when i was younger i was sort of dyslexic and well actually i still am naturally...i just have learned to slow down and remember to read left to right one word at a time...all information comes in this way for me...not backwards but at the same time...like swirly bits of facts in my brain that get connected in no particular order. i wish i could show you with my hands the way i naturally read a sentence...it might be the 2nd word then the last then the 1st...but i think my brain scans for the most important keywords and puts them all together. like i'm in some race or something but so someone says something and that word gets connected to this word which connects to that idea and then that one and it's all swirly and then something complete gets spit out of my mouth in response. although...sometimes it doesn't sound complete because they were not aware of all those connections so it seems totally random and they have no idea why i didn't just answer the question and the fact is...i'm not trying to be difficult i just can't hear the question any other way.
edit: actually that's not true. just like with dyslexia i can...i can try and remember to slow down and hear things one word at a time but it takes a lot of effort.
it's like i look at the whole sentence and read it at once...not word by word haha unless i make special effort i don't know he called it classic dyselexia whatever that is...maybe i don't have it. maybe i just read fast ?? it's quite possible it isn't relevant at all.
Are you a speed reader? If not, I'll bet with some training, you could become one of those super duper amazing speed readers who can read a whole page at once.
I think I could become a line-by-line speed reader with practice, but my problem is that I hear the words in my head when I read, which hinders speed reading. Which is weird, because I'm a primarily visual learner, so I think it was because I was taught to read that way. Sometimes I can get the voice in my head to shut up while I'm reading, and when I can, I read a lot faster because I can just look at the words visually and zip through them.
So for me, reading is much more linear than my Ne, but now I kind of wish my reading was more like my Ne! I do get your parallel, it does make sense.
it's ridiculous as a dom function...i don't know how it is for others but it's like an addict walking around for a fix...new information...new puzzles...what can i do with this...what can i change that into....i wonder if this is possible...absorbing constantly...feeding the blender...churn it mix it...more more more....still hungry...need to create...need to change or fix or solve...plan this...plan that...wonder this wonder that...try this try that...spongey lil alien people on the prowl for information to feed our brain haha
I agree, this is what my brain is like, too.
Ne is a pattern seeker. One way I experience it is in noticing all the possible immediate relantionships between the perceived bits from the outside world I payed attention to, and then linking them to the existing mental structures, revising what is (external) to what could be (internal), originating "what if's".
One practical example would be in school, as the teacher presents some topic and begins addressing said topic, as he provides new information, even if still incomplete to the actual topic, and while "waiting" for the next bits, the above process is already taking place to the incomplete data provided. And the process still continues, in parallel to the class topic, either at the moment or later on.
This sounds a lot like how I learn, too. You build the framework, and then find more and more connections, making it stronger and stronger. Sometimes I used to space out in math class and get ahead of them by testing and finding new connections in my head.
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