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DJDizzy
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25 Aug 2008, 7:36 pm

Is it possible to think well in pictures if you have AS?



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25 Aug 2008, 7:45 pm

I think *only* in pictures.



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25 Aug 2008, 8:04 pm

Yes! Very common with those with aspergers or autism to think in pictures.



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25 Aug 2008, 8:31 pm

I can tell you I ONLY think in pictures!! I always have and I doubt that is ever gonna change.


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25 Aug 2008, 10:43 pm

I mainly think in objects, 3D. Is that what you guys mean?



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25 Aug 2008, 10:49 pm

how else would one think? In sentences?


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26 Aug 2008, 5:45 am

It's common for people on the spectrum to think in pictures. It depends on the person though.


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26 Aug 2008, 6:30 am

Depends on the person. My brother, Autistic, thinks in images, I think in multi-dimensional forms - or, live-action blueprints, if that makes it sound simpler.


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26 Aug 2008, 7:16 am

I think half in shapes/forms and half in words, it really depends on the situation. When talking/writing the thinking comes in words, but when drawing it comes in images. Then I also get a combination of the two when I think about a story- I see the character and surroundings and "hear" what they speak at the same time.



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26 Aug 2008, 7:58 am

I think that thinking in pictures isn't exclusive to autistics. A lot of people think that way.
And yes, I do.



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26 Aug 2008, 8:05 am

well i "think" we can only think in pictures...

Can anyone tell me how you can think differently?



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26 Aug 2008, 3:19 pm

Some of my thinking is in words. The rest is difficult to describe, but it is not in the form of pictures. The best word I can think of to describe the form of the majority of my thinking would be 'essences'. If I am thinking of cats for instance I have a sense of cats that is not predominately visual or linguistic, and which seems to be comprised of my perception of the characteristics of cats (as opposed to be comprised of visual imagery or a word-map).



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26 Aug 2008, 3:25 pm

I think in sound and images... Like a really shiny movie.

(That doesn't make any sense does it?)



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26 Aug 2008, 3:49 pm

I don't think in pictures. I think in words if that is effective for what I'm thinking about. Otherwise I'm sorting through my mental data bank trying to apply previous learning to my problem.


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26 Aug 2008, 3:54 pm

i think in pictures with a very little sound

but whats the use i forget everything in sec :? :?



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26 Aug 2008, 4:18 pm

I think I think far more in sounds and words than I do in pictures.