Thin Air
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OMG! <3 😊
Thin Air always makes me think of nothingness, like something that should be there but isn't. Unless we're talking Thin Air as in high altitude, then I usually think of a mountain top :)
I'm actually really bad at visualisation tbh. I think it might be due to autism. Therapists always try to get me to do things like EMDR, and it fails every time, in part due to my dreadful visualisation abilities.
Thin Air always makes me think of nothingness, like something that should be there but isn't. Unless we're talking Thin Air as in high altitude, then I usually think of a mountain top :)
I'm actually really bad at visualisation tbh. I think it might be due to autism. Therapists always try to get me to do things like EMDR, and it fails every time, in part due to my dreadful visualisation abilities.
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What I pictured when I read the word "Thin Air" was a person, struggling to breathe at high altitudes. More specifically I visualized a man traveling on a air plane, requiring oxygen from the air vent above them, and perhaps receiving an oxygen mask as the air level drops.
I am fairly good at visualizing images. I am a daydreamer with an active imagination that tends to run away with me.
To answer the second question, I don't think after seeing an an image once I have any exceptional ability to retain it in my memory over time. I have a good memory, but I am a much more verbal person, and while I am good at recalling names, or remembering the exact words that were said, and tone of voice, I am not as good with reconstructing faces or what someone was wearing.
I don't have very good eyesight. Though it is corrected to normal with contact lenses, I think my other senses like sound have developed to be the dominant ones that I rely on more than vision.
I am fairly good at visualizing images. I am a daydreamer with an active imagination that tends to run away with me.
To answer the second question, I don't think after seeing an an image once I have any exceptional ability to retain it in my memory over time. I have a good memory, but I am a much more verbal person, and while I am good at recalling names, or remembering the exact words that were said, and tone of voice, I am not as good with reconstructing faces or what someone was wearing.
I don't have very good eyesight. Though it is corrected to normal with contact lenses, I think my other senses like sound have developed to be the dominant ones that I rely on more than vision.
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Being on high places. Like mountain tops or high monuments. There's less oxygen in the air the higher up you go. For example, near the top of Everest, you are taking in about a 1/3 as much oxygen as you would at sea level. Not lethal necessarily, but still highly dangerous for thrill seekers.
When it's something scientifically interesting and something I know a little about, my mind tend to catastrophize. So when I hear the phrase "thin air" -- my mind automatically leaps to the statistical amount of people who gave died from oxygen deprivation trying to climb something without a breathing aid -- or even the opposite, the bends, where there's too much Nitrogen in the body. From this point, I'll do research and lather myself into a panic about how RIGHT I am that planes are deadly.
Confirmation bias - complete.
Imagination initiated.
Sleep - Edging impossible.
When it's something scientifically interesting and something I know a little about, my mind tend to catastrophize. So when I hear the phrase "thin air" -- my mind automatically leaps to the statistical amount of people who gave died from oxygen deprivation trying to climb something without a breathing aid -- or even the opposite, the bends, where there's too much Nitrogen in the body. From this point, I'll do research and lather myself into a panic about how RIGHT I am that planes are deadly.
Confirmation bias - complete.
Imagination initiated.
Sleep - Edging impossible.
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I also picture someone standing from a great height on a mountain. The thin air at the top is represented by freezing winds and mist in my mind. I think I'm a good visualiser - when I read, I tend to bring books to life in my head as if they were a movie with fully fleshed out character appearances, voices and settings. Similarly with real memories, I can recall or still remember a lot of details in my head or picture what people looked/sounded like in that memory but whether that is accurate is a different question! Oddly enough I have trouble visualising certain images - I always struggled with geometry/shape puzzles in school because I had trouble rotating, flipping or altering images in my mind.
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Imagines a mountain peak. Probably saw one in a book or cartoon somewhere. Perhaps a clipart? Stuck as the mountain peak image.
Is not an observant person. Focuses on major details. Holds onto them decently. Loses little things easily without conscious effort. Cites that as the reason for having poor memory in regards to people. Separates faces through small details. Disappears quickly. Becomes uncertain upon seeing someone a second time. Relies on larger, less complex objects, such as glasses, bags, and sometimes hair.
Adds one interesting sidenote. Improves visualization considerably at the edge of sleep. (Drifts off to sleep with some success attempting to do this.) Favors old Super Nintendo games ingrained in memory. Plays it. Expands the window of visualization from a small circle to the entire screen, when sleepy enough.
Heard about people seeing Tetris like that. Usually selects the first level of Mario Kart or F-Zero. Managed with Earthbound, Kirby Super Star (more generic than level specific), and Chrono Trigger once or twice. Works a bit for real-life spots too.
Is not an observant person. Focuses on major details. Holds onto them decently. Loses little things easily without conscious effort. Cites that as the reason for having poor memory in regards to people. Separates faces through small details. Disappears quickly. Becomes uncertain upon seeing someone a second time. Relies on larger, less complex objects, such as glasses, bags, and sometimes hair.
Adds one interesting sidenote. Improves visualization considerably at the edge of sleep. (Drifts off to sleep with some success attempting to do this.) Favors old Super Nintendo games ingrained in memory. Plays it. Expands the window of visualization from a small circle to the entire screen, when sleepy enough.
Heard about people seeing Tetris like that. Usually selects the first level of Mario Kart or F-Zero. Managed with Earthbound, Kirby Super Star (more generic than level specific), and Chrono Trigger once or twice. Works a bit for real-life spots too.
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i really could wax poetic here but instead this was the first thing my dumb ass thought of:
ANYWAY, i like to think i'm great at visualizing! been a writer for over 18 years with personal projects so it's part of my hobby to translate visuals into words and vice versa.
ANYWAY, i like to think i'm great at visualizing! been a writer for over 18 years with personal projects so it's part of my hobby to translate visuals into words and vice versa.
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It's probably due to the expression, but I imagined something being there and then just suddenly p00f! It vanished into thin air!
I'd say I'm okay at visualizing images, though I usually end up in different places than the people I know.
My memory is uh... not that great though xD
I'd say I'm okay at visualizing images, though I usually end up in different places than the people I know.
My memory is uh... not that great though xD