Are You A Visual Thinker? 

Buzzfeed is really good at making you feel special when you're really not

Is it just me it does anybody have this happen to you When your at school or at home or wherever you are, your drawing something specific or just maybe random, you have it all thought out in your head and you think it's going to turn out perfect, then you draw it out and it looks so terrible. Like, you had this feeling like you had it all thought out perfectly and then completely fail at it. ??? Anyone???

When I have to learn something like a sentence or a word I remember were it is placed on the page but not the sentence itself

now I don't feel bad that I can figure out how to get somewhere only by trees and houses before street names

I have a weird question to you guys. When I hear a voice, either in the radio or anything. I see what the person looks alike. My imagination may be wrong, or right. And another thing, when I read maybe magical and mystical books that describe their location, I either imagine myself IN that location or the person the book was speaking about in that location. Are some of you related to me? No? I'll see

I can PRECISELY visualize what page a certain thing is on, including how the paragraphs look on the page. I can remember if something is on the floor, in the corner, under a stack of hats and shoes, and precisely stick my hand in the mess and pull it out. I can recall completely conversations, and who was walking around me while the conversation was going on.

when u r a visual thinker but can't draw Update: so I don't even remember writing this comment but just letting u know I can draw now, each painting I make is better then the one before it, yall can too 🫂🤝🏽

This went from a interesting test to a history lecture xD

when I'm trying to fall asleep at night, I automatically start playing like video games and stuff in my mind

How does one not visualize stuff in their head in order to help aid them in their thinking process? I honestly thought that was normal for everyone.

I am most definitely a visual thinker. Here's an example: Me: You know the thing... With the thing on it, that does the thingy with the thing am a whatzit? Person: What the heck are you talking about??

wait so there's people who don't visualise things while thinking? what omg I thought everyone did

Here comes the 'Oh , that's just like me' people.

I write fiction that way. When a story comes to me, I watch it like a movie in my head. Then when I write the story, I just describe what I saw. Of course, I can never get what's in my head exactly or completely into words, but hey... not every day is a Sunday, as they say.

Does anyone ever get images stuck on loop in your head? It's kind of difficult to explain, but it's like a few seconds of film is buffering/looping over and over again in your head. It sometimes happens when I'm daydreaming. For example, I once couldn't stop visualising a man slipping on a banana peel (over and over again!). It gets real damn old.

Definitely a visual thinker. I've always thought so. It's been nearly impossible to convey properly what I'm thinking to the majority of people I've met in my life.

I'm a definite visual thinker, Literally when I bring up an old memory I remember everything around me. I remember EVERYTHING Like who was across, the hall. What we where talking about. What time if day was it. Who say infront of us, how loud it was, the lighting. But then I talk to someone and I'm like "asldkfjhguwirltousnsjs"

Everyone is often surprised at how much I remember from when I was very, very young. It's always the same thing; I can clearly see the place where I was, the faces of the people I was with, and what we were all doing at that time.

I'm a visual thinker, i can tell when things can't fit and I can make simple creations in my head!

Now I know I'm a visual thinker, but I have a big problem... I want to write a story but I don't know how to express myself while writing T-T

Whenever I read a book, I'm not looking at the book or the pages or the words, I'm watching a movie inside my head instead. Whenever I hear a completely new song and I listen to the lyrics, I picture a story inside my head. I can also remember things like if I go on a journey, I can remember every single road and building we pass by perfectly but I can never remember names of streets or areas. Also if I'm at an airport or a train station etc I always imagine possible stories of peoples lives. Idk does anyone else do this?

When I listen to music I see a colour movie of what's happening in the song. If it's just an instrumental piece, my mind makes up a video to go with it. When I read a novel I see a movie as I read the words. Don't ask me to remember nouns or pronouns, though; like when whatshisname gave that thingamajig to his sister; or was she his cousin...

who else is a visual thinker like me

Sometimes when I'm bored I create stories in my head to keep me busy. For example: A girl walks into a bar and she meets this guy. But in my head I see the characters doing the actions that I'm thinking. And what makes me angry is that when I try to put those stories on paper it doesn't look as good as the pictures in my head.

This is unrelated, but whenever I read a book or an article, or even listen to someone talking, my mind creates slightly vague images of what I'm hearing or reading.

do you think its weird if I remember a dream almost perfectly from when I was like 3?

