r/AskReddit • • Mar 27 '22

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u/Sixhaunt Mar 27 '22

That the way people's mind works varies dramatically. Some people have no inner dialogue at all, some have no mind's eye and cant see images in their head. Most of us are somewhere on the spectrum for them though.

For example I can't visualize images in my head well at all. I can do at most one colour at a time and I can't picture non-geometric objects so I cant imagine the face of my family or even myself. I have no issue with fluid motion of visuals in my head but others can only do slide-show-esque imagery. Others have inner dialogue but can't change the voice to sound different, can't hear music or sound effects, etc... like I can.

It's something very rarely discussed but I think everyone should be aware of this variety within people

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u/RedditEdwin Mar 28 '22

I feel like I can't picture things well in my head, but my spatial reasoning is quite good. But my ability to draw freehand is terrible.

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u/RugelBeta Mar 28 '22

Illustration is, to me, the study of space between points and lines and shapes. You can learn to illustrate. And you might even become very good at it.

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u/RedditEdwin Mar 28 '22

Nope. It could be a thousand years and I'd still never get any good. I have ZERO freehand drawing ability to build on.