Aphantasia and faces in my dreams
1 min readByKeizee Kei
In my dreams, I don’t see people’s faces, yet I am still able to understand who exactly I am dreaming about. I perceive a specific set of emotions unique to that person, which allows me to differentiate between people in my dreams. It could be compared to a person’s individual scent, except it is not a smell I sense, but something else entirely. People I am close to feel much stronger than those I simply interact with in a specific setting. The latter I tend to associate more with the environment itself (like university/studies) rather than as distinct individuals. The more vivid the spectrum of emotions a person evokes in me in real life, the easier it is for me to identify them in my dreams. These don’t necessarily have to be pleasant emotions, as long as that specific set of traits belongs to that one particular person. Have you ever experienced anything like this? I find it very difficult to find the right words to explain exactly what it is that I feel. It’s as if my brain is replacing visual sensations with other feelings