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18 Jul 2010, 9:05 pm

So many aspects of life from math to empathy require imagination.

Even a word on a page like the word steak or vanilla ice cream involves the imagination to convert the word into a mental image in the brain/mind/head.

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18 Jul 2010, 9:09 pm

agreed but I was wondering people think we don't have imaginations I know I do ddoes anyone else feel they do?



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18 Jul 2010, 9:18 pm

ASdogGeek wrote:
agreed but I was wondering people think we don't have imaginations I know I do ddoes anyone else feel they do?

I feel like I do, even though most of my imagination involves things I've seen in videogames, television, and books than purely mental constructs.



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18 Jul 2010, 9:22 pm

rmctagg09 wrote:
ASdogGeek wrote:
agreed but I was wondering people think we don't have imaginations I know I do ddoes anyone else feel they do?

I feel like I do, even though most of my imagination involves things I've seen in videogames, television, and books than purely mental constructs.


same here I need something to build off. as a kid I played pretend as long as it was my special interest and things were a certain way



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18 Jul 2010, 9:25 pm

ASdogGeek wrote:
rmctagg09 wrote:
ASdogGeek wrote:
agreed but I was wondering people think we don't have imaginations I know I do ddoes anyone else feel they do?

I feel like I do, even though most of my imagination involves things I've seen in videogames, television, and books than purely mental constructs.


same here I need something to build off. as a kid I played pretend as long as it was my special interest and things were a certain way

I remember when I was a child a good portion of my pretend playing involved making documentaries, as I was watching Wild Discovery before I entered kindergarten.



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18 Jul 2010, 9:51 pm

What does Constructional Apraxia have to do with imagination or autism?

My imaginations as a child was focused around dealing with reality. My play was wandering around exploring, or building things to play with.


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19 Jul 2010, 6:47 pm

Some autistic people do have traits similar to apraxia, but I'm confused by this post too.


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04 Jun 2011, 3:20 pm

I know this is a year old, but there's one thing I don't understand about imagination, which is uncontrolled imagination, where you imagine things you don't want and is making you anxious. I keep thinking everybody in public are looking at me and judging me constantly - when probably nobody's even noticed me (since I don't stim or do anything else what gets people's attention), and other people tell me that I'm imagining it.

Does that count as imagination?


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