How do you "Think"? ( Archived) (42)

Aug 10, 2008 5:09 PM CST How do you "Think"?
Lonely1
Lonely1Lonely1Ottawa, Ontario Canada76 Threads 21 Polls 1,858 Posts
I understand that different individuals 'think' in different ways.

I myself am an 'Associative Thinker'. If I am speaking with someone and they mention a 'car accident', it will immediately bring to mind car accidents I was in, or I read about, or someone told me about. If I am not careful I would then begin to tell the person all about them in the next three hours. yawn

I was told by a female friend that she is an "Imaginative Thinker". If see sees' her partner reading a book on "Unsolved Murders", especially if they had an argument last night about who left the cap off the toothpaste, alarm bells would begin to go off! uh oh She can remember the streets in a city she was in ten years ago, if she happens to be in the area again!!!

Another friend told me that when she gets up in the morning she thinks about everything she has to do. Not me. I think (?). Once I get up in the morning I go on autopilot until I have my coffee: Brush teeth. Shave. Get dressed. Make coffee.....
sleep

Am I just weird or what? grin mumbling
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Aug 10, 2008 5:13 PM CST How do you "Think"?
KrazieStill
KrazieStillKrazieStillChardon, Ohio USA13 Threads 3,978 Posts
I think I think too much.dunno
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Aug 10, 2008 5:15 PM CST How do you "Think"?
rwantin
rwantinrwantinRoyal Oak, Michigan USA17 Threads 8,924 Posts
I'm usually in a hurry to reconcile matters that plague me so. I've become much better at avoiding paralysis by analysis these days. smoking
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Aug 10, 2008 5:16 PM CST How do you "Think"?
gypsykisses
gypsykissesgypsykissesPort Huron, Michigan USA7 Threads 1 Polls 2,405 Posts
hmmm some say I think too much.............some say I don't think enough.....no one ever told me how I thought.....I guess I think deerty.........rolling on the floor laughing wine
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Aug 10, 2008 5:21 PM CST How do you "Think"?
Claayer
ClaayerClaayerWild Wild South West, Cornwall, England UK107 Threads 9 Polls 15,888 Posts
Oo I think waaaayyy too much.. daydream

My mind is just a big ole blurr of bumpf most of the time..

Even I can't work it out. giggle
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Aug 10, 2008 5:21 PM CST How do you "Think"?
pvictoria
pvictoriapvictoriaVictoria, Gozo Malta17 Threads 1,044 Posts
I think I shouldn't think.

confused

What was I thinking or was it drinking ??????

laugh
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Aug 10, 2008 5:22 PM CST How do you "Think"?
Claayer
ClaayerClaayerWild Wild South West, Cornwall, England UK107 Threads 9 Polls 15,888 Posts
pvictoria: I think I shouldn't think.



What was I thinking or was it drinking ??????


haha laugh

Hellooo long time no see! wave hug
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Aug 10, 2008 5:23 PM CST How do you "Think"?
Freeya
FreeyaFreeyaMykonos, South Aegean Greece1 Threads 97 Posts
i am always thining,
but i am having troubles with coordinating the 2 thinking devices with the appropriate times dunno
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Aug 10, 2008 5:23 PM CST How do you "Think"?
trish123
trish123trish123Macclesfield, Cheshire, England UK177 Threads 4 Polls 13,724 Posts
Lonely1: I understand that different individuals 'think' in different ways.

I myself am an 'Associative Thinker'. If I am speaking with someone and they mention a 'car accident', it will immediately bring to mind car accidents I was in, or I read about, or someone told me about. If I am not careful I would then begin to tell the person all about them in the next three hours.

I was told by a female friend that she is an "Imaginative Thinker". If see sees' her partner reading a book on "Unsolved Murders", especially if they had an argument last night about who left the cap off the toothpaste, alarm bells would begin to go off! She can remember the streets in a city she was in ten years ago, if she happens to be in the area again!!!

Another friend told me that when she gets up in the morning she thinks about everything she has to do. Not me. I think (?). Once I get up in the morning I go on autopilot until I have my coffee: Brush teeth. Shave. Get dressed. Make coffee.....


Am I just weird or what?


associative thinkers do my head in - you cant have a one on one conversatrion with an associative thinker cos they bring everything back round to themselves - I find that many of my friends who are coming out of relationships (myself too for that matter) get so lost in the various 'associations' that they completely lose sight of the 'self'..............
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Aug 10, 2008 5:25 PM CST How do you "Think"?
pvictoria
pvictoriapvictoriaVictoria, Gozo Malta17 Threads 1,044 Posts
Claayer: haha

Hellooo long time no see!


