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Relationships

Discovering that you, a partner, or a family member has aphantasia or hyperphantasia can reframe a relationship. Stories on what that's like, for both sides.

Relationships

Discovering that you, a partner, or a family member has aphantasia or hyperphantasia can reframe a relationship. Stories on what that's like, for both sides.

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Aphantasia and Relationships

recentlyMorgan

How do you cope with the emotional challenges of separation in relationships, especially when it feels like you’re investing more than you receive?

Discussion

Do your friends have aphantasia?

recentlyNeal

Have you noticed differences in how you and your friends visualize or communicate ideas? Share your experiences!

differences
Article

How Our Invisible Differences Can Enrich a Marriage

Whether you’re an aphant or a visualizer, marriage, or any loving partnership, is about commitment. Among other things, commitment means respecting each other’s differences and working through them lovingly.

recentlyby Frank Schutz
no mental imagery
Article

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.

recentlyby Mark Farrar
opposites attract, marriage
Article

Do Opposites Attract? Exploring Aphantasia and Hyperphantasia in Marriage

When I learned that I had aphantasia and that my husband of 40 years has hyperphantasia, it gave the idea “opposites attract” a whole new meaning.

recentlyby Liana Scott
is aphantasia hereditary
Article

Is Aphantasia Hereditary? - A Personal Exploration

I have aphantasia. Do my siblings have it? What about my parents? Is aphantasia hereditary?

recentlyby Liana Scott
Discussion

Why do none aphantasic people watch porn?

recentlyPaul

Why do some people rely on explicit visuals for sexual fantasy while others can easily imagine them? Is it unfair judgment?

sex and aphantasia
Article

Sex and Aphantasia

Sex and aphantasia can be a tricky business. As an aphantasic, I couldn't picture the person of my desire, so relied on the mental equivalent of text files.

recentlyby Brian J Byrne
aphantasia a disorder
Article

Is Aphantasia a Disorder? I Think Not

What if instead of asking what the aphantasic brain can't do, we asked what is it built to do? Jim, a dad with a mind's eye, discovers four of his six children have aphantasia.

recentlyby Jim Collison
Multisensory Aphantasia
Article

3 Things I Learned From Having Multisensory Aphantasia That Changed My Understanding Of The World

My journey understanding the cognitive profiles of aphantasia and hyperphantasia started when I learned at age 30 that most of you have a superpower I don’t.

recentlyby Steven Levithan
Discussion

Lack of emotional connection

recentlyEdward

Feeling disconnected from emotions tied to memories without the ability to visualize them—anyone else share this experience?

Discussion

Relationships and aphantasia

recentlyJ

Can a lack of future visualization impact emotional attachment in relationships? How do you navigate understanding each other's perspectives?

Discussion

Sexual attraction and aphantasia

recentlyHannah

How does a lack of visual imagination influence sexual attraction, asexuality, or demisexuality experiences? Share your thoughts!

some people can't picture it
Article

Some People Can't Picture It!

Discovering my husband can't picture things in his mind helped us navigate miscommunications in our relationship.

recentlyby Katrina Wicks
Dating an Aphantasic
Article

3 Things I Learned Dating an Aphantasic

What do you mean you can't picture a horse? For visualizers, it's hard to imagine what it's like not to visualize.

recentlyby Jennifer McDougall

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