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14SY6s…ga55 Key · twetch

Last year I discovered I have aphantasia.

I have no minds eye and cannot conjure imagery in my mind.

2% of people are like this. Our minds are blind.

75% of people have no inner monologue. Their minds are silent.

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1F8Xao…jkyC Key · twetch

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WTF I must be the exact opposite then.

I have loud inner monologue by default and vivid imagery.

So much that sometimes it's hard to remain in the physical world. I have to really make efforts to be present, otherwise I am living in my mind thinking.

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14SY6s…ga55 Key · twetch

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I don’t know how you guys aren’t just in a basement with your eyes closed all the time. I’d be tripping every second, living in fictional universes. I realise now why I like games and VR so much. So you can just play Beatsaber in your head on demand? Crazy

twetch#8209 5.8y

1DcHVy…5aFT Key · twetch

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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.

twetch#8209 5.8y

1DcHVy…5aFT Key · twetch

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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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14SY6s…ga55 Key · twetch

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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.

twetch#8209 5.8y

1DcHVy…5aFT Key · twetch

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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.

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14SY6s…ga55 Key · twetch

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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!

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