You know you have ptsd when he tells you to think of event from your past and a traumatizing event instantly pops up...

I HAVE FINALLY FOUND AN EXPLANATION. I am literally the worst public speaker because I know what I want to say, I just can't figure it out how to say it! Oh, and, noob tip, when you want to remember something, just mentally take a picture like everything else, it's hell of a lot easier then just memorizing it

I have difficulty remembering names and faces when growing up. But I can remember my very first memories when I fell from stares at around 2-3 yrs old and crying so loud when I was smaller than a pillow, my aunt came and left me ... The time when I was crying, I remember some words yet I cannot speak, like " you can t leave me here, I'm just a baby!" Now, I have difficulty socializing with people, I became so shy I d rather stay at home. Because there s something in my head, like a world and people in it, a beautiful world, that every time I close by eyes alot of things happening, scenes I create and destroy, the recreate it again. Sometimes I imagine a world I never thought of, and keeps my hanging sometimes... My imagination kicks soo much I never stop sketching and describing it through paper since I was a child.

I can think of a really well drwan image then go to draw and... yeah, it doesn't look good.

Thats pretty damn cool the way they filmed this

one time I watched all of the three lord of the rings in my head over 12 maths lessons. I remembered them from when I watched them. at the moment I'm working through harry potter

I draw complex digital art in my head. I'll have made a full drawing (layers and all), and people will think I'm weird.

I'm a visual thinker...

i use my visual thinking to figure out where imma move my furniture around my room,lol,anyone else?

Sometimes when I have to study words for a test I remember myself sitting at my desk and seeing the asked word on the paper

This whole video is basically all about me. I can't explain the images in my mind without drawing them. I can't understand anything in class if the teacher doesn't writes it on board. My friends usually say that they don't need to study because they are listen but even if I concentrate I don't understand anything unless there is a visible explanation. Also I always feel mentally alone, it's not like that I don't have any friends, but I feel that they don't understand me and they all seem insanely dumb to me, SOMETIMES EVEN TEACHERS. I always have the feeling that I think differently from others, I feel like I'm from a different dimension or something.

I am so identified with this video, I have trouble speaking to others of what I think, I don't remember people's names but I know exactly what their face was like, I also remember some insignificant scenes with no worth but I don't remember important stuff. I builded a whole fantasy world in my head and and i've made movies too in my head. But I'm a music man, I'm a drummer.

I watched the Lego movie from my memory.

Finally! Someone has accurately explained how my backpack works. It's not messy. Everything is in order, just relative to other things that may or may not be related to them based on the time I put said objects in my bag.

I don't know why, but I've always thought in colors, like if I hear a word, any word, like... The word game, I think of the color dark green. Or the month December I think of dark blue. It's... Weird... Does anyone else think like this, because I tell my friends this, and they all think I'm weird... •_•

I'm so mind blown right now....didn't think my thing had a name lol

It is quite helpful in exams especially when it comes to memorizing. I close my eyes and visualize the things I have to memorize and somehow connect them together, so it's like I'm creating a video in my head.

these talking vids are so relaxing at night.

I AM A VISUAL THINKER. I CAN WALK IN A HUGE AREA WITH THE LIGHTS OFF AND THE ROUTE CAN BE MAPPED IN MY HEAD. I NEVER REMEMBER NAMES OF PLACES, BUT GOD DAMMIT WHY IS IT IMPORTANT! I CAN DRIVE FROM RUSSIA TO JAPAN WITH MY EYES CLOSED AND NOT KNOW THE NAME OF A SINGLE HIGHWAY. BEEN THIS WAY SINCE BIRTH.

I feel like I think too much. I could be walking to a shop and thinking of what to eat for dinner, then I end up thinking of my insignificance compared to the universe and question my entire existence. Anyone else like this?

When I remember old memories, I remember numbers, phrases and pictures.

When I listen to narrations I picture the actions in my head and it is soooo clear to me! I believe I am definitely a visual thinker.

YA!!!! VISUAL THINKERS UNITE!!!!

what?! do people not remember things in pictures???

