Okokimup@lemmy.world to Casual Conversation@piefed.social · 12 days agoWhere do you fall on the aphantasia scale?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square123fedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down13
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minus-squareBombOmOm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·12 days agoFor most of my life, I assumed ‘Close your eyes and picture x’ to be a turn of phrase, not something you actually do. Full on 5. There is no picturing. I can imagine things, I can reason things, but picturing, no, none, nothing.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·12 days agoI’m a 1 on this scale, I can picture things in my mind very vividly, and the idea some people can’t is fascinating and a little scary to me.
minus-squareJakaan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·12 days agoI find recalling a picture and a smell are the same in my mind I can describe it, but there is no visual.
For most of my life, I assumed ‘Close your eyes and picture x’ to be a turn of phrase, not something you actually do.
Full on 5. There is no picturing. I can imagine things, I can reason things, but picturing, no, none, nothing.
I’m a 1 on this scale, I can picture things in my mind very vividly, and the idea some people can’t is fascinating and a little scary to me.
I find recalling a picture and a smell are the same in my mind I can describe it, but there is no visual.