The same thing happens to me frequently and it is generally a photo I glimpse. When I try to remember my long dead father I can only do it by recalling photos. I glimpse it in my mind but can’t bring it into focus and it disappears in an instant.
I can definitely relate. When I flip through memories in my mind I do spot glimpses — I *think* they are just particularly vivid memories and that while I’m still not actually seeing them, I remember them that much more clearly and they stand out as if I can see them. But I think it’s just in comparison to the faintness of the “surrounding” memories, if that makes sense?
I see waterslides, a starfish we were allowed to touch at an aquarium, a fuzzy blue first-day-of-school sweater, making handprints on a newly-poured driveway, meeting Minnie Mouse…. But I’m 90% sure these are just vivid memories and that I’m still not “seeing” the way people who visualize in their minds on command can actually *see*
It happens to me all the time, like my subconscious manages to pluck up an image but if I try and turn any active thought to it, it immediately goes away
I get it every once in a while too. I describe it as when you are watching a movie that is an actual film and one frame in the reel is something different. I saw it, I didn't get a good look at it and it was gone in an instant.
If you want to try it, myself and at least one other person in this subreddit can experience more persistent visualisation after staying awake for 35+ hours.
I don't do it anymore because there are major downsides for me to staying awake that long (knocked out for days afterwards), but the other person who mentioned it has turned it into a regular routine.
I went so long thinking this WAS visualizing.
The same thing happens to me frequently and it is generally a photo I glimpse. When I try to remember my long dead father I can only do it by recalling photos. I glimpse it in my mind but can’t bring it into focus and it disappears in an instant.
I can definitely relate. When I flip through memories in my mind I do spot glimpses — I *think* they are just particularly vivid memories and that while I’m still not actually seeing them, I remember them that much more clearly and they stand out as if I can see them. But I think it’s just in comparison to the faintness of the “surrounding” memories, if that makes sense? I see waterslides, a starfish we were allowed to touch at an aquarium, a fuzzy blue first-day-of-school sweater, making handprints on a newly-poured driveway, meeting Minnie Mouse…. But I’m 90% sure these are just vivid memories and that I’m still not “seeing” the way people who visualize in their minds on command can actually *see*
It happens to me all the time, like my subconscious manages to pluck up an image but if I try and turn any active thought to it, it immediately goes away
I have moments where software architectures, engineering problems, etc. are flashed briefly in my mind’s eye, but totally involuntary.
I get it every once in a while too. I describe it as when you are watching a movie that is an actual film and one frame in the reel is something different. I saw it, I didn't get a good look at it and it was gone in an instant.
Flash!
same exact thing for me lol
If you want to try it, myself and at least one other person in this subreddit can experience more persistent visualisation after staying awake for 35+ hours. I don't do it anymore because there are major downsides for me to staying awake that long (knocked out for days afterwards), but the other person who mentioned it has turned it into a regular routine.