I also have aphantasia. Realized that my mind works differently during a conversation with a friend. It was about "counting the sheep" to fall asleep.
On the other hand, my inner monologue is really loud and hard to turn off.
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Kinda sucks that I can't imagine faces of loved ones or places I've visited. But it's easy for me to remember things I've heard, like song lyrics or stuff someone said years ago. For example I still remember my friends poem from second grade and I'm 30.
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When I realised I had a bit of a quarter life crisis but so much of my personality made sense instantly. I used to think picture in your head was a metaphor. And, like you said some people can recreate music, smell and touch too.
My first reaction was jealousy towards my friend :/
Took couple of weeks for me to get over it.
I still think that being able to create pictures in your head is a superpower.
If it makes you feel better I use the Dare Devil analogy. We are blind but our other senses are heightened. I’m sure like me, you’ve thought up a few thousand books worth of content in your head. Also, means we are forced to live life to experience it.
"forced to live life to experience it" somehow that made me feel better :) thanks
Aphantasia might also explain my fondness of video games, especially fantasy rpgs. That way I can interact with a vivid imaginary world I otherwise lack.
It’s so hard to explain to others. I know abstractly what things look like. Curious if like me you were deemed ‘intelligent’ by teachers but always underperformed in exams. I realise now all my class mates were cheating. They had the books in their head!
I did quite well in exams because I remembered what the teacher had said in class.
I can easily describe things I've seen, like what color or shape something is, just unable to form a picture of it in my head.
Maybe I should have listened more in class.
I discovered that if I repeat what someone is saying in my head as they talk, it becomes much easier to recall. I also really struggle to read fiction. I build up fact sheets instead of visualising descriptions.