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Just came here to say I'm a Ne-dom and my thoughts are strongly visual. If you were to sit in a café with me and we'd talk about a certain topic, and then a month later I'd hear about that topic in a completely different situation, the image of the café and the exact view I had from my seat would pop up in my head.
Although I don't have color-synesthesia, my brain does make some weird associations. For example, when I play the guitar I associate notes and frets with specific gender, animals, etc.
Also, there is a term for not having visual imagination at all. It's called aphantasia.
Alright, this might be the weirdest question you’ve ever gotten, and I wouldn’t be surprised if you ignored it, but… do you picture Enneagram and/or MBTI types as colors? I know, weird, but I was reading your latest type 2 post (the one in which you mention Annie Wilkes and Alex) and suddenly I had one of those crazy realizations you have out of the blue - I have been seeing type 2 as something abstractly light pink all along since I’ve started learning about Enneagram around two years ago. Do you also do this? Coming to think about it, I once saw people on Tumblr, if I recall correctly, talking about doing something similar, but with school subjects, lol.
EDIT: Turns out it was Buzzfeed, lol
https://www.buzzfeed.com/sydrobinson1/what-colors-do-you-associate-with-these-school-subjects
https://www.buzzfeed.com/hattiesoykan/what-colour-do-you-associate-with-these-school-subjects
Interesting. I don’t do this, no, because I don’t have color-synesthesia. I have read about it in the past, and it would be interesting to know if it’s related to type at all or just a random occurrence in certain people.
I actually have very poor visualization skills. I’m not sure if it’s typed to being Ne-dom or if it’s just a weird thing my brain refuses to do, but I don’t think in pictures, colors, or even words – just in ‘thoughts.’ And when I’m envisioning a scene, I’m thinking in words rather than ‘seeing’ two characters do something. So when I think about 2, I think “the helper… over-helping… wanting love… pride” rather than envisioning a character, color, or person.
If anyone relates to the color thing, reblog and add your thoughts (rather than sending me an ask) since I’m curious to read it. :)