Re:So I finally sorted out what happened to my brain
by crooked-v on Saturday May 01, 2021 @03:16AM
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As someone else with similar issues, I'm pretty deeply aphantasic. The best mental visualization I can manage of even simple imagery (think "a red triangle on a black background") is roughly comparable to a half-transparent blurry watercolor, and I can't clearly picture faces at all (though I don't have any particular trouble with recognizing people when I see them).
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Re:So I finally sorted out what happened to my brain
by underwater on Saturday May 01, 2021 @04:49AM
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Is that really aphantasia? I understood it to be the absolute absence of any mental imagery. Your description actually sounds similar to my own experience. I'm capable of summon up imagery with effort when I need to, but it's never very clear or frequent.
Re:So I finally sorted out what happened to my brain
by amanaplanacanal on Saturday May 01, 2021 @10:28AM
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My visualization is somewhere between wireframes and chalkboard diagrams, usually closer to the later. Also have little autobiographical memory. I suspect I’m somewhat on the autism spectrum, but that wasn’t diagnosed much back in the 60’s when I was growing up.