• RBWells@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Whistle.

    Tell right from left without thinking about it.

    Read a map, unless it’s oriented the way I am facing. My mind will not flip it.

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            6 months ago

            I get that. My intuition often mixes both up, too.

            That’s why I trained myself to say “driver-side” and “passenger-side” in my head when left or right come up. To a point where I don’t even have to think about thinking about it. I just visualize which side of car is meant instead of the rather abstract concept of left and right

            Might not help you; but it helps me

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                6 months ago

                Well, my brain seems to be affected by it according to that test (difference score of 11) if I interpret the scale correctly

                But well, I also got autism and quite a few other mental conditions and learned all my life to cope quite well with all my disabilities; that’s why I specifically outsource direction question to a visualization that make the answer more tangible for me than listening to my intuition.

                But well, what works for some doesn’t necessarily work for all. And probably my other conditions have some influence on it as well. We’re all different, after all; even if sharing a few traits.

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            6 months ago

            That’s why I explicitly stated local.*

            I don’t care which country I’m in and how they are driving there. I obviously visualize cars I grew up with.

            E: well, I see how local can be interpreted as exactly the opposite of what I mean… oops

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        Me and my dad are the same, on the left and right problem, never knew anyone else that had that problem, or that it had a name! I thought we were just weirdos :p

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        I believe it’s your brain but that’s not mutually exclusive from dumb.