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... I don't recognize myself in any of these. Probably something weird about my brain, but your choice of examples not being diverse enough might also be a factor.
I can't seem to figure out if I'm just exceptionally poor at noticing my use of metaphor, or I use different metaphors but with the same general principle due to being so excessively visually oriented, or I've trained them away by obsessing about using more accurate mathematical ones. Or maybe something I haven't though of.
Looking at your last page of comments, I see you mentioning an idea arising, being struck by an idea, your brain throwing rationalizations at an idea, and your inability to handle an idea. If that's typical, it would follow that you do use metaphor in your speech (no surprise; most people do) and your preferred metaphorical mode is kinesthetic, not visual.
Thanks, this narrows it down to the first one I guess! Me sucking at noticing them.