I think maybe people with this condition over-idealize what it means to visualize something.
I think I'm very good at visualization. I can visualize things and recall visual scenes from my past but it doesn't look anywhere near as vivid or detailed as the real experience... Except when it comes to emotions; my emotions are heightened when visualizing things (especially memories from my past) - I'm pretty sure that I didn't feel as strongly back then as I feel recalling the memory (I suspect so because I rarely feel very strongly about anything in the present). Emotions help make the visualizations seem real in spite of the lack of detail. For me, even the appearance of an inanimate object or a movement has a distinct feeling associated with it.
My mind doesn't separate emotions and logic. When I react to things strongly (which is very rare), there is a logical reason behind it and I always know why I'm doing things and why I'm feeling a certain way. I'm immune to depression because I can always enumerate everything that makes me sad and when I resolve these issues, I always feel happy... Until new issues arise.
I never got into situations whereby I thought something would make me happy but it didn't or I started to take it for granted. If I think something will make me happy, it will make me happy 100%.
I usually run scenarios through in my head before I make any decision; I guess that's also a form of visualization. When I'm looking at the menu at a restaurant, I visualize myself eating each dish on the menu (and imagine the smell and flavor) in order to make a decision. Actually one of my siblings joked that they always try to choose the same dishes as me when we go to a restaurant together because it almost always turns out good.
I think I'm very good at visualization. I can visualize things and recall visual scenes from my past but it doesn't look anywhere near as vivid or detailed as the real experience... Except when it comes to emotions; my emotions are heightened when visualizing things (especially memories from my past) - I'm pretty sure that I didn't feel as strongly back then as I feel recalling the memory (I suspect so because I rarely feel very strongly about anything in the present). Emotions help make the visualizations seem real in spite of the lack of detail. For me, even the appearance of an inanimate object or a movement has a distinct feeling associated with it.
My mind doesn't separate emotions and logic. When I react to things strongly (which is very rare), there is a logical reason behind it and I always know why I'm doing things and why I'm feeling a certain way. I'm immune to depression because I can always enumerate everything that makes me sad and when I resolve these issues, I always feel happy... Until new issues arise.
I never got into situations whereby I thought something would make me happy but it didn't or I started to take it for granted. If I think something will make me happy, it will make me happy 100%.
I usually run scenarios through in my head before I make any decision; I guess that's also a form of visualization. When I'm looking at the menu at a restaurant, I visualize myself eating each dish on the menu (and imagine the smell and flavor) in order to make a decision. Actually one of my siblings joked that they always try to choose the same dishes as me when we go to a restaurant together because it almost always turns out good.