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Images that aren’t my own

I recently learned of aphantasia , approximately 4 months ago . I was always confused by my artist friends saying "Just put the picture from your head on paper". I am unable to conjure up images of my own volition . With this being said , for a micro second i can make this image […]

Visual anomolies as a precursor to acquired aphantasia

i have late onset of aphantasia; i noticed that i was unable to make visual memories maybe ten years ago, when i was in my late 60s ….. an editorial aside is that none of the eye doctors, general practitioners, or neurologists i consulted keyed in on my repeating that i "can not make visual […]

Spravato

Hi, I've only become aware of aphantasia for the first time last evening after watching a video in YouTube. I took the VVIQ just minutes ago and the result said I'm aphantasic. This explains so many things for me that I never understood, such as how do people imagine pink elephants. But on to the […]

Eyes Open / Eyes Closed

Hello! I’m wondering if I’m doing the test correctly, I get Hypophantasic if I do the questions with my eyes open, but Aphantasic if my eyes are closed. Is this a possibility or am I doing the test incompletely. P

Total Aphant With Inhuman Facial Recall Abilities

I have total congenital aphantasia but my facial recognition is off the charts. My family and friends are continually amazed by my ability to “never forget a face”. If I’ve seen someone once, I’ll recognize them forever and not only that, but I’ll remember exactly where I remember them from. This ability of mine even […]

So confused about my experience.

Hello all. So, this is going to be long and I'm not really sure if I'm in the right spot. So if I'm not please do tell me so I don't clog up the forums. I am ADHD. I have enough symptoms of ASD that I am treated for it, but I do not have […]

Being blind with aphantasia

I recently discovered that I have aphantasia, but I do see images in dreams. My biggest fear has always been going blind because it would mean living in darkness, everything black. However, now I know that A "Normal" person could visualize their memories and visualize images through the senses. So I can understand that thinking […]

How do I… there are so many questions

I am reposting a response in another thread: I am 75 and just recently realized/learned that I have aphantasia. Now I am wondering about my years of taking acid – makes me wonder about what I saw. Since it was about 40-50 years ago, there are not much in the way of memories – but […]

Aphantasia and meditation?

Apologies if this was already discussed and I didn’t see it (ctrl + f didn’t find any hits and I didn’t see a search bar). I have always felt meditation was something impossible for me to learn or take up as a practice despite it being suggested time and time again for years regarding stress […]