Looking for help/info for condition

[Lfgfgg]

Confused about how people visualize and metaphors . Bit psychotic aswell wandering if someone can explain??

 

[Rodafina]

Confused about how people visualize and metaphors . Bit psychotic aswell wandering if someone can explain??

Do you mean you are looking for an explanation of how people can visualize objects?

And also, looking for an explanation of how to understand metaphors?

 

[Lfgfgg]

Yes and I am confused about theory of mind

 

[Lfgfgg]

Confused about how people think,how I'm supposed to think

 

[tree]

Yes and I am confused about theory of mind

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_mind
One aspect of theory of mind is knowing that other
people have thoughts of their own.

 

[Lfgfgg]

What kind of medications do psychiatrist prescribe ?? Asd??

 

[rach3rd]

So I used to think visualizing was a metaphor. When narratives discussed characters “counting sheep”, I thought they were not being literal, no way the character was actually visualizing sheep in their head.

Turns out I was wrong…people actually do see images in their mind. I don’t. I learned that this condition is called Aphantasia. It can also affect the other senses. For instance, I can’t hear music in my mind either.

Scientists think this might be related to a memory condition called Severely Deficient Autobiographical Memory (SDAM), which I also have.

https://aphantasia.com/article/stories/maybe-you-have-sdam/

 

[SusanLR]

I just replied to the thread on Thought Overload, and as you can see there, I'm the extreme opposite. Extreme hyperphantasia. Like a photographic memory and visualization is mainly how I process.
Same with music and vocal recall.

It's a wonder I know which one is my own thought sounds, but I do.
My mind is just a very busy place.

 

[Lfgfgg]

Still wandering what medication most prescribed with aspergers besides ssris

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

I suspect antianxiety medication.