Phasing out?

[Eustace]

I'll try and keep this one short.

 

When I write, there is pen and paper a certain distance from my face, but I go almost entirely internal. What I create... I see, three-quarters of what I see in my head is comparable to real-life experience; I visualise, smell, taste, feel, and hear each moment, and that leads to the next portion of the story. This is why I love writing; in my head, it's real, for instance, if I think about the novel I'm working on at the moment, I can picture and sense the environment in the opening paragraph, right through to where I left off ... it's exactly the same as it would be if I revisited my walk through the park towards the beach and back ... for instance.

 

I have caught myself though, throughout my life, phasing out into this interior world of mine. I find it hard to concentrate on most things that require attention - especially things that activate abstract thought, - mainly because if I'm reading something for instance, and something leads me to ponder, my sight will go blurry and I will go a vast distance away into my head, contemplating (visually) each possibility and path spreading away from the original something.

 

I wonder if people have an acuity for this visualisation, the same as I do. Obviously I cannot express in a way that will exactly detail how this works in my head, but I hope I have provided an adequate explanation. I think it's normal for people to be able to ... picture things mentally, but I feel my ability to do so is perhaps more ... advanced? Is this related to my Aspergers, or Aspergers in general? And do any others of you joy in this ability, but also, do any of you catch yourselves a million miles away, in a landscape of possibility?

 

Thanks for reading,

 

Eustace.

 

(See Mihaela, I don't always forget with the text)

[Livelife]

I do find myself drifting my concentration isn't that good and I do get lost in thoughts when perhaps I should be attempting to complete the task I am trying to do. I wouldn't say it was as vivid as you describe but living in my own world of thoughts is something I can relate too.