Hello Claire.wave

I remedied this problem this weekend by squeezing in my mustard on CS.laugh
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Aug 10, 2008 5:27 PM CST How do you "Think"?
roseofsharon
roseofsharonroseofsharonmanchester, Hampshire, England UK60 Threads 3 Polls 8,699 Posts
Think??? Blimey..... I don't if I can help it!! roll eyes

grin
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Aug 10, 2008 5:27 PM CST How do you "Think"?
Lonely1
Lonely1Lonely1Ottawa, Ontario Canada76 Threads 21 Polls 1,858 Posts
trish123: associative thinkers do my head in - you cant have a one on one conversatrion with an associative thinker cos they bring everything back round to themselves - I find that many of my friends who are coming out of relationships (myself too for that matter) get so lost in the various 'associations' that they completely lose sight of the 'self'..............


Thats it. Now I know I AM weird!frustrated
Dangdrinking
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Aug 10, 2008 5:29 PM CST How do you "Think"?
mylifewithu
mylifewithumylifewithuSpringfield, Missouri USA174 Threads 23,670 Posts
Lonely1: Thats it. Now I know I AM weird!
Dang
I am one of those kind also, everyone does think I am weird, Oh well!!hug comfort laugh
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Aug 10, 2008 5:31 PM CST How do you "Think"?
mylifewithu
mylifewithumylifewithuSpringfield, Missouri USA174 Threads 23,670 Posts
I wonder what would happen to the conversations if two of those associate thinkers were together.rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing cheers
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Aug 10, 2008 5:32 PM CST How do you "Think"?
Freeya
FreeyaFreeyaMykonos, South Aegean Greece1 Threads 97 Posts
mylifewithu: I wonder what would happen to the conversations if two of those associate thinkers were together.


lets talk about it conversing
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Aug 10, 2008 5:41 PM CST How do you "Think"?
trish123
trish123trish123Macclesfield, Cheshire, England UK177 Threads 4 Polls 13,724 Posts
Lonely1: Thats it. Now I know I AM weird!
Dang



nah - this is a bit sorta run of the mill normalish round here - oooops, unless of course Im weird too hahahaha - hmmmmmm, possibly thats so........ - have fun anyway sweetie hug teddybear bouquet
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Aug 10, 2008 5:42 PM CST How do you "Think"?
Lonely1
Lonely1Lonely1Ottawa, Ontario Canada76 Threads 21 Polls 1,858 Posts
Then there is the "Strategic Thinkers". If you meet one of them run!!

E.g. when I am thinking which flower to buy her to get the relationship back on track, she may already have her bags packed, closed the joint account, selected her new apartment..... [DISCLAIMER: For illustrative purposes only!]

Anyone out there like that?innocent
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Aug 10, 2008 6:28 PM CST How do you "Think"?
lucky200761
lucky200761lucky200761Blue Springs, Missouri USA38 Threads 5 Polls 569 Posts
I'm a systems thinker...my social i.q. is through the roof and then some...can somebody say organized chaos!
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Aug 10, 2008 6:30 PM CST How do you "Think"?
HJFinAZ
HJFinAZHJFinAZSun CIty, Arizona USA870 Threads 1 Polls 17,068 Posts
Claayer: Oo I think waaaayyy too much..

My mind is just a big ole blurr of bumpf most of the time..

Even I can't work it out.


I "think" you should head for the mirror...grin
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Aug 10, 2008 9:46 PM CST How do you "Think"?
Woadan
WoadanWoadanPittsburg, Kansas USA6 Threads 2 Polls 101 Posts
Thinking.....about thinking.....hmm where to start? I don't know what type of thinker I am but I think (for lack of a better analogy) in puzzles that are incomplete. What that means is that as I talk to someone their words fill in pieces of puzzles in my head. It gives me a clearer (in most cases) picture of what they want to convey. "Pieces" are made by all sorts of things including personal experience, empathy, deduction, or from things I've gotten from other people directly. Then things take a "left turn" and all the various possibilities unfold about what they are saying. Do they really know the "something" they are giving me or is there more to it? Does the piece they gave me fit? If not, why? (I'm a technician btw) I find it almost impossible to ask an inteligent question if I don't fully understand what I'm being told. I've been told that I'm a "literalist" which I tend to agree with I lack a better term :) If you know one, please let me know! If you asked someone to fix something or to give advice on a subject, wouldn't their understanding of the problem/situation be kind of be a desired prerequisite? Ok if your brain hasen't exploded by this point BRAVO! :-)

The only word that will be on my tombstone


WHY?
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