I just went downstairs for a snack and my parents were casually watching Shrek. What is this family
Nostalgia reasons?
Seriously tho, it's very startling to walk out of your room at 11pm and the first thing you hear is "DONKEY"
Ok so do normal people not have a thought that connects to another thought that connects to another thought and etc. until they're on something completely different from the topic at hand? I seem to be the only one in my family who does this and it confuses me why I'm the only one.
ALL THE TIME
Once I started thinking about pillows and ended up thinking about Hawaii so yeah
Ok so do normal people not have a thought that connects to another thought that connects to another thought and etc. until they're on something completely different from the topic at hand? I seem to be the only one in my family who does this and it confuses me why I'm the only one.
All the time. I'll go from something like ancient weaponry to like dancing pineapples
I have aphantasia and can't see things in my mind
That sucks. I got aphantasia around puberty and I was completely mind-blind for a few years. Only recently is it starting to come back, and boy is it coming back slow. When I was a kid I could imagine vividly, but now unless I'm really in the zone images are dull or "far away".
I have exactly the opposite of aphantasia. I have hyperphantasia. I see things extremely vividly, and I can recall smells and touches in dreams. It makes good dreams feel real, and nightmares a horrific reality, that I can't wake up from. It's both a blessing and a curse.
I just saw my first Sprite Cranberry commercial of the year. The holidays have truly begun.
I just saw my first Sprite Cranberry commercial of the year. The holidays have truly begun.
Christmas time is upon us
So how is everyone today? And before anyone can say anything, I am here if you guys need to vent, rant, cry, or just explode, my PMs are always open. Just give me a heads up okay?
I have aphantasia and can't see things in my mind
That sucks. I got aphantasia around puberty and I was completely mind-blind for a few years. Only recently is it starting to come back, and boy is it coming back slow. When I was a kid I could imagine vividly, but now unless I'm really in the zone images are dull or "far away".
I have exactly the opposite of aphantasia. I have hyperphantasia. I see things extremely vividly, and I can recall smells and touches in dreams. It makes good dreams feel real, and nightmares a horrific reality, that I can't wake up from. It's both a blessing and a curse.
That sounds exhausting
I've always been able to imagine and replicate sound/music perfectly, so I don't always need my phone and headphones to listen to my favorite songs lol. But yeah visually not so good.
I have aphantasia and can't see things in my mind
That sucks. I got aphantasia around puberty and I was completely mind-blind for a few years. Only recently is it starting to come back, and boy is it coming back slow. When I was a kid I could imagine vividly, but now unless I'm really in the zone images are dull or "far away".
I have exactly the opposite of aphantasia. I have hyperphantasia. I see things extremely vividly, and I can recall smells and touches in dreams. It makes good dreams feel real, and nightmares a horrific reality, that I can't wake up from. It's both a blessing and a curse.
That sounds exhausting
I've always been able to imagine and replicate sound/music perfectly, so I don't always need my phone and headphones to listen to my favorite songs lol. But yeah visually not so good.
Ok so… how do you know if you have hyperphantasia?? I'm not really sure what a normal person might be able to picture in their mind, but I looked up this test thing and checked off most of the boxes, but my ability to picture things doesn't seem to be abnormal.
(https://www.reddit.com/r/hyperphantasia/comments/9hwe7t/hyperphantasia_checklist/)
I checked every box… Even the taste box. For me I knew I had hyperphantasia when I could visualize things with my eyes fully open. Like I looked at trees, and I could visualize every season they were in, and see every detail. It's wild.
I think I might have hyperphantasia
Whenever I draw, I know exactly what I want it to look like, I can see it in my head, but I can't actually draw it and I hate it
And if I wanna write a scene, I can play it out in my head over and over again, but I can't put it into words
I checked every box… Even the taste box. For me I knew I had hyperphantasia when I could visualize things with my eyes fully open. Like I looked at trees, and I could visualize every season they were in, and see every detail. It's wild.
Wait… do normal people have to close their eyes to picture something?? Or did I read this wrong???
In conclusion, I've convinced myself that I have hyperphantasia.
In conclusion, I've convinced myself that I have hyperphantasia.
What's that? Is it like the opposite of aphantasia?
