Do you think in pictures? words? both?....an experiment.

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I think in both words and pictures, like 'audio video'.
However, my thoughts are rarely linked to my surroundings, unless I'm working very hard, when something related comes in along with the unrelated. I have looped thoughts of music/sound effects/words, snippets of cartoons/anime I have watched, and pictures I have seen, usually all melded into one mishmash thought, and this thought sticks, until another one comes along. I also think about my own ideas for TV show 'episodes' or a song with music video on a regular basis, and I experience them like I'm actually in front of a computer watching what I'm thinking about on YouTube. I cannot spare a moment without thinking of just words, just pictures or just sounds.

If I was to think about

A family member's face:
I would think about a memory I had with them, in footage with audio.

A Maths problem:
I would think of a 'mishmash' along with the problem (which is in verbal words).

Spelling a difficult word:
Some random cartoon guy saying the word, along with a mishmash.

What love is:
I think about the things I love: a MASSIVE mishmash of words, pictures, videos, music, shapes, smells, tastes, faces etc.

How to give directions to a place nearby
I'd think of driving in a car, blasting out music, around the place I am talking about.

a family member's face

Picture

- a math problem
Both

- how to spell a difficult word
Both

- what love is
Picture

- how to give directions to a place nearby
Picture

- a family member's face
picture of the face

- a math problem
numbers, written down. When I do it in my head it is like I would write it down, means it looks like this in my head, but I don´t write it down

- how to spell a difficult word
I see the word written down and read it, so I can spell it

- what love is
Hmm, no words and no pictures, it is different from the other examples because it is a feeling. I can´t explain it.

- how to give directions to a place nearby
Picture or video of the way I would go if I wanted to reach the place. Then I try to explain this pictures in words so the person who needs the directions can understand it.

I am AS self diagnosed.

I didn't close my eyes for this as I don't need to do that to think or to visualize things.

- a family member's face
I see that person's face.

- a math problem
I see an equation.

- how to spell a difficult word
I see how the word might be spelled, and "hear" myself saying/spelling it.

- what love is
The first thing that came to mind was the image of two people hugging.

- how to give directions to a place nearby
I see a mental image of the place, along with what I can only describe as a video of how to get there.

I am unsure of diagnosis, but suspect I may have AS.

Fascinating experiment:

- a family member's face
I saw my dad and heard him calling my name

- a math problem
I see the numbers and do the match

- how to spell a difficult word
I see the letters

- what love is
My mind went blank. Not certain I fully understand definition of love?

- how to give directions to a place nearby
I see the road (a la Street View)

I think I only “think in pictures” when I have a good graphical representation of the object. Otherwise, I am forced to think in words (or something else).

I honestly could not tell you, to be honest i find the question confusing, surely everyone think in words thats what thinking is right, i dont really think in much of anything,

answers:

family member= hear my dads voice

maths problem= hear the numbers etc.

love= for some reason the colour pink comes to mind

I know this may seem strange but i did not think people really thought in pictures, that seems quite impossible for me to do, i can never hold onto an image for longer then 2 seconds and i can never make an image accurate or clear.

My AS husband tells me he thinks in neither pictures nor words but understands the world through feeling which he then has to struggle put into language - I am slowly learning to give him time to do this.

He will often say to me "I can't describe it, but I can tell you what it feels like".

Does that strike any chords anywhere?!