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[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Some people can see images and hear voices inside their heads…

[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It really fucked me up when I realized that "picture this" wasn't an entirely figurative saying, and everyone else does actually see stuff in their "mind's eye."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (3 children)

had you ever heard of artists drawing with their eyes clothes

[–] jaybone 10 points 5 months ago

Are those like sunglasses?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I can do that too. You're misunderstanding the concept. I'm perfectly capable of drawing, eyes closed or not (though it's much harder eyes closed, obviously). I do digital art. I just conceptualize things differently. I don't have a mental image, it's more like a knowledge of what shapes go together to make certain forms. I build things piece by piece from fundamental shapes that I analytically know make certain objects or creatures, but I don't have an image of what it is until I have actually put it down in paper.

I don't know if I worded that in a way that makes sense, as I've always struggled with explaining how I conceptualize to people that have an ability I don't. I know what shapes make up a dog, but I can't see the dog, if that makes any sense.

[–] Crackhappy 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Your "eyes clothes" typo was so unexpected it got me good. I couldn't stop giggling for a solid minute. My partner asked me what was so funny and I gasped out "eyes clothes" and she just sighed and walked away.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I'm actually really glad my mistake brought joy to you :3

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Realizing that made me hate books even more.

[–] lepinkainen 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Books are fine. You just need to find authors who don’t spend two pages describing someone’s clothes, as you won’t remember anything past “pretty tall and dark haired”

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Exactly that! Wish I knew I had this condition in high school when I was forced to read The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. It was a torture I'd happily pass.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I love reading, and I love writing and storytelling. I think books can be for anyone. I wouldn't let a difference in perception preclude you from enjoying an entire form of media, entertainment, and information. For me, audiobooks work best to hold my attention, as I struggle to sit and read words in front of me without keeping myself busy. It's not a fit for everyone, and not everyone will like reading, but I think it's a very simple joy that so many people have had hammered out of them by bad parents, bad teachers, or bad education systems that taught them to dread or hate books and reading. I got back into reading as an adult, and it's one of the most fulfilling parts of my day.

[–] sramder 1 points 5 months ago

It’s okay homie… there are dozens of us ;-)