In conclusion, I've convinced myself that I have hyperphantasia.
What's that? Is it like the opposite of aphantasia?
So I've just found out what is. Not even seconds later my friend sent me her VVIQ results and they said she was hyperphantasic
I checked every box… Even the taste box. For me I knew I had hyperphantasia when I could visualize things with my eyes fully open. Like I looked at trees, and I could visualize every season they were in, and see every detail. It's wild.
Wait… do normal people have to close their eyes to picture something?? Or did I read this wrong???
I dunno. Just for me, I can imagine something and it'll be there. Eyes open or closed. That's kinda like how I can imagine a place in excruciating detail and then look up what I imagined and find out it's an actual place. I don't know how or why it happens, I just know it does and it's both beautiful and horrific.
Can't relate to any of y'all
Can't relate to any of y'all
That's an oof. Mine gets especially weird if I eat anything 30 minutes before bed, and normally it ends up being one of the bad ones. The one I remember the most was me being alone in a dark echoey cave drowning in tar. I woke up clawing at my throat gasping for air and was like nah we're not doing that again.
I checked every box… Even the taste box. For me I knew I had hyperphantasia when I could visualize things with my eyes fully open. Like I looked at trees, and I could visualize every season they were in, and see every detail. It's wild.
Wait… do normal people have to close their eyes to picture something?? Or did I read this wrong???
I dunno. Just for me, I can imagine something and it'll be there. Eyes open or closed. That's kinda like how I can imagine a place in excruciating detail and then look up what I imagined and find out it's an actual place. I don't know how or why it happens, I just know it does and it's both beautiful and horrific.
Ok, but… how does having hyperphantasia affect you? Does it even affect you at all?? Idk, I'm just trying to learn about this.
I checked every box… Even the taste box. For me I knew I had hyperphantasia when I could visualize things with my eyes fully open. Like I looked at trees, and I could visualize every season they were in, and see every detail. It's wild.
Wait… do normal people have to close their eyes to picture something?? Or did I read this wrong???
I dunno. Just for me, I can imagine something and it'll be there. Eyes open or closed. That's kinda like how I can imagine a place in excruciating detail and then look up what I imagined and find out it's an actual place. I don't know how or why it happens, I just know it does and it's both beautiful and horrific.
It helps for me if I close my eyes, but I can do it with my eyes open
My friends get confused when we're walking and talking and I'm just not talking and turns out I'm writing hurt/comfort in my head again oops
Can't relate to any of y'all
Same question for you, does having aphantasia affect your daily life, and if so, how?? Sorry, I just wanna know more about this.
I checked every box… Even the taste box. For me I knew I had hyperphantasia when I could visualize things with my eyes fully open. Like I looked at trees, and I could visualize every season they were in, and see every detail. It's wild.
Wait… do normal people have to close their eyes to picture something?? Or did I read this wrong???
I dunno. Just for me, I can imagine something and it'll be there. Eyes open or closed. That's kinda like how I can imagine a place in excruciating detail and then look up what I imagined and find out it's an actual place. I don't know how or why it happens, I just know it does and it's both beautiful and horrific.
Ok, but… how does having hyperphantasia affect you? Does it even affect you at all?? Idk, I'm just trying to learn about this.
It realy doesn't unless I'm having a bad day. Which in case I can't quite control it as much as I like. It normally involves me seeing things that aren't there. Like for instance seeing a handrail that doesn't exist and reaching out and nearly bustinf it bc I thought it was real. So good day=little to no effect, bad day=small effect to I swear I see so and so and I turn and they're behind me. So basically I ghost myself with other people.
Can't relate to any of y'all
Same question for you, does having aphantasia affect your daily life, and if so, how?? Sorry, I just wanna know more about this.
Well I'm an artist so it takes a lot of effort to do drawings, especially designing new characters. Cause I need references for lots of things and then I think I'm copying and don't deserve any praise.
I also can't do meditation because you're often asked to picture or imagine something and I can't.
When people ask me to imagine something like that cliche question of imagining your wedding or designing logos or something. Can't do that.
If I need to design something, I'll need to draw plans and then they will usually look ugly and it will make me quite disheartened
It's very small specific things. And I didn't realise that people actually saw things until recently