Visualization during Reading?

[Rushali, Head Mod]

Do you visualise Characters and the world while reading the book? Are you able to imagine them in your mind?

Let us know here!

[Meenu]

I do visualise the world. I visualise the characters except their face.I've never been able to visualize a face

[Shawna]

I visualize books but I don't do it as much as other people. If a book is hard to get through or if it's even the slightest bit confusing I can't visualize it. If I can visualize it really well though I dream about it at night and I'm in the story. It's sorta fun

[Milind]

I visualize things only if I have seen something similar in my life. If a book mentions something that I have never seen, like a type of color or a bird, then I can’t visualize it at all. I can also visualize characters, but cannot visualize their faces so I just slap a face that I’ve seen in a movie or tv show onto them.

[frannie]

I like visualizing books because it helps me escape from the world we live in now. I usually make up a character's features, no matter what the book says.

[Dreamer]

kae wrote: "I like visualizing books because it helps me escape from the world we live in now. I usually make up a character's features, no matter what the book says."

Same!!!!!!!

[Rushali, Head Mod]

I try to visualise Characters and the world, the places in my mind but I am not successful each time. Sometimes I am able to see a clear picture in my mind and sometimes its blurred. But characters are the most difficult to imagine for me.
Whatever be it, my reading experience is same in both cases.

[stu]

I totally visualize characters from books but, I guess I visualize them different from how there supposed to look, cause i search the character up later...!

[Palash]

I always visualize world, events and characters in my head. It enhances my reading experience but slows down my reading speed.

[Austin]

Yes. I visualise characters with the faces blurred and I imagine the surroundings with the given details.

[Fly]

I am aphantasiatic, so I find the whole idea of visualizing characters strange and fascinating :) what I lack in visuals I make up for in voices - every reading experience is full cast audio for me!

[Shera (Book Whispers)]

I use to visualize the world, characters, and every thing. Vividly. I would leave my body and it was like was full on dreaming it. So real, it was amazing. Sometimes if I could read for hours on hours I'd finish a book and suddenly realize that I still lived in the real world.

After getting tinnitus I don't. I'm told it's the anxiety that is making it hard to get back to that level of visualization. I think they're right. When I got back to myself more less depression/anxiety I almost sunk into the books like I use to. Right now visualization is hard. But practice, practice I'm sure I'll get back to it. At least I still enjoy reading.

[Unknown]

I don’t only visualize while reading, i also visualize the same thing when I’m not reading. Every scene is very vivid. Sometimes, I will reread some scenes just to get a better idea,

Honestly, this is the best part of reading.

[Nathan]

I don't know, it just happens in my head as I read...
I don't consciously make an effort to visualize :D

[Reed]

Yes definitely

[Megan]

when i read i visualize what i read. there have been a few times were i don't see words i see the picture that the story makes and i love it when it happens