When I realised I had a bit of a quarter life crisis but so much of my personality made sense instantly. I used to think picture in your head was a metaphor. And, like you said some people can recreate music, smell and touch too.
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It’s so hard to explain to others. I know abstractly what things look like. Curious if like me you were deemed ‘intelligent’ by teachers but always underperformed in exams. I realise now all my class mates were cheating. They had the books in their head!
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I did quite well in exams because I remembered what the teacher had said in class.
I can easily describe things I've seen, like what color or shape something is, just unable to form a picture of it in my head.
Maybe I should have listened more in class.
I discovered that if I repeat what someone is saying in my head as they talk, it becomes much easier to recall. I also really struggle to read fiction. I build up fact sheets instead of visualising descriptions.
Reading fiction was one of the topics with my friend. He wondered why I read so much fantasy when I can't imagine the things written. I absolutely love Tolkien because he describes things so thoroughly in his books. And a good story doesn't need images!