While I’ve always known that I can’t visualize, I only discovered aphantasia by name in early 2021. Welcome to my aphantasia journey.
Intrusive Thoughts Without Imagery
Intrusive thoughts for someone who doesn’t experience mental imagery—aphantasia—can still be a whole-body, terrifying experience.
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Do Opposites Attract? Exploring Aphantasia and Hyperphantasia in Marriage
Discovering my aphantasia and my husband’s hyperphantasia after decades of marriage added new meaning to the words “opposites attract.” Our divergent mental landscapes highlighted the fascinating spectrum of human perception, deepening our understanding of each other’s unique cognitive worlds.
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World’s First Aphantasia Awareness Day
Mayor of Rowlett, Texas, USA, declares the world’s first aphantasia awareness day!
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Learning I Have Aphantasia Helped Ease My Anxiety
Being unable to visualize often gave me #anxiety. Learning that my blind imagination was called #aphantasia eased my anxiety by giving me a better understanding of myself.
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Hypnopompia: Between Sleep and Awake – Where Someone with Aphantasia May “See” Imagery
On those rare occasions in the morning, between sleep and awake, when I’m conscious, but the images from my dreams float behind my eyes—known as hypnopompia—that’s when I revel in what it must be like to “see” imagery.
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Is Aphantasia Hereditary? – A Personal Exploration
I have aphantasia. Do my siblings have it? What about my parents? Is aphantasia hereditary?
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