I mean.... how can you enjoy reading a book when your brain is busy distracting you from the actual story and abstract ideas with all of those pictures? (Joking but honestly this type of question can be a little annoying for us aphants. It's just how we are; it's not worse than how you are.) - ThreadSky

mariedj.bsky.social • 139 days ago

I mean.... how can you enjoy reading a book when your brain is busy distracting you from the actual story and abstract ideas with all of those pictures? (Joking but honestly this type of question can be a little annoying for us aphants. It's just how we are; it's not worse than how you are.)

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adri1577.bsky.social•139 days ago

Of course not worse, but different. That's why it's interesting to hear your side and try to understand

mariedj.bsky.social•139 days ago

Here are three good articles on the subject.
https://www.facebook.com/notes/2862324277332876/

https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2024/feb/26/what-is-aphantasia-like

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/when-the-minds-eye-is-blind1/

mariedj.bsky.social•139 days ago

Remember that most of us aphants had NO IDEA that other people are actually "seeing pictures" in their minds until we learned about aphantasia. It still boggles my mind and sometimes I don't quite believe it -- I thought "the mind's eye" was just a metaphor until I was in my 40s.

mariedj.bsky.social•139 days ago

Same with tastes, smells, and sounds (yet interestingly, I often have near-constant earworms that I experience but can't "hear," and man is that hard to explain to other people).

adri1577.bsky.social•139 days ago

Thank you for sharing the articles!
I've heard a myth that only children can see in their minds and kept waiting to loose this or sometimes thought something was wrong with me. Such articles are very useful! Thank you very much for sharing your point of view

adri1577.bsky.social•139 days ago

Thank you for helping me understand my colleagues who cannot imagine complex processes while reading about them without drawing them. You helped me tremendously. Thank You!

mariedj.bsky.social•139 days ago

I'm completely aphantasic but I'm extremely analytical and can imagine far more complex processes than most people. I actually think the aphant thing might *help* me in that regard, because it's easy for me to imagine high-dimensional abstract systems & ideas that don't map easily onto visual spaces

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