@Klparis · Joined February 2026
On “Aphantasia and eye contact”
I am retired from a successful career and have always found eye contact uncomfortable even with loved ones. However, after having 2 grandsons diagnosed as autistic I did a little research and came to believe that I am most likely very low on the autism spectrum myself. In fact, I had absolutely no prior knowledge about aphantasia until I started researching autism and when I found out that many autistics also have aphantasia, and what it was, a light bulb went off in my head, but of course I couldn’t see it LOL.
On “Getting lost”
I’m left handed so to determine left from right I have to consciously compare the direction against my left hand. If someone is facing me I literally have to turn around to determine their left from right.
On “Relationship between Aphantasia and autism”
From what I’ve learned, the percentage of autistics having aphantasia is higher than the percentage of those without autism. Since autism is a hot topic currently maybe someone will do further research into the relationship.
On “Do you have lucid dreams? How does your aphantasia affect them?”
I very rarely remember my dreams but I’ve found that occasionally I can recall snippets of dreams immediately upon waking. But, if I don’t also verbalize what I dreamt immediately I soon lose the memories. I cannot influence any control over my dreams and what I see in my dreams is as if I’m looking at it from my own eyes. In other words I don’t see myself in dreams I just see things happening in front of me.