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This is just a collection of things I've read that might or might not be related, mixed with my intuition of what might or might not be related: * Absolute rub
by harel 7y ago
This is just a collection of things I've read that might or might not be related, mixed with my intuition of what might or might not be related:
* Absolute rubbish sense of direction. I get lost on a straight road with a GPS. I can't look at a map and visualise a route - i need to properly understand it or know it from repetition (a lot of).
* maybe a plus, maybe not even related - i can visualise sounds and music. I can play back a song or compose a tune in my head. I can "speak" in any accent in my head perfectly - it doesn't translate if I try it out loud but that is just bad speech skills. I also do some music production so this helps though I admit replicating the sound I hear is often very hard.
* No attachment to past events. I can't "visualise" past arguments or bad events, so I'm left with a concept of them which very quickly fades away as it's just "words". Bygones are really bygones. This one I read somewhere as related. Not sure it is, but I do relate.
* I can't draw to save my life, but I can at least copy something if it's simple and right in front of me. Always at awe at people who can draw out of their head (and I'm a son of an artist).
* I remember events from a very early age (earliest memory is from 3 years old approx). But again, I remember specific actions i've done, and can recall the scene, but not visually. Just the idea/concept of it.
* Just generally feeling like I missed out on something that is really cool. And more than that, missed out on the fact I'm missing out for 43 years.
* I rarely remember dreams, but when I do it's a treat because in my dreams I do "see" the dream. I'm always excited when I wake up remembering a dream. It doesn't last though, I forget it soon enough, but that initial moment I know I "saw" something is really nice.
* All those exercises of seeing a photo and then having to recall it - I find those really hard. I can only recall what I memorised verbally (One shoe, two combs on a table etc) - but can't recall the image itself visually.
- AareyBaba 7y agoThis is fascinating. What about visualizing geometrical objects and doing design ? I would assume that architecture or mechanical design would be something you would have a hard time.
- harel 7y agoOne more thing, related or not: I play guitar and keyboard. Not virtuoso but I can play. I can only remember chords I practised or used from muscle memory, and although I play both for over 25 years, I can't for the life of me remember the notes on the strings beyond the two E-s. Keyboards are easier for me in that regard. I also never remember chords for songs so me playing is pretty much either improvisations or having a song chords in front of me.