CynicalSquid
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So there is this really weird condition that some people apparently have called Aphantasia where people are unable to view images in their mind... I apparently have this condition.
This video helped me discover that I had this "condition" and it does a great job of explaining what this condition is:
I have been talking to some friends about this and it has been blowing my mind. I didn't know people could create images in their mind. I always thought it was weird when people told me to "picture this". I never thought people could voluntarily create images in their head. I can't think of how colors look. All I can think of in my head is the memories I have of images but not the images of these thing in my mind. I can't create any new images in my head because I can only think of these things by themselves and not create a picture of them in my head. My mind focuses more of the concept of things and doesn't really focus on how they appear.
After a discussion with some friends, this "condition" also applies to my other senses apparently. I can't recreate sounds in my head. All the sounds I can hear in my head are anything within the range of my own voice. My internal monologue is the only thing I can hear inside my head. If I get a song in my head it's my own voice performing the lyrics or a sound of an instrumental piece that only my own voice can reproduce. I can't think about the feelings of certain objects, like a smooth rock, a fuzzy carpet, or coarse sand running through my hand. I am unable to replicate how something feels in my head. It blows my mind that some people are even able to do this. I also can't imagine how something smells. Again, I have the memory of some smells, but, like every other sense, I can't replicate the sense of smell in my mind.
This thread is mostly just for a discussion of aphantasia. Do you have it? Do you think it's weird that some people can imagine some, if not all, of these things? Do you think it's odd that some other people can't? Does you aphantasia surpass the realm of sight or are you like me and you can't believe that there are people in this world that can actually imagine emotions?
This video helped me discover that I had this "condition" and it does a great job of explaining what this condition is:
I have been talking to some friends about this and it has been blowing my mind. I didn't know people could create images in their mind. I always thought it was weird when people told me to "picture this". I never thought people could voluntarily create images in their head. I can't think of how colors look. All I can think of in my head is the memories I have of images but not the images of these thing in my mind. I can't create any new images in my head because I can only think of these things by themselves and not create a picture of them in my head. My mind focuses more of the concept of things and doesn't really focus on how they appear.
After a discussion with some friends, this "condition" also applies to my other senses apparently. I can't recreate sounds in my head. All the sounds I can hear in my head are anything within the range of my own voice. My internal monologue is the only thing I can hear inside my head. If I get a song in my head it's my own voice performing the lyrics or a sound of an instrumental piece that only my own voice can reproduce. I can't think about the feelings of certain objects, like a smooth rock, a fuzzy carpet, or coarse sand running through my hand. I am unable to replicate how something feels in my head. It blows my mind that some people are even able to do this. I also can't imagine how something smells. Again, I have the memory of some smells, but, like every other sense, I can't replicate the sense of smell in my mind.
This thread is mostly just for a discussion of aphantasia. Do you have it? Do you think it's weird that some people can imagine some, if not all, of these things? Do you think it's odd that some other people can't? Does you aphantasia surpass the realm of sight or are you like me and you can't believe that there are people in this world that can actually imagine emotions?
