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      5 days ago

      “Seldom anything visual”

      Like you’d think you saw a black cat out of the corner of your eye and then you look and nothing is there? Or you see the black cat actually sitting there and know it’s not real?

      I understand your inner voice it seems pretty much like mine.

      Do you get earworms? Or is your inner voice completely voluntary?

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          5 days ago

          I find myself defaulting back to playing the last catchy song I heard if I choose to hum or whistle or just decide to play something in my head. I’d say it’s like leaving a cassette in the player, I can switch it out if I think about it, but if I just play “something” there will be a default tape in the player.

          Hmm that’s really interesting. In a way, your mind can create images then because otherwise you wouldn’t see them. You just cannot consciously produce an image?

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              4 days ago

              Yeah you lost me

              Like you get words popping up in your head when you look at a visual stimulus and you can’t tell if the word are actually written there?

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                  When I see something visual

                  I wouldn’t think letters, sounds, or words. I’d just get ideas that I can use my internal voice to consider if I wanted to think about it in words.

                  I believe I have visual dreams when I have them which isn’t often. They feel extremely real when I have them. I feel like I know the details without feeling like I made a list of details to remember, it’s like I remember from seeing it.