imagined sheep jumping along I was flabbergasted, I couldn't believe it!

[Marsh.]

Yeah, I remember doing a test in school which told you whether you were a visual, audio or kinaesthetic learner, which I guess is what that was all about.

Did you learn more from actually doing physical activities, Jess? Then there's no need to visualise as you are actually doing it?