I have the same problem. I think my non-verbal IQ might be about 45 points above my verbal IQ, so that could be a factor. I also think mostly in concepts, since I’m afraid that thinking in words would blind me to insights which do not yet have words to describe them.
But translation from “idea in my mind” to “words that others can understand” is hard. I hear that information in the mind has a relational (mindmap) structure, while writing is linear and left-to-right. So the data structures are quite different.
I’m autistic, which harms my ability to communicate. I also tend to create my own vocabulary, and to use grammar in a mathematical sense. I might add “un-” or “-izable” affixes to words which shouldn’t have them, or use set-builder notation in my personal notes, even if they contain no mathematics at all. This causes me to have my own efficient symbolic language which is incompatible with other peoples models/associations/tokens.
There’s two other things I try to avoid:
1: Subvocalization (it slows me down) 2: Explaining things to myself. I know what I mean, always. If I catch myself thinking to myself as if other people were listening, I stop. Is this a natural habit meant to improving communication, or caused by trauma and fear of being misunderstood (like imagining social scenarios while in the shower)? For I imagine that it causes a dramatic reduction in thinking speed, even if you get the benefits of rubberducking.
In short, I’m guessing that people with high verbal intelligence, and those who tend to think purely in words don’t have much difficulty writing. I don’t have any contrary evidence in any of my memories, so I will believe this for now
I have the same problem. I think my non-verbal IQ might be about 45 points above my verbal IQ, so that could be a factor. I also think mostly in concepts, since I’m afraid that thinking in words would blind me to insights which do not yet have words to describe them.
But translation from “idea in my mind” to “words that others can understand” is hard. I hear that information in the mind has a relational (mindmap) structure, while writing is linear and left-to-right. So the data structures are quite different.
I’m autistic, which harms my ability to communicate. I also tend to create my own vocabulary, and to use grammar in a mathematical sense. I might add “un-” or “-izable” affixes to words which shouldn’t have them, or use set-builder notation in my personal notes, even if they contain no mathematics at all. This causes me to have my own efficient symbolic language which is incompatible with other peoples models/associations/tokens.
There’s two other things I try to avoid:
1: Subvocalization (it slows me down)
2: Explaining things to myself. I know what I mean, always. If I catch myself thinking to myself as if other people were listening, I stop. Is this a natural habit meant to improving communication, or caused by trauma and fear of being misunderstood (like imagining social scenarios while in the shower)? For I imagine that it causes a dramatic reduction in thinking speed, even if you get the benefits of rubberducking.
In short, I’m guessing that people with high verbal intelligence, and those who tend to think purely in words don’t have much difficulty writing. I don’t have any contrary evidence in any of my memories, so I will believe this for now