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[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 97 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (24 children)

Something explained to me...

I was 41 when I realised that people actually see things in their minds eye. It is not just a metaphor.

Blew my mind, like it is some kind of superpower, you can just imagine stuff, and you see an image of it....

My partner is such a good cook, partly because she can combine flavours in her mind, to check if they will taste good together, that is just fucken cheating.

When people "get a song stuck in their head" they can literally hear it.... How the fuck do you get anything done, you crazy bastards.

[–] alecbowles@lemm.ee 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That’s how I compose music. My brain plays it to me before I can try and put it on paper. Also when I sing I can hear the instrumental on my brain without actually playing it.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Same. I can't see anything in my mind's eye but it's loud as hell up there.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 6 days ago

gotta love when you're in a dead quiet room and suddenly it just becomes an mp3 player, i've straight up fallen asleep to music playing in my mind.

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 7 points 1 week ago

Related to this, I'm a fairly decent dancer....but only if there is music playing. I cannot dance at all with no music, it is just impossible for me to look at all coordinated. I have no music or beat in my head to follow, it is a little crazy to think that the "normal" case is that people hear music in their heads.

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