Deja Vu

Sometimes I experience deja vu. Does any other aphantasiac experience deja vu and if so, how often does it occur?

Employment opportunities

What are the best careers for aphantasiacs? I sometimes worry about being fired from a future job because of poor performance and bad memory. Does anyone else share these same thoughts?

Hallucinations

I’m an aphantasiac and I’ve been diagnosed with schizoaffective/psychosis but I don’t have visual hallucinations. Do aphantasiacs experience visual hallucinations?

I’ve read that people with a visual memory sometimes become anxious due to seeing scary, dangerous and traumatic images in their mind’s eye. Where does anxiety come from for aphantasiacs other than from traumatic events?

Fearing the Aphantastics

Is it possible that aphantasiacs may be exploited by law enforcement and the military who’d view them as weapons if they were to join due to the fact that aphantasiacs don’t experience trauma the way that most people do and there are no repetitive traumatic images in an aphantasiac’s brain?

Social Media: What does this mean to you?

The irony of social media for me is that its the ideal environment for communicating in written form; an outlet for “back and forth” dialog; a place to exchange ideas and knowledge, in theory anyways. The most prevalent and dark side of social media however is that is has dumb-sized adults to the mindset of […]

Parenting an Aphantasia child

I would love to connect with other parents who have a child with aphantasia. The struggles you face, especially in your child’s school and learning. Aphantasia is not viewed as a diagnosis therefore we have no aid in our child’s learning process. I am wondering if anyone has found a way around this to help […]

PTSD and aphantasia

I am wondering if aphantasia is a way of the brain to protect us from reliving bad visual experiences. Like if you see someone or an animal get hurt or you watch war movies with cruel scenes in it etc.. Similar to PTSD really. Could that be a causing factor for aphantasia?

Have you been able to vividly visualize temporarily?

I haven’t had any image in my mind for as long as I can recall. However, some time ago I had an anxiety attack (first time) that involved delusions and after the attack ended I could imagine and visualize in FullHD. Everything went back to normal the next day and I haven’t been able to […]

What therapy helps you?

Hello everyone! I’m a psychology student and I’m writing a paper on aphantasia and in which way psychotherapy might help it. I’d like to know if you have any kind of experiences with therapy and what about it helped you. I’m curious to read your responses and thank you very much for sharing it!