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How vividly can you see pictures and scenes inside your mind?

maleonolo

maleonolo

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How well can most of you imagine with all your senses? I can picture simple things decently, like a brown dog with floppy ears and an open mouth

Most of the time I use it to fight mythical creatures with magic
 
Evidently more than those I worked with as a corporate website designer. When producers would ask me about preliminary concepts I could see in my mind, but could not successfully explain them in words. Often leading to them to ask me to make a "comp" (composite drawing) of my ideas rather than attempting to explain what I could so clearly see in my own mind.
 
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Judge said:
Evidently more than those I worked with as a corporate website designer. When producers would ask me about preliminary concepts I could see in my mind, but could not successfully explain them in words. Often leading to them to ask me to make a "comp" (composite drawing) of my ideas rather than attempting to explain what I could so clearly see in my own mind.
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I guess you're talking about UI interfaces? Granted most modern UI is just 90% padding
 
maleonolo said:
If I asked you to imagine a bird sitting on your hand, can you see it, feel it's talons digging slightly into your skin, hear it chirp, smell its coat and (god forbid) taste it?
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I wouldn't know. I never held a bird before, so it's difficult to imagine it as a sensation beyond simply on a visual level. Apart from the fact that I'm not partial to birds in general.

Then again you might get a very different response if it was a Yorkshire Terrier. ;)
 
Judge said:
I wouldn't know. I never held a bird before, so it's difficult to imagine it as a sensation beyond simply on a visual level. Apart from the fact that I'm not partial to birds in general.

Then again you might get a very different response if it was a Yorkshire Terrier. ;)
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What if it was a yorkshire terrier?
 
I think I visualize things well at times, and other times, not so well. It's difficult to say. On one hand I am naturally a very visual learner, my pattern recognition is good, I can imagine things moving through space and time. On the other hand, it's not with much resolution due to my visual snow syndrome (VSS) where everything in my minds-eye is pixelated and fuzzy, even when I dream. Thalamocortical dysrhythmia (TCD).
 
maleonolo said:
How well can most of you imagine with all your senses? I can picture simple things decently, like a brown dog with floppy ears and an open mouth

Most of the time I use it to fight mythical creatures with magic
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When I do design work, I mentally lay out all the pieces on a table, then assemble it in my mind. That way I know not only how the pieces fit together, but also IF they fit together, before the first part is made.
 
Princess Viola said:
I don't, I got aphantasia.
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Aphantasia is surprisingly quite common here, maybe there's a link

Neonatal RRT said:
I think I visualize things well at times, and other times, not so well. It's difficult to say. On one hand I am naturally a very visual learner, my pattern recognition is good, I can imagine things moving through space and time. On the other hand, it's not with much resolution due to my visual snow syndrome (VSS) where everything in my minds-eye is pixelated and fuzzy, even when I dream. Thalamocortical dysrhythmia (TCD).
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That must be really frustrating. I only get visual snow when I close my eyes at night. Loads of little dots floating around and they move in waves sometimes. I would watch them drift around as a kid before I fell asleep

This is what I see with my eyes closed
https://www.reddit.com/r/autism/comments/18fmiz3/do_you_see_like_this_when_you_close_your_eyes

If I focus I can see it with my eyes open as well but it's completely unnoticeable otherwise. In this case it looks like the entire world is made of pixels
 
maleonolo said:
I only get visual snow when I close my eyes at night. Loads of little dots floating around and they move in waves sometimes. I would watch them drift around as a kid before I fell asleep
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I have the sort of vivid and active imagination you're asking about, but what I "see" in my mind isn't done using my eyes. When I try to look with my eyes closed I see a uniform black with a faint hint of red to it. When I look at an empty blue sky I can also see all the scratches in my eyes.

My imagination involves all of my senses. When I see a cloud of dust in a movie scene I can smell that dust and I can feel the imaginary grit in my eyes.

I am unable to invent though, I'm unable to imagine things I've never seen or experienced before. When concepts or designs are explained to me in a way that relates to my own memories I'm able to create a very clear picture inside my head, but if it's something completely outside of my experience then that's where it will remain.
 
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I have the sort of vivid and active imagination you're asking about, but what I "see" in my mind isn't done using my eyes. When I try to look with my eyes closed I see a uniform black with a faint hint of red to it. When I look at an empty blue sky I can also see all the scratches in my eyes.

My imagination involves all of my senses. When I see a cloud of dust in a movie scene I can smell that dust and I can feel the imaginary grit in my eyes.

I am unable to invent though, I'm unable to imagine things I've never seen or experienced before. When concepts or designs are explained to me in a way that relates to my own memories I'm able to create a very clear picture inside my head, but if it's something completely outside of my experience then that's where it will remain.
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Oh yeah my imagination isn't very vivid but I can place them in my real vision like hallucinations. I can also just see it in my mind without using my actual eyes, it takes less effort this way. If I overlay my imagination with my vision I can turn the sky red and create giant robots. The more things I have to change from reality the more my head hurts

I can't make new things either, like imagine a new face. I think I have to draw one and memorise it first. I can't imagine the electronic layout of my computer without having seen it before
 
I can close my eyes, think of practically anything, and I'm suddenly there making it what I want it to be ongoing. This is what I experienced when I had heart failure and was legally dead a while, as well.

On the other hand, I can't force dreams and can't force remembering them, either. I just randomly have and remember them...or I don't. Tis odd.
 
Personally, I'm primarily a visual-orientated person.

I'm able to recall, and reproduce imagery from sleep-dreams -for the purpose of art.

See my 'Autism-Forums' image.
 
Dagan said:
I can close my eyes, think of practically anything, and I'm suddenly there making it what I want it to be ongoing. This is what I experienced when I had heart failure and was legally dead a while, as well.

On the other hand, I can't force dreams and can't force remembering them, either. I just randomly have and remember them...or I don't. Tis odd.
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By force dreams do you mean lucid dreaming? That only works when I'm aware that I'm in a dream - there are ways to check if you're inside one
 
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