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[–] [email protected] 38 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Has nobody ever talked dirty to you? Words can be very powerful, even recorded ones.

[–] ShunkW 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I have aphantasia. I'm not blind and could watch porn but I'd much rather just talk it out in my mind lol. I'm imagining my experience is probably similar to that of blind people.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Hey, that's rad. I also have aphantasia, and found out about it from a post on Lemmy, of all places. Legitimately thought I was being pranked until I started asking some real life friends about their mental images. It was like being told that actually, the TV I think I'm watching is just a radio broadcast, and everyone else's is much cooler.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Out of curiosity, what are dreams like for you? Is that also just a stream of sounds without images?

[–] ShunkW 3 points 7 months ago

As far as I can tell, I have visual dreams. At least what I remember of them. I've also noticed having internal visual imagery on certain drugs. Mainly hallucinogens, but also on phenobarbital which is used for alcohol withdrawal.

[–] Boozilla 9 points 7 months ago

Yes. Some folks find audio just as or even more erotic than video. There's a fairly large and active subreddit for this, (gonewildaudio). Probably more than one.