those who think in images, are you constantly connecting?

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i have noticed, during my aspie discovery - that all of my life I have thought in images and I completely thought it was normal. I always remember trying to explain how my detail of memories that I've experienced were so graphic, that it was like i was pulling out an images, like on a screen. Constant movies, it's very weird for me. It's like an example

- My little cousin said "I'm not scared", then all of a sudden a scene of a movie I had seen where the girl said "I'm not scared", echo'd and I saw the exact scene, HD precision in my brain. This is why I don't listen to music or movies or watch TV because I will be absolutely bombarded by those images, if I don't live it for myself. So, in example: I want it to be like, next time someone says something - I make a connection to something I HAVE SEEN. Does that make sense? I am always constantly seeing patterns. Yet the funniest part is when I'm reading a fictional book, I have such a hard time imagining things? It's like because it's from 'that world' and not my own? Funny, huh?

How the hell could I have ever been ashamed or hated myself for being this way? I am so proud now. I am so tired of beating myself up. This is fun, this is cool, my world is ok.

Identical to me.

I get my diagnosis this Sunday, so unsure if it's an ASD thing.

Yes!

I don't think in images like you describe, but I do connect things regardless. If somebody says something that is similar to a quote I've heard from a movie or wherever, I will immediately think of it and sometimes I even say it out loud. If it's a song it reminded me of I sometimes start singing it, too.

I do have this to an extent, but the images aren't always clear. I have a much stronger connection to songs, and I can hardly have a conversation without getting a song stuck in my head. For example, if I hear the word weather , my mind immediately jumps to Let It Snow. Same for movie quotes.

yep! I find it relentless but seems as though I like visual thinking, it shows how big the bank of images is or is becoming.
I thought that everyone thought in images..lol, guess what I have realised!

I'm officially diagnosed, and my Mom's an NT. I have always been told that I "think in images", but couldn't figure out what this meant. I can think about words, descriptions, etc., but most of the time I relate my thinking to my dreaming. It's vastly similar in that it includes both relived moments and new ones that I haven't even thought of.

That being said, what I am currently seeing through my eyes is independent of what I'm seeing through my "mind's eye". Case in point, I'm looking out the window at the post-fall trees (no snow since it warmed up), and while I can visualize snow on the tree, it takes over what I am seeing through my actual eyes. The reason why I bring this up is because I have yet to figure out the difference between "thinking in images" and NOT doing so. I feel strange asking this, but how do NT's think? What is it like to NOT think in images? Is it just as simple as when you think, it's just words and descriptions and stuff, or is there no imagery at all?

I do make connections to things I hear and see all the time.

Not too sure if it means anything though, but it does make me smile sometimes.