I understand this case. I think what I was trying to convey is, there's something more... hmm... fundamental (for me at least) as far as my state of mind. I probably could have phrased it a bit better instead of saying "Oh yeah, I do this all the time, therefore it's
"
What I meant to say was, this kind of thinking just feels "on" all the time for me. Like I almost can't help
but to think in this manner.
Yes, I agree that many different types of people can think in this manner, it's just, at least for me, it's a consistent state of mind for me. Like, when I trace through the events of the day or when I'm recalling a story to someone, or when I'm remembering the conversation I had with someone yesterday, and so on onto many other facets of my life.
And while this stringed tangent is used in the OP as a string of cultural references, the process I use to do these basic everyday functions is much the same.
I'll start with a point in time or a very small window of time (and the point in time can be arbitrary, but usually I have a good sense where to start), something I can mentally picture in my head (and if I'm communicating with someone I will communicate that image), and then I will describe a point or small window of time directly connected to the first point, and continue thusly until I've worked my way sufficiently through the event.
That's just how I process things in my mind.
It's here. ---- Then it's here. ---- Then it's here.
Then maybe over here. ---- Go off on a little tangent and describe something here.
It's like this spacial arrangement of points (
discrete points) in time that I can easily travel to and from.
And that's essentially what is being described in the OP. It's a unidirectional movement of very
discrete mental images. (But it could just as easily go the other direction, or start with the 4th image and work forward, and so on)
So, fundamentally, that appears
to me.
Now, as far as other types that have those same kinds of tangents, again, I think it's just more that it's a more basic state of mind for me to think of several other things in my life and mentally picture things in this fashion. Yes, certainly other types can go through tangents of things like in the OP. But is it something that comes as a result ... hmm... naturally? Was it a bit forced (for lack of a better word) and maybe a bit of a new or unusual experience? Feel a bit weird look back and go "Hmm, that was a bit strange"? Or did it feel like second nature to think of things like that?
For me, this is like second nature to me. It just happens this way.