The more I learned about psychology, the more I started to realize that all of the kinks I had in learning and interacting with the world were not really all that odd. I was just a visual-spatial learner in an auditory-sequential learner's world.
I am not somehow special or unique in being a visual-spatial learner, nor was I really at a "disadvantage"—that's not what I'm getting at. I had always tried to explain to myself why I failed all those timed multiplication tests in elementary school: Why could I figure out the answers but fail so miserably at memorizing them? Why was it that I seemed to be perfectly capable of decent English, yet incapable of spelling even some of the simplest words? Why was it easier for me to realize the big picture of how everything fits together and then figure out the steps involved in making that big picture work? It was all because I learn things in a slightly different fashion—just like another 10–20% of the world (Many of whom probably do not have the advantage of realizing it).
All that finally realized; I can tell you about my quirks and understand why I have them. Isn't science wonderful?
If you give me a problem, I will take my time and ponder it—look at it from various angles—and... get back to you. I'm not fast, but when I arrive at my answer it has the full power of my intuitive skills behind it. I will not be able to give you every single step of reasoning behind my solution immediately, but if we go over solution with a little back-and-forth discussion I'll be able to work out that reasoning with you. The reasoning is there—like all visual-spatial learners, I just cannot find the words to express it immediately.
Finding words is a difficult task for me—I know the idea behind what I want to say and can see it all in my head, but the words have to be found. If you get me going too fast I'll stumble over my words. Even when typing I'll type a word and half of a word from later in the sentence. I need to reference the image, find the words, all the time assembling them into something I hope others will find logical.
If you show me something I disagree with, I will cut to the chase and tell you I disagree with it. Only after that in discussing it with you will my reasoning become clear—both to you and me. You just have to give me a chance. This unfortunately puts a lot of people on edge, especially highly sequential people. I'm working on it, though, and hope I'm improving.