It’s funny I can see other comments where people still don’t really understand what it’s like. Nice to meet someone who gets it!
Did you realise after finding out you had any coping strategies?
I realised it’s why I loved using a computer - photoshop can be my mind’s eye. I even studied graphic design. I’m not a ‘natural’ designer that just instantly creates great designs, but I can put stuff in there and just move it around until I like it!
I did spend several years in high school working on traditional art skills because I thought it would be neat to be a 3D animator.
I eventually concluded that while I was making progress, I clearly didn't have the natural abilities some of my friends did, and that it would be a constant struggle to have a career in the field.
Obviously, I now understand better why my friends had better natural skills than I did.
I used to use mindmapping software extensively to process and think through ideas and their connections (Tinderbox, specifically: http://www.eastgate.com/Tinderbox/).
I now suspect that my other friends weren't as excited by it because they could do a lot of that stuff mentally.
These days I mostly figure things out by writing plain text in Markdown files. My inner world is pretty much just words, and that's how I output things now.
Did you realise after finding out you had any coping strategies?
I realised it’s why I loved using a computer - photoshop can be my mind’s eye. I even studied graphic design. I’m not a ‘natural’ designer that just instantly creates great designs, but I can put stuff in there and just move it around until I like it!