I'm a 5.

Probably why I prefer graphic novels and was not really into textual books that much. I wish I could play a whole movie in my head while reading a book. I'm so jealous.

My dreams are super vivid though, and lucid dream often. And I remember my dreams in heavy detail. My dreams are like a 1 or 2.

Oh wait can people really imagine something with that amount of detail in their heads??(#1) I (#3) always thought the idea of sonething is enough

I’m probably about a 4, maybe 3.5, on this scale. It kinda sucks not having any idea what it’s like to actually be able to visualize things, so I don’t even really know what I’m missing.

How many Au/ADHD can do this vs non-neurospicy? Just curious of there’s a difference or likeliness one way or another.

I can see and manipulate objects in my head. I can make up voices or objects in my head and “hear” them. I can remember a smell, but I couldn't make one up - iow I could slice an imaginary apple and imagine the smell. I can feel an object’s texture without touching it.

I can’t imagine not having these things in my head.

#1 is really useful for 3d modeling. I can work out most of the details in my head, then put the final design into a computer to print.

I once managed to write an entire OpenSCAD model on paper. When I typed it into a computer (aside from a few syntax errors) the model was exactly as I wanted.

The advantages are very fast design iterations. The disadvantages are that I have to remember the entire final product and not confuse it with any previous iteration while writing it down; and that I have to actually write it down and not just assume that the 3d printer will start on its own.

There are times I can be "sucked into" a book. I'm in there, seeing the story like its real. I forget about everything else momentarily. Very jarring when my concentration is broken, and suddenly I remember who/where I am.

Also once had the classic "dreaming in code" when stuck on a programming project in school. Words can't properly describe the experience, besides I was dreaming in code. I shot out of bed and immediately typed up the working solution to the problem I was stuck on.

When tying your shoelaces what images or dialogue you have in your head?

While we're at it, when I start falling asleep reading a novel, it just keeps going in my head, like a movie. And believe it or not, the plot is usually a logical progression from where I left off. Stephan King is perfect for this, but that may be because I've read his books so many times. May also be because his prose flows so smoothly for me that I can just roll with it.

I think I'm 1, but there's no way to know for sure. I find it easier to call out sounds rather than visuals. I can't "hear" a voice or a sound if I want to. Visuals seem to require more will for the same fidelity.