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Affect on perception of things

Can having aphantasia, hyperphantasia affect my perception of some things like images, videos or text that induce visualization especially or ads that I see.

Can Visualize, but Foggy On Colors?

I'm not aphantasic, I'm hypophantasic and it's been really hard to explain it. I can visualize patterns well, but really foggy. Better than colors though. Whenever I imagine something that I haven't defined the colors yet, I can see the colors but I don't know what the color is. Not that I don't know what […]

Metaphore to explain aphantasia

I have been struggling when I try to describe what goes on in my head to others. I feel the words people usually use "see," "visualize, "picture," and others don't really work well. I have said I "see" an apple in my head when I am holding the concept of an apple in my imagination […]

Is my imagination unique?

Hello, I am writing because I want to talk about what I believe is my unique imagination. I hope you will forgive me for using a translator—my English is not very good. So, my brain conjures up unlikely, interesting, and strange scenarios throughout the day. For example, I imagined how I got into a mathematics […]

How I Perceive Aphantasia

I first learned about this concept during my college years. It was a time when I was exposed to a vast amount of information through YouTube. “YouTube contains a lot of unverified information.” But at the same time, “YouTube contains a lot of information.” Moreover, due to the influence of algorithms, it continuously provides information […]

Can you see ghosts?

I was conversing with a group of friends, and they all shared at least one "supernatural" experience, such as encountering ghosts or witnessing strange lights. As a skeptic, I firmly believe that these experiences are merely products of their imagination. However, I've had an intriguing thought: could individuals with aphantasia, like myself, perceive ghosts? If […]

Dyslexia and Aphantasia

I'm on here because my 17 year old daughter is aphantasic. She is also dyslexic. It's very frustrating when everyone automatically thinks "if she's dyslexic then she must be really creative, as dyslexics are known to use imaginative creativity to overcome the challenges of expressing themselves with words." The dyslexia is diagnosed but not Aphantasia […]

Is this aphantasia?

Hello! Could you please tell me if I have aphantasia or not? I was researching meditation techniques, and people mentioned being able to visualize entire rooms—like imagining a chair, table, carpet, and so on. Do they actually "see" these things as if in a video game? After looking into it, I thought I might have […]

Hallucinigenic Induced Aphantasia?

When I was young, I could imagine images vividly. I created escapist worlds before I fell asleep at times. I still dream in images. I did have a pretty good amount of childhood trauma and bad nightmares, but that also led towards drug use in my late teen years. This included hallucinigenics. (this was 30 […]