Aphantasia: 'My mind's eye is blind'

Re:Aphantasia: 'My mind's eye is blind' by ncallaway on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @02:29AM (#19622341)

> Like yes, I can visualize a ball in my hand, but it'll always be in a different layer from my actual visual input of my hand. Like two different layers in Photoshop.

This blows me away. It's absolutely stunning to me.

Really? That's so freakin' cool!

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Re:Aphantasia: 'My mind's eye is blind' by red75prime on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @03:04AM (#19622483)

Yeah, differences are astounding. I, for example, can imagine a ball in my hand, but there's just, er, an idea of a ball in my hand, no colors, no textures, no outline, just a feeling where it is and vague imaginary weight.

I have to distract from looking at my hand, if I try to imagine the ball in more details.

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