Poll How Do You Think?

[Friday]

Thinking & talking with others lately about emotions deriving from thoughts, cognitive distortions, etc., and a few conversations with people has led me to wonder how other people think.

 

[ButterflyDisco]

im gunna say sensations...but moving images could be also correct...
im not sure how to explain how i think...i think in emotions mostly, and attach meaning to them...or visualisatons, and see them move

 

[Tanishq]

Images, pictures mostly. There are others! Sorry can't give out too much information. :D

 

[Deleted member 28812]

Is this only for people with PTSD?

I don't have PTSD but I noticed I "think" mostly in pictures.

When I do think in words I think in different languages - not only in my native... but to give an example: If I had a conversation with a person in a language I do think about this conversation in the language it was held - e.g. I think about talking to @FridayJones in English.

 

[Deleted member 28812]

I sometimes think in pictures I cannot describe in words, like something happened or I think of something that might happen in the future and I see it very clearly in front of my eyes but cannot describe it to another person... at least not in words that make sense... and sometimes I there are things I can talk about in one language but not in the other... *lol* makes that sense? Not trauma related.

 

[Tanishq]

I see it very clearly in front of my eyes but cannot describe it to another person.

I can relate to this because sometimes I am this way. Just can't find the words to describe that. It's ok. We are just unique.

 

[Deleted member 28812]

at least not in words that make sense...

... or at least not in words that I do think make sense to other people. When I tell them they say it makes perfect sense but I feel like I am missing the quintessence.

Interesting question btw :), thanks @FridayJones.

 

[ButterflyDisco]

ok, this is how i think, i think:
if i am afraid, which i am right now, because its dark and i dont like the dark, i do not think "i am afraid", i think "darkness brings fear, turn on the light..." but not in words, in passive emotions...then i like "light will awaken others, make them angry, fear anger", but not in words, more in reimaged experience...ugh...im doing a terrible job explaining this...

 

[Tanishq]

@ButterflyDisco that sounds your imagery comes from word.

 

[ButterflyDisco]

@Tanishq no, i just suck at explaining what i mean, since we are on a text forum :) i dont think in words

 

[Tanishq]

@ButterflyDisco Makes sense to me. The screen we are looking at is one form of image.

 

[ButterflyDisco]

Basically @Tanishq i think the easiest way to put it, is that i think in emotions...attach moving images to those emotions...and then words to the moving images...its a complicated process...but the human mind is so quick.