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You've exactly described some of my very early memories - from before I had begun thinking in language.

To this day, one of the things that comes to mind when I think of a "door" is the way I conceptualized it before I knew there was a word. The best I can describe it is a combination of the act of reaching for a doorknob, followed by a plane hung vertically, pivoting inward from the right side. It seems to come from the act of opening a door... but the weirdest part is that while I was an infant in my memories of that type of internal dialogue, the conceptual representation I described describes the motion an adult would use to open a door.

I don't have aphantasia, have a very strong spatial sense, and ADHD-PI is a huge part of my life.



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