Yeah and your description sounded familiar to me too! I mean I remember when English was like that for me and I know a few other languages in a lot lower level where I can't think in them, so it totally made sense to me.

No worries, it's a lot of fun to talk about these kinds of things. :D I really can't imagine it either. I don't know if they are connected but I think that because I think in words I also learn well by listening. Like yeah I can learn things by reading about them, but I find it easier to remember things if they haven been explained to me verbally.