Do aspies think in words, language and black-n-white?

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I think in words and in video,but with most situations I need to plan with excruciating detail so I think mostly in video.

I think in 'video', although sometimes when there's not a story behind what I'm thinking (e.g. thinking somebody is pretty) it goes to simple words.

I think in words unless I'm thinking about something complicated, then my thought becomes visual -- not representational, but rather I seem to see logical relationships and their weightings.

I think in words. I don't see the words in my mind but "hear" them as an inner voice. I can't think in pictures very well at all and don't really understand what people mean when they say they think that way. Sometimes I think in a kind of conceptual way, but it's difficult to explain what I mean by that. The best way to describe it is that it's a kind of mental shortcut I use when I'm thinking about something that's difficult to put into words.

I think in words. Lots and lots of words. To the point where I often want them to shut up. My visual imagination and memory are poor- it's only recently I realised that if I describe something horrible and people are all "pass me the brain-bleach", it's because they can actually SEE it in their minds. Never had that experience.
(Diagnosed post-DSM5, so I don't know what I have in old money. But no language delay, so not "classic autism".)