FabSwingers.com forum: Aphantasia

By *xperimentalist OP Man
over a year ago

East Yorkshire

The inability to see mental images when you close your eyes and think of something.

And it would appear that I have it!

I always assumed that it was a turn of phrase that people could actually see things when they imagined them.

I just see black with my eyes closed, no matter what I think about!

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By *SAchickWoman
over a year ago

Hillside desolate

I'm not sure I understand that totally. If you close your eyes and think of being on a beach or something do you not get a picture of the beach in your head? What about memories, do you not mentally see them?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm the same, I tried meditation and can't even picture a door that leads to the beach.

Read an article last year about it, I think about 10% of people are the same?

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

by the big field

More common than you think

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47830256

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By *nabelle21Woman
over a year ago

B38

I never think in terms of pictures. I never gave it any thought before

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By *uenevereWoman
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

I must admit I, thought hubby was unusual in not having a "minds eye".

Clearly not.

I have very clear mental images and dreams are completely lifelike.

Cal says he doesn't dream. How do people who don't do mental images dream?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I still dream, I just can't close my eyes and picture a chair

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By *uenevereWoman
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

"I still dream, I just can't close my eyes and picture a chair "

So you dream in pictures but can't mentally visualise when awake?

Fascinating

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I'm the same, I tried meditation and can't even picture a door that leads to the beach.

Read an article last year about it, I think about 10% of people are the same? "

Read your article... only 1 in 50 people so 2%

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

I don't see pictures in my imagination. I can't conceive of being able to. However I do see words as colours, shapes, sensations and smells. I think we all assume we're normal.

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By *xperimentalist OP Man
over a year ago

East Yorkshire

"I'm not sure I understand that totally. If you close your eyes and think of being on a beach or something do you not get a picture of the beach in your head? What about memories, do you not mentally see them?"

That's exactly it, I don't see anything. I know what a beach looks like and I could describe one, but I don't see one, either an imagined ideal or something from memory. I have a store of 'facts' about beaches I have been to but no mental picture, so I could describe roughly where a palm tree was but can't see it.

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By *uenevereWoman
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

"I don't see pictures in my imagination. I can't conceive of being able to. However I do see words as colours, shapes, sensations and smells. I think we all assume we're normal. "

"Normal" is whatever you are used to.

Despite mentally visualising most things, I struggle to mentally visualise faces.

I have very occasionally had colours associated with smells/sounds.

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By *ibblingnewtWoman
over a year ago

by the sea

I have aphasia we must be related

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