When I'm trying to remember my studies during exams, I remember where the part I'm trying to remember are located on the notes, and the colours help me remember where they are

THANK YOU!!!!!! I have been trying to explain this to people for AGES now, i'm so glad there's a name for it. all i could tell them was that "i don't think in numbers or letters."

I wish I had this. I draw pretty decently but only when I have a refference. My visual memory is pretty bad, I have auditory memory, I don't really enjoy it. I envy people who have a really good photogenic memory, they tend to be the ones who need less studying time and can still ace tests. Imagining amazing things, seeing things clearly in their minds, having the most vivid dreams. Oh gosh my life would be so much easier! But, alas, I am stuck with remembering what people say. The cool thing is being able to use their words against them, having proof and quoting exactly what they said, or remembering what the teacher explained in class :P

I barely ever remember faces or names, unless I've known the person for a while, but I remember events perfectly. I could replay such an event in my head from 5, 10, or even 20 years ago perfectly. I also see static, but that's another topic ~

I think I'm a visual thinker... I fit most of these

im only a visual thinker when i dont have access to porn.

Call me a strange one, but i often play tetris in my head.

Yes I am. *:D* When I was younger, I would imagine fake objects or people and place them everywhere...When I read books, it plays as a movie. And, it turns out that I can read very well. I was listening to some music I had never heard before (the white birch) I imagined a story...;) how do you guys see or do these things?

I think this is the reason I like geometry way more than algebra

This is why for exams I make sure I minimise my notes from a book onto an A3 sheet and then into a tiny mini sheet. I remember the main points in the exam and can expand on each point in the exam. Because I’m a visual thinker I’ve had to work harder in stuff like philosophy and English where communication was key. However once you get used to explaining your ideas it feels great! Philosophy really helps that

Oh god. The desk thing

this is 100% me, when i was younger i got so mad at my mom sometimes for cleaning my room and it made me cry, i came back from a 10 day trip to a room that was completely foreign, i didn't even know where anything was and it made me so mad. i spent about 2 hours putting everything back, and i was exhausted after the 10 day trip so you can guess how happy i was to do that. lol, this is also how i remember where everything i own is. i have 2 spots my wallet might be 3 spots for pencils, 2 spots for paper, and the list goes on, and when something isn't in one of those spots i have imagined in my brain i blame someone for moving it and get frustrated. even though sometimes i get distracted and set something down in a place i didn't mean too!

This describes me SO PERFECTLY. Thank you so much for making this.

I've always been very talented at those weird math problems where you have to figure out which net will form a 3D object, I could always visualise the object building itself, and if it didn't make the shape then it wasn't the right answer. Being a visual thinker also makes me day dream a lot, but that's very useful because it helps me come up with characters to draw or animations that I'd love to create, or sometimes helps me imagine possible music videos. I imagine action scenes, romantic scenes, funny jokes or sad moments, it's almost like I've got a movie theater in my brain. Maybe one day I'll come up with something awesome like Tesla or Einstein did, but for now I'm happy just building imaginary shapes

This is how all BuzzFeed videos should be.

I play the guitar. If I learn a new song (or whtever it's called) I don't remember the CDEFGAHC stuff, but I remember where that thing is I need. I can't explain.

for the last time mum, DONT ORGANISE MY DESK.

Why is this narrated by a cat?

The hardest thing is that you are a visual thinker but YOU CAN'T EVEN DRAW A PROPER STICK MAN WITH NO DETACHED PARTS

every single person is a visual thinker, you're just trying to make us fell special. If you want to be big, go do the hard work with passion

This makes so much more sense to me now, I always have extremely complicated ideas in my head as images but it's a huge struggle to convey that image to someone else through words alone. Also explains why I have a difficult time showing somebody else exactly what I'm talking about, I can tell them, I need to show them.

This totally explains how I think, the way I understand everything is by visualizing it in a flowchart, a timeline, a jigsaw or lego blocks in my head. Sometimes wish I could just project my thoughts out in a hologram so I can actually show people something rather than try verbally explain it because it's significantly harder...

When the example of the messy desk came up I knew this was me. This also made me think back at times when I couldn't explain something clearly to people...now I know why.

