Are You A Visual Thinker?

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[andradastoiciu]

When I have to learn something like a sentence or a word I remember were it is placed on the page but not the sentence itself

[buddypower]

now I don't feel bad that I can figure out how to get somewhere only by trees and houses before street names

[shakaama]

I can PRECISELY visualize what page a certain thing is on, including how the paragraphs look on the page. I can remember if something is on the floor, in the corner, under a stack of hats and shoes, and precisely stick my hand in the mess and pull it out. I can recall completely conversations, and who was walking around me while the conversation was going on.

[Mali-kryu]

This went from a interesting test to a history lecture xD

[spottyfawn]

Everyone is often surprised at how much I remember from when I was very, very young. It's always the same thing; I can clearly see the place where I was, the faces of the people I was with, and what we were all doing at that time.

[Serai]

I write fiction that way. When a story comes to me, I watch it like a movie in my head. Then when I write the story, I just describe what I saw. Of course, I can never get what's in my head exactly or completely into words, but hey... not every day is a Sunday, as they say.

[baileyforster]

Is it just me it does anybody have this happen to you



When your at school or at home or wherever you are, your drawing something specific or just maybe random, you have it all thought out in your head and you think it's going to turn out perfect, then you draw it out and it looks so terrible. Like, you had this feeling like you had it all thought out perfectly and then completely fail at it. ??? Anyone???

[rossb]

I am most definitely a visual thinker. Here's an example:
Me: You know the thing... With the thing on it, that does the thingy with the thing am a whatzit?
Person: What the heck are you talking about??

[rsuriyop]

How does one not visualize stuff in their head in order to help aid them in their thinking process? I honestly thought that was normal for everyone.

[puterahaziman]

I have a weird question to you guys. When I hear a voice, either in the radio or anything. I see what the person looks alike. My imagination may be wrong, or right. And another thing, when I read maybe magical and mystical books that describe their location, I either imagine myself IN that location or the person the book was speaking about in that location. Are some of you related to me? No? I'll see

[rkgruby]

when I'm trying to fall asleep at night, I automatically start playing like video games and stuff in my mind

[sarahbarnes]

Buzzfeed is really good at making you feel special when you're really not

[shiverphillips]

when u r a visual thinker but can't draw

Update: so I don't even remember writing this comment but just letting u know I can draw now, each painting I make is better then the one before it, yall can too 🫂🤝🏽

[yqgtjxj]

Whenever I read a book, I'm not looking at the book or the pages or the words, I'm watching a movie inside my head instead. Whenever I hear a completely new song and I listen to the lyrics, I picture a story inside my head. I can also remember things like if I go on a journey, I can remember every single road and building we pass by perfectly but I can never remember names of streets or areas. Also if I'm at an airport or a train station etc I always imagine possible stories of peoples lives. Idk does anyone else do this?

[bert]

Does anyone ever get images stuck on loop in your head? It's kind of difficult to explain, but it's like a few seconds of film is buffering/looping over and over again in your head. It sometimes happens when I'm daydreaming. For example, I once couldn't stop visualising a man slipping on a banana peel (over and over again!). It gets real damn old.

[tinystarfields]

wait so there's people who don't visualise things while thinking? what omg I thought everyone did

[samantha]

I'm a definite visual thinker,
Literally when I bring up an old memory I remember everything around me.
I remember EVERYTHING
Like who was across, the hall. What we where talking about. What time if day was it. Who say infront of us, how loud it was, the lighting.
But then I talk to someone and I'm like "asldkfjhguwirltousnsjs"

[aizelsuyo]

I have difficulty remembering names and faces when growing up. But I can remember my very first memories when I fell from stares at around 2-3 yrs old and crying so loud when I was smaller than a pillow, my aunt came and left me ... The time when I was crying, I remember some words yet I cannot speak, like " you can t leave me here, I'm just a baby!"

Now, I have difficulty socializing with people, I became so shy I d rather stay at home. Because there s something in my head, like a world and people in it, a beautiful world, that every time I close by eyes alot of things happening, scenes I create and destroy, the recreate it again. Sometimes I imagine a world I never thought of, and keeps my hanging sometimes... My imagination kicks soo much I never stop sketching and describing it through paper since I was a child.

[shreddedreams]

I AM A VISUAL THINKER. I CAN WALK IN A HUGE AREA WITH THE LIGHTS OFF AND THE ROUTE CAN BE MAPPED IN MY HEAD. I NEVER REMEMBER NAMES OF PLACES, BUT GOD DAMMIT WHY IS IT IMPORTANT! I CAN DRIVE FROM RUSSIA TO JAPAN WITH MY EYES CLOSED AND NOT KNOW THE NAME OF A SINGLE HIGHWAY.

BEEN THIS WAY SINCE BIRTH.

[predomalpha]

I'm a visual thinker, i can tell when things can't fit and I can make simple creations in my head!