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Aphantasia and psychic abilities

Hi there, I just stumbled upon this site and the whole concept of aphantasia today. I must admit that I have long been of the opinion that I wasn’t seeing quite what other people see, but had also assumed the the “mind’s eye” was not all it was described to be, and that perhaps people […]

Spiritual Development skills Aphants tend to have ?

So I am full Aphant, SDAM, SPD and ADHD. All realised last year at the age of 57. My ADHD got diagnosed just over year ago, and the rest then became apparent. Which was all tough to take. But we try to understand and adapt.Also gave up alcohol & class A’s for over a year now, which […]

Mind’s eye picture

I consider I do have aphantasia, but in the questionnaire my version isn’t included. Sometimes I can’t visualise anything but for more familiar pictures what I experience is a fleeting flash of a picture, even in colour, but it disappears before I can focus on it and I cannot consciously recall it. So not ‘no […]

What does ChatGPT know about Aphantasia?

Inspired by recent technological developments I decided to ask ChatGPT: “What are the main advantages of living with aphantasia?” Its response: “Aphantasia is a condition in which an individual is unable to form mental images or visualize in their mind’s eye. While living with aphantasia can present some challenges, there may also be some advantages […]

perception vs memory

In this article: https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-the-brain-distinguishes-memories-from-perceptions-20221214/ the neurology of visual perception vs memory is explained. I’m wondering if in aphants (myself included) this neural pathway only works in the visual perception direction and not in the memory retrieval direction? Anyone have ideas about this?

Does aphantasia affect the way we experience mental disorders?  

So this just popped into my mind but do you think that aphantasia can affect disorders, for example how someone experiences ADHD or Autism? I have suspected or about a year now that I have a form of ADHD but haven’t done anything about it as I can’t fully relate to the whole being distracted […]

Should teachers give extra help to students with aphantasia?

Hi, I’m Ducky and I have multi-sensory aphantasia ^^ I can only imagine sounds or voices or music or songs in my mind, sometimes with control over it but mostly I can’t control it and I also can’t imagine a sound I have never heard before. When I was in secondary school (aka Highschool) I […]

What a self-revelation

Hi, I just discovered I have aphantasia. I have had anxiety problems all my life. A few years ago I started making lifestyle changes to help. At one point I wanted to start meditating. Many were image guided and this would only cause me more stress. I couldn’t keep up with the speaker, as I […]

Visualization in sports psychology

I am an athlete who appears to have aphantasia, struggling with conventional wisdom to employ visualization techniques as a rehearsal/practice method. Worse, since I don’t see images in my mind, I’m struggling even more to find resources on how athletes like me take advantage of visualization-like techniques as a practice method. I am making it […]