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What is something other people seem to grasp easily that eludes you? (lemmy.world)
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For me it's time signatures in music. I grew up playing instruments, played in several orchestras, etc. But no matter how many times someone tries to explain time signatures to me, it makes no sense. I don't understand why people place such importance on it. To me, notes have a pitch and a duration, maybe some dynamics. That's it. I don't understand why people try to needlessly complicate it. It doesn't give you anything.

My wife will hear a song and go "Oh neat, it's in 5/8." And I'm like "How tf do you know that, and why does it matter?"

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[–] 8 points 5 days ago (7 children)

Same. Aphantasia here and I can't draw anything for shit. Well, unless we include things like flow charts.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    I’m on the extreme end of hyperphantasia and I can’t draw for shit either. I know it is in there somewhere; I project shape, colors and objects into my vision but drawing it is beyond me.

    I also have concept/shape, emotion/color, emotion/shape, vision/texture-tactile (/mirror touch) and various other forms of synesthesia. I have a lot of visual “noise” that affects my perception and perspective. It is hard to focus on making drawings that are understandable and relatable for others. When I do draw it is usually complex geometric patterns and colors associated with the “thing” I am trying to draw instead of the “thing” itself. It is hard to describe but I can construct the “thing” and clearly visualize it but when I go to draw it my hand fixates on recreating the shapes and colors of my synesthesia experience of that “thing”.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 days ago (4 children)

    As a matter of curiosity, you don’t also have aural (auditory tactile) synesthesia do you? That would be wild.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 days ago (3 children)

    Nope. I didn't know that was a thing. I do get frission response to certain music, but ASMR is generally just annoying/grating to me.

    I do get almost physical sensations when reading code, which is kinda wild.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 days ago

    but ASMR is generally just annoying/grating to me

    It's so rare to find other people like this! ASMR sound effects make me viscerally uncomfortable, and I especially get creeped out by the whispering voices as if they were right next to your ear 😰

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