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[–] nichtsowichtig@feddit.org 11 points 2 months ago (9 children)

I don't think I have an inner monologue. Also I have full Aphantasia. I can't visually imagine an apple let alone rotate it in my mind.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 9 points 2 months ago (8 children)
[–] nichtsowichtig@feddit.org 11 points 2 months ago (7 children)

I do! I visualize when I dream. But I can't do it on command. This is how I realized I probably have aphantasia. I can never consciously visualize. I can think and conceptualize, but not 'see'.

[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I realized after reading about people with aphantasia that what I do is kind of a combination of visualization and conceptualization. If you ask me to imagine a cow, I'll tend to visualize the cow itself, but it doesn't come with a field for the cow to stand in. The cow is just in the concept of a place. That is, until I concentrate on visualizing details of the place, at which point I'll probably lose the visual of the cow. Like, it's still there, it's just become the concept of a cow.

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