How to See Bright, Vivid Images in Your Mind’s Eye

Re:How to See Bright, Vivid Images in Your Mind’s Eye by justsid on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @05:50PM (#37772297)

Reading this is crazy talk to me. I can recall what things look like, like I know what an elephant looked like or my first apartment. But I just know what it was like, I can’t project it anywhere in my brain. It’s also just a very high level knowledge, there is 0 detail whatsoever because there is “nothing”.

It’s incredibly fascinating to learn about nuances between humans.

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Re:How to See Bright, Vivid Images in Your Mind’s Eye by Rapzid on Sunday October 08, 2023 @07:52AM (#37809685)

This is so wild to me I feel like there must be a misunderstanding lol.

I apparently have excellent spatial awareness and reasoning. I can imagine shapes and scenes. Rotate a shape and have a good crack at sketching it from my mind.

But I would never describe this as similar to actually seeing in any way. If I had to describe what I experience after reading through a lot of these descriptions it would be "knowing". When I visualize something it's like I'm "knowing" it's shape, size, position, and etc. But it's nowhere and I'm certainly not seeing it in any way that's meaningfully similar to actual sight.

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