There was a weird moment once when I was reading to myself in my mind while copying a text and yet somehow misheard a letter (I think it was B instead of D). It felt as if I weren’t aware of the original text in the first place and were simply writing down what someone else dictated.
Another thing is that I often remember words graphically, especially when trying to spell them correctly (e.g. in “successful” I imagine two blocks of “cc” and “ss” in my head as if I were looking at it on paper). In maths I can move symbols back and forth pretty easily in a formula and combine them with relatively simple constructions when necessary. Regarding sounds, I can reproduce short pieces in my head accurately enough to be able to transcribe them eventually, or at least to get the emotional feeling of a song, so to say.
Also one of my friends struggles with verbal thinking and thinks mostly implicitly, using concepts, if I understood that correctly, and they have a strong preference for non-verbal signs of affection (physical contact, actions, quality time etc.).
Also one of my friends struggles with verbal thinking and thinks mostly implicitly, using concepts, if I understood that correctly, and they have a strong preference for non-verbal signs of affection (physical contact, actions, quality time etc.).
Same here. Not thinking in words at all, very strong preference for touch or very simple expressions. Over the years with my SO, we basically formed a language of taps, hugs, noises, licks, sniffs, … (E. g. shlip tongue noise—Greetings! / I like you. / … (there are even tonal variations—rising / higher pitch is questioning, flat is affirmative), sniff-sniff noise—What’s wrong? Etc. - So a possible exchange could be seeing them sitting on the sofa, looking unhappy—sniff-sniff (What’s wrong?) - grumble (Bad mood.) - shlíp? (Affection?) - shlīp. (Yes.) - hug. That’s much less exhausting than doing the same in words.)
There was a weird moment once when I was reading to myself in my mind while copying a text and yet somehow misheard a letter (I think it was B instead of D). It felt as if I weren’t aware of the original text in the first place and were simply writing down what someone else dictated.
Another thing is that I often remember words graphically, especially when trying to spell them correctly (e.g. in “successful” I imagine two blocks of “cc” and “ss” in my head as if I were looking at it on paper). In maths I can move symbols back and forth pretty easily in a formula and combine them with relatively simple constructions when necessary. Regarding sounds, I can reproduce short pieces in my head accurately enough to be able to transcribe them eventually, or at least to get the emotional feeling of a song, so to say.
Also one of my friends struggles with verbal thinking and thinks mostly implicitly, using concepts, if I understood that correctly, and they have a strong preference for non-verbal signs of affection (physical contact, actions, quality time etc.).
Same here. Not thinking in words at all, very strong preference for touch or very simple expressions. Over the years with my SO, we basically formed a language of taps, hugs, noises, licks, sniffs, … (E. g. shlip tongue noise—Greetings! / I like you. / … (there are even tonal variations—rising / higher pitch is questioning, flat is affirmative), sniff-sniff noise—What’s wrong? Etc. - So a possible exchange could be seeing them sitting on the sofa, looking unhappy—sniff-sniff (What’s wrong?) - grumble (Bad mood.) - shlíp? (Affection?) - shlīp. (Yes.) - hug. That’s much less exhausting than doing the same in words.)