I’m thinking about sports as an example. I used to do fencing, and sometimes we would learn a new technique or I would imagine one to do, and I would imagine myself doing it, then it was almost like autopilot where my body would do it just how I imagined, like it was easy. It didn’t happen very often but when it did it felt really cool.

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    I read “simulating” as “stimulating” at first before I read the entire title

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    If you watch the world’s best drivers from the WRC, this is exactly what they do before each stage

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    No, I have aphantasia so cannot visualise images (fortunately my brain seems to have compensated with Daredevil-esque sound capabilities / eidetic memory for sounds).

    It causes so many difficulties. Earlier I saw a comment someone had made mocking people complaining about the lack of planet-side maps in Starfield, saying people who can’t navigate by memory are stupid goobers. I’m not stupid, just my brain doesn’t hold images very well (I’ve been practicing and can hold an image for a split second before it dissipates).

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    Yeah but I have bad self confidence so I don’t expect it to work how I imagine and I’m surprised when it does

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      This often means I flub whatever it is when it goes right unexpectedly because the temporary shock confuses me just long enough to fail to capitalise on the success.

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    That’s how I learned to tie my shoelaces as a kid. I was “taught” by a cousin iirc, who was barely older than me and couldn’t demonstrate it properly. I figured it out on my own by visualising it. It’s the bunny ears method that I use to this day.

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    Yes… envisioning things is an important part of learning or planning something.

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    Not really, no. I wouldn’t say I’m 100% aphantasic, but I’m really, really bad at “picturing” things in my head and my visual memory is also really poor.

    Even if that weren’t the case, I’m also uncoordinated, so I don’t think my body parts would obey the pictures in my head correctly anyway.

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    I do that a lot. I can even correct mistakes before makong them. I imagine doing the motion and realize the angle that I am aiming is not good lr something.

    One time I was able to practice serving volleyball without a ball between two sessions and next week I drastically improved.

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    I actively do this. I try think about what it would look and feel like in first person before I do something (or as I’m trying to improve at it). Lots of studies show that this can be almost just as beneficial as training

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    Yes, before starting a project I like to visualize all parts of it to see if the project is viable and what will be involved.