Blind contour portraits

First I enjoyed doing this exercise but it can be frustrating because the portraits looks nothing like me. I like exercises like this, my first was a few months ago when I read "The new drawing on the right side of the brain," by Betty Edwards and did the exercises in the book. It made me realise that you can get your eye and hand to be on the same page through constant practice. My biggest problem I think is that I don't draw what I see, I draw what I THINK I see. Those symbols I can't seem to get rid of them I try not to focus on words like nose or mouth and think of it as a line but my brain screams it out in words. I am practicing and hope that I can get past this phase. Below are the drawings that I did, none looks like me but all seems to look alike.

Brush and ink

Graphite pencil

Conte

Stick and ink