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Moyra Pearson's avatar

I don't have Aphantasia, but I am fascinated about how every mind and the process of thinking can be so difference between humans. Even though I have very vivd dreams (which I will think means I have strong mental imagery) I cant see any colour in the middle of the Neon images. Also fascinating hearing about the "inner voices" I hear my inner voice, but there are no images or words attached to it. Its just a thought - I dont know how I could describe the colour Red without an association to something physical - maybe Red - its like when you feel really hot and angry.

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Norma Jean McSpadden's avatar

I have total aphantasia, but I was able to see a faint light pink circle in the first neon illusion, and a very faint light blue in the second, but since I have vivid dreams I was aware that my inability to visualize only applied to my conscious mind.

I am starting to realize something else about how very different minds work. I would have said until very recently that I have an inner voice. In fact it is only in the last few years that I realized that many people can think without words. But very recently, having heard and read people describe their inner voices in terms of the way they sound, and I realized their experience of an inner voice is not the same as mine. The words in my mind exist without any sound or form. I think in english sentences, but the sentences are not represented in any form or voice or any other way that can be described outside of anything but thoughts, so I am not really sure if I have an ‘inner voice’ at least not in the same way as others

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