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It's possible that some can't picture things in their mind. Though I don't know how that feels.

I think the correct word is Aphantasia

I think I can picture things though, if I like consciously try to, but I don't think my brain does that like as a default setting

pretty much all my thoughts by default are usually just some... idk. Instant instinctual understanding seperate from any languages, pictures, sounds, tastes, smells, whatever.I don't really know any words to describe that.

It's a weird subject to think about, sometimes I picture things that I've but never wonder how I do that, maybe it's possible to train something like this

Possible, yeah. Kinda like the ability is there but it's not really something that happens naturally, I kinda have to force it. Like a very flexible joint that can bend easily backwards if you apply the pressure, but lacks the muscles required to do it on it's own

In the case of my brain... the ability to think words and pictures is there it just never uses that ability unless I'm very consciously trying to

^Instant instinctual understanding seperate from any languages, pictures, sounds, tastes, smells, whatever.

so like concepts? so like, instead of thinking of a tree, you think of the concept of a tree
usually my thinking is in words

I think so? When I think of a tree, I don't think the word "tree" nor words that describe a tree like "leaves" or "bark". I don't visualize a tree in my mind. No cognitive symbols aligning with reality beyond my self. Just a raw, likely instinctual understanding that is beyond words or form. Because of that though, it's extra difficult communicating a "tree" to others through methods like language or drawing.