Assignment 25- Sam Ederington

It's really hard to think about what is truly core to yourself. There's a lot to people, and its hard to tell what makes you you. For me, I like to think that it's the way I think. I almost never create mental images, I simply describe them in words. When I read a book, I recite the words in my brain, I can't picture the scenes they describe, or whatever is happening. If someone shows me a drawing or sketch to demonstrate how something works, I translate it into words. When I think of people, I think of their names, not what they look like. To remember who someone is, I describe their appearance to myself. I was originally surprised when I learned other people did most of their thinking in images, and I remember the first time I learned that, I tried to think in such a way. Whenever I try to do so, I can't figure out a a background or a thousand little details and it all falls apart. I don't fully understand how significant such a difference in thinking actually is, but I find it really interesting.

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