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Aphantasia....Or Is It Actually Something Else

February 17, 20231 min readByBob Luking
StoriesHypophantasia
So, I can't visualize. Sort of. I can audiate. I can dream in pictures. I can even daydream in pictures. But the thing is, I can't call up an image and see it. It blinks out too fast. I think what I'm experiencing is not strictly Aphantasia, but the other thing which I am certain I have. Horror of Fusion. My new working theory is that the switch that my brain uses (a toggle between by eyes) to process visual images is getting in the way of my minds eye.
Anybody out there had any experience with such a mechanism?

Aphantasia....Or Is It Actually Something Else

February 17, 20231 min readByBob Luking
StoriesHypophantasia
So, I can't visualize. Sort of. I can audiate. I can dream in pictures. I can even daydream in pictures. But the thing is, I can't call up an image and see it. It blinks out too fast. I think what I'm experiencing is not strictly Aphantasia, but the other thing which I am certain I have. Horror of Fusion. My new working theory is that the switch that my brain uses (a toggle between by eyes) to process visual images is getting in the way of my minds eye.
Anybody out there had any experience with such a mechanism?
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Maat Retz•recently•edited
Does it still count as anipastaia
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Maat Retz•recently•edited
When i sleep I cant dream any thing just pitch blackness but during day I can still visualize just not when im sleeping no dreams just pitch blackness
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