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Gaining mental imagery

Hi there,

I've recently(ish) discovered that I have congenital aphantasia. This revelation devastates me as for the longest time I naively assumed mental imagery was something you could develop with practice (I have tried and gotten nowhere lol).

I was wondering if there will ever be a way for non-visualisers to have the opportunity to gain mental imagery. I appreciate that some people are happy without mental imagery, which is wonderful. For me, I would love to see images in my mind's eye.

Thanks, everyone! 🙂

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Michael Peele
on August 28, 2024

Sometimes I think it might be nice to have some phantasia, but having aphantasia is a superpower.
I never get an image stuck in my mind. People describe something unpleasant and someone says “Now I can’t get that image out of my mind!” I don’t know what they are talking about because there was no image to get stuck.

To answer the question, apparently some have some success with various drugs, like medical shrooms in a medical setting, others practice and can do some, others not.

Take it as a gift.