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I have Aphantasia but I didn’t know what it was until now

I have aphantasia. I’ve always struggled throughout my life imaging things. All I see is pitch black. That worried me. No matter how hard I try, absolutely nothing. Whether it be teachers asking me to image or guided meditation, whatever the situation, I cannot visualize anything. I can think of it as a thought but […]

I can “picture” things but not “see” them?

Hello, I’m 25 and just realized I have aphantasia. At least, I think I do. When I close my eyes, I see gray/black. I can only see the literal back of my eyelids. So if you ask me to imagine an object, physically I do not “see” anything directly in front of me. But then […]

It’s been 3 days since I learned about my own Aphantasia.

Hello. I, like probably most of the people with Aphantasia, didn’t even knew that had it before making a little research by yourself. After feeling very sad and left out (and also making sense of some things that happened in the past that connect with my lack of imagery) and also wanted to learn more, […]

“Boy, I wonder what it would look like to be inside your mind for one minute”

I’ve gotten that a lot during my life. Brainstorming sessions, discussion groups, group project discusssions. And I have just retired after being a professional illustrator/designer for the past 40 years. I have always been prasised for my ability to ‘imagine’, to come up with ideas that are original and creative. But until recently, I just […]

What Aphantasie is to me

I’m 65 and just became aware that how a saw imaginary images is different than most everyone else.  First is all, when someone would say imagine (banana or whatbever), I thought I was imagining the item as a bunch of descriptive words. I thought this was a normal for everyone. For most things in live, […]

Does having Aphantasia lessen the risk of PTSD

I am wondering this because I have had a lot of things happen (multiple things that are known triggers)  in my life that have typically messed other people up and I can just shrug them off as I can only recall the stress and emotion of the event in words and thoughts but can’t recall […]

How might aphantasia and seasonal affective disorder be related??

After coming across an article on aphantasia I am fascinated.  I am hugely creative (making connections to seemingly unrelated things) but feel like I only “see” things in my mind based on “knowing” about them (as in the quiz). My memory is terrible, but what I do remember seems to come from actual photographs?? If […]

Vacations and Aphantasia

I have never gotten much enjoyment out of vacations.  They usually seem like more trouble than they are worth. I’ve only had one vacation that I enjoyed.  That vacation involved going back to my old university and hanging out at the math department for a few days.   While there, I attended a seminar in abstract […]