Andreas Schnieders

I just always lived like this and I thought it was just normal that some people had images in their head and others didn't. More intensely I spoke about it when I met my now-wife. She is probably more on the hyperphantasic end of the spectrum. EVERYTHING is an image for her. She has the "animal of the day" in her head which can be a pink squirrel. She can remember dates of events YEARS back because every year is a (curiously, counter-clockwise-arranged) circle with slots for each day and she literally "sees" where, and hence when, an event was. Mind-boggling for me. Here and there I kept pointing out to people how my brain functions to raise awareness but for most of the last 30 years (as a child I didn't care or think much of it) I was not aware that it has a name and dedicated research. Now, since 5-10years I read and watch content as it pops up. It's no big deal for me, nothing that impacts my personal or professional life (software engineering and "knowledge work") in any shape of form. For me it's a funny fact that I use in these ice-breaker-games that happen sometimes.