Articles
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How Aphantasia Can Make You Seem Insensitive
We’re not — aphants don’t see the world the way most people do. Our brains work differently.
Mark Farrar · February 2024
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The Aphantasia Stamp—Do You Blame Aphantasia for Your Perceived Shortcomings?
How I used a metaphorical aphantasia stamp to explain all of my perceived shortcomings.
Michael Swanson · November 2023
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Aphantasia and SDAM - Gifts of Healing
When your life has been filled with trauma, you have to wonder: could aphantasia and SDAM be the source of the trauma, or could they be the means of healing?
Auri'An Lay · May 2023
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Maybe You Have SDAM?
Discovering aphantasia and Severely Deficient Autobiographical Memory (SDAM) is a roller coaster of emotions. Yet I learned to understand myself and others better.
Maarten Serneels · September 2022
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Embracing Aphantasia
Aphantasia may be an imagination extreme but it occurs naturally on a marvellous spectrum of human experiences.
Laura Rincon · April 2021
Something to try
Discover You: Navigating Therapy and Aphantasia
Realizing you have aphantasia is a discovery. Discoveries can be challenging. Tips for navigating therapy and aphantasia.
Harrison Chapman · January 2021
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Tribute to Alan Kendle
Alan Kendle was a true citizen scientist of aphantasia. He will be missed by many members of the aphantasia community to which he contributed much and by which he felt supported and sustained.
Aphantasia Network · March 2020
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Blind in My Mind's Eye
What if we could see images in our minds while awake, just like we do when dreaming? A dream turned revelation changed this aphantasics life forever.
JJ Luche · February 2020
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Losing My Mind's Eye
Standard outpatient procedure turned stroke, peripheral vision deficit and an unnamed loss of visualization. My mind’s eye was erased.
Rebecca Brady · January 2020
