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Aphantasia is the inability to create mental imagery.

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How did you find out you're an aphant? (self.aphantasia)

submitted 1 year ago by ndr to c/aphantasia

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I was 41, I stumbled across a post on r/aphantasia....I read a bit and it hit me like a brick to the face.....WTAF people can "see" shit in their minds.

I asked my partner, she said no those sayings are not just metaphors. 5 minutes later another brick to the face, apparently "getting a song stuck in your head" means you'll basically listen to a song in your mind on repeat...

It has been 2 years, nothing really changed externally. It did help a lot with me understanding my own thought processes. I suspect I have some SDAM also, I don't really remember my childhood without something to prompt the memory, nothing ever "just pops into my head" from back then.