How to visualize things
Hello, my name is Willow, I’m in my thirties and just yesterday I stumbled across an article about aphantasia, I have never heard of it before. Since everything written in the article sounded quite familiar, I decided to take the test on this site here. But I just don’t get it, wether it’s asking to […]
Fellow Professional Artists, Animators: Please Share!
Hello all! My name is Kait Ritter, I’m currently a director in animation working at Disney TVA. Before that, I was a storyboard artist, and before that I was a student of animation. My question is: for those who are artistic professionals, how did Aphantasia affect your journey into your field? How does it affect […]
New member, wanting to chat with others
For many years, I have really wanted to share experiences with others who have little or no visual imagination, because this interesting characteristic has helped shape my life. So, why today? Well, last Sunday afternoon, I was out and about with my neighbour and newish friend ‘A’. She turned her car around while I went […]
Meditation and Aphantasia
Hi – I’ve only recently arrived at the conclusion that I have aphantasia. Not only visualisation, I also cannot conjure up taste, smell, sound, touch. I do not dream. I am a Meditation Therapist and Spiritual teacher, and in the course of my Spiritual work I ‘meet’ with people from around the world within meditation. […]
How my Aphantasia made me Delusional and Altered the Course of my Life
I am seeing a lot of people finding Aphantasia as something other than a condition…the “it’s simply a different way of experiencing life” argument. And I agree. Or Agreed. Until I realized that our experience is one in which we are literally not playing with a full deck…we are operating on a premise that is […]
Mental Health Misdiagnoses?
Hello, I’m currently diagnosed with both Bipolar 1 and ADHD. After finding out that I have Aphantasia this weekend, I’ve realised there’s virtually no chance I have ADHD, and my ADHD symptoms can pretty much all be explained by aphantasia. So here’s the confusing bit though. I’ve been sectioned many times for hallucinations and psychosis […]
How should I answer the test?
Hi. I am trying to do the test to figure out if I have ahpantasia, but I do not understand the instructions. On the first question is ask me to think about a friend and carefully coneider the picture that comes to my mind. The two first options are: 1) No image at all. 2. […]
How did you do in art class?
Hello I am Dennis and I just found out about aphantasia and I wonder if this is the reason why I am sooo damn bad at art when I need to draw something just from my imagination. It was always the same: “Just imagine it and draw the picture in your head”, but I have […]
How Would your Life Choices be Different if You Didn’t have Aphantasia
This is where I am stuck…I get Aphantasia, I understand that I don’t have a “Mind’s Eye” and that every reference I have ever made to “seeing” something in my head or “visualization” has always been euphemistic or metaphoric (and, group in with that every reference I heard everyone else say about them “seeing” in […]
Aphantasia, hallucinogens and meditation
As an aphant, on a day to day basis my imagination and recall is devoid of senses which could be said to relate to the phenomena of the eyes or ears. However, in my experience, hallucinogens such as psilocybin or LSD do activate this ability. Deep meditation also activates the ability to see with the […]