Aphantasia 💭

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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)

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[–] Coolbootyjames 2 points 1 year ago

I think I stumbled upon the term somewhere online at some point, and realized it described me. It just made a bunch of stuff click into place. I look back on times now where I was able to visualize colours and patterns in my head while high listening to music and thought I was hallucinating a lot differently now lol. Turns out that's just what most people can normally do