This is literally 100% me. Ive always had great trouble with words but can easily get the point across if i draw or am able to show something

Edison didn't create electricity it was tesla

WHEN U STUDY FOR A TEST U DONT KNOW THE SENTENCE BUT U KNOW WHERE IT IS PLACED ON THE PAGE

Also called: ADHD, Autism, OCD. YW ;)

I can see memories in a way; like I am in a theater and I watch the events involving me but in 3rd person. Like I am some floating camera or something lol

Nice to know there's a name for it. This theory explains, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder". Some people see what is real to them. This is how I've created thousands of unique products without ever drawing or measuring, ahead of building. I get an idea and formulate the object, with perfect clarity, in my mind. I took it to an extreme when I was remodeling my house. I left portions unfinished and never noticed how bad it looked until I later saw photos. I knew what I wanted it to look like, and saw it so clearly, that I ignored the state of incompleteness. The mind is a strange thing.

THANK YOU SOMEONE WHO GETS THE ORGANIZATION THING

is anyone here not a visual thinker?

I am autistic and I almost exclusively think in pictures. That's a reason why it's so hard for me and other autists to communicate.

During the video, part of me was listening and thinking about what the speaker was saying and the other part of me was visualizing how they were creating multiple layers on the screen and I am glad they showed how they did it in the end bit because it proved my visualizations correct and put my mind at ease.

"Albert Einstein saw a man riding a wave of light" sounds like prophet Muhammad's night journey

I'm a visual thinker but sometimes i feel like its just a thing we make up to excuse our bad memory and computation in other areas. Like i never cared about spelling when i was young and just doodled but that was a mistake that i payed for.

I'm not a genius but you've just described how I think.

This is awesome. One of the best things I can describe as a visual thinker, are the physical known locations (screenshots of a place at a VERY detailed particular angle (lighting, time of year/day - and strangely always devoid of people, cars, animals etc - it's just a picture of somewhere I know/knew) that I associate with a particular memory, thought, idea, or process. The visual has no particular special association. However it is usually somewhere from an earlier age, mainly mid teens or earlier. For example travelling at the age of 23. Almost none of those experiences/visuals are used to associate.

I love this guys voice! He sounds like the voice for "dear kitten".

Yup. Visual thinker. I flip my shit when someone "cleans" my room, I am terribly awkward in conversations, and I can never explain something to someone without showing them. I cannot remember names, but I can remember faces,

messy table pretty much sums up 99.99% of people in earth

So, did anyone else end up feeling really anxious when that desk got tidied up, even though it wasn't theirs and even though it was just an image on a screen?

I felt proud to be a visual thinker while watching this video. While having to draw is the only solution for me to share what I think sometimes, I love to draw, so I have no problem with it.

This is exactly how I think as well, but when talking to people I tend to 'switch' into a different way of thinking in order to express my thoughts, Best of both :)

Thank you! My desk is messy because I know where everything is. I really hate when someone comes along and messes up my organization. Because the way I think is in pictures, I remember the exact place and where I put it is in relation with other objects. I remember how my desk looked with the things together. Its why I disliked college so much. Because I needed to be able to manipulate the world around me. I think in moving words and pictures in my mind. I am a writer, but am constantly seeing a movie being played out in my head. I am not writing, I am filming in my mind.

Used mental visualization to get through my physics class. Really helped with the theories and ideas.

This. Explains. EVERYTHING. And I mean, EVERYTHING. This explains why I wright stories, and why I never wright them down. This explains how I think and why, and in every way. This explains, well everything. Thank you, for telling me who i am, cause god knows I'm not gonna find out on my own.

see now the problem with me is, i can see something in my head a thousand times more detailed then if i tried to put it on paper, or any other physical or digital medium... like if i try to make something in my head it will just come up and a shit pile of a mess that will look nothing like what it does in my head.. ive always felt like if someone could make something where you could copy and idea from your mind and put it on screen it would be the most amazing invention of all time... someone get on that

In my head , when ever Im alone or bored I have Ideas of scenes and storys .After holding them in for so long , I soon share them on a website called Wattpad . So that others can enjoy what Shizzle goes on in my brain . :D

I couldn't help but concentrate on the voice. It's the sad cat diary!

if you watch this video without the sound (which is what i did) then it would be very confusing. I was like "what is this video about? why isn't anyone saying anything?" i forgot that i turned off the volume... hee hee