How do YOU see?

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Friends, I had a thread on here recently entitled, "How I see." Basically, it explains how I see things, even though I lack almost any visual memory. In a way, it's "how I see without seeing."

So now I want to hear from you. (You may want to check out my former thread as a model.) The point of my introducing this thread is because I find it a thrill to hear and feel how so many of us on the spectrum process information in such diverse ways. It's an adventure into other peoples' minds, which proves how blessed we are to have autism.

my eyesight is very detailed and precise, also, my eyes move around a lot if theres a lot of light, 50% of my eyesights is gone (the top of my range of vision) if its bright, but in a dim place i have a full range of vision. if i walk into a large area im likely to shut down because it takes a while to "scan" the area.

It would have been easier to give us a link to "How I see" http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt249782.html rather than making me search for it.

I think I have a milder version of what you have. I think of it as kind of like a Picasso painting, with everything disconnected.
And it changes. Minute to minute, day to day. I'm used to it, so I can usually drive. But some days, it takes too long to put the pieces together. When I want to turn left, I can't just scan the panorama and get one complete picture. I need to look at one little piece of the picture at a time, from left to right, and by the time I get to the far right, the information to the far left is too old and unreliable. It's easier to just turn right and go home. I don't drive when it gets that bad. Fortunately, it rarely lasts for more than a few minutes.

I also have an issue with depth perception that I still haven't figured out and can't describe.

I'm also mildly face-blind. I didn't know what it meant and it was my dirty little secret for about fifty years.
After I figured out that I was an Aspie I started hanging out in places like WrongPlanet, the first time I heard the phrase, "face blind," I knew exactly what it meant. Such a simple little phrase that explains so much.

I see things as a whole and I only notice small details if I consciously focus on them or they related to a special interest.

I also have bad visual memory and mild face blindness. I am not entirely sure what you mean, I don't see in my mind really, I cannot picture memories visually in my head its quite strange because I know something has happened but I cannot really remember it.

It varies from seeing details, missing some important item if it is right in front of me...I often see things as a whole instead of in fragments.

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My photo memory sucks. Audio memory makes up for it though . I'd just say I see normally except for my moderately bag eye sight. Thank heavens for corrective lenses. I don't really know about noticing detail and such. Just... Average. I think that simple logic helps me see out of the box solutions.

I see the world in a very detailed way. My surroundings seem brighter when I'm happy and doing well. My surroundings seem slightly dimmer when I'm bothered by something.

In terms of my actual visual perceptions I don't have any serious problems. In fact, I'd probably say that out of all my senses it's the most finely tuned. I can project invisible patterns into my environment, create scenes, detect intriguing details. When I look at at something that I perceive to be a door, it's because my brain has coordinated the visual information into one whole. I see a whole door. I see lines that outline the door and the various different sub structures of the door. I can examine all the intricacies of it. As far as I'm aware, my vision is 'typical' or perhaps above average as I don't need glasses etc.


If I include some random philosophies that I've heard/read throughout my life, I could not claim to 'see' things at all. >.>

The grey chemical concoction inside my head that we have labelled 'brain' allows me to perceive. A perception of what? Senses can be distorted and tricked, perhaps they are tricked all the time. Because it's impossible to be certain of anything other than that I seek pleasure and avoid pain, I don't really know what else is 'real'. I can't claim anything to be real. As a species we make sense by labeling anything we know to exist as real. After all, we couldn't go about our lives if we didn't.

I'm a very visual thinker, and I tend to be good at remembering faces and such, though at the same time, my reaction times to visual stimuli tend to be slower than most people's, and I'm really really bad for losing track of objects, even if they are just inches away from me.

Zombie Bride and Tahitiii.
Yes. Some days it is like looking at a Picasso and I have to back away to get a less chaotic impression. I have been wondering about it.
I also see patterns and details.
It correlates with my way of thinking.

I see patterns, geometric shapes and numbers. I am good with detail.