How have you learned to describe aphantasia?
1 min readByTom Ebeyer
Describing aphantasia is no easy task, especially considering the fact that the phenomenon exists entirely in the privacy of our own minds. I like to use the example "think of a horse" when describing aphantasia. You can read more about my approach here or check out my "Think of a Horse" episode on CBC Radio. Others use the red star or red apple examples. How have you learned to describe aphantasia? What other examples have you seen?
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keith Inscho•recently
No, not at all. And I read about other people, and I am sure I have it, but mine is a bit different, but I don't know how to explain it exactly. I can't 'picture' tastes, or smells, only whether or not they were pleasant.I can bring up pictures, in my minds eye, but they are fleeting. I can't hold an image, nor can I really pull up an image of something specific, like a particular year of mustang. When I think of a mustang I get a flash of a late 60's model.When I try and picture something a picture pops up, then fades almost immediately. if I concentrate I can hold it for a millisecond or tow then other pictures, or fog or swirly colors or whatever cover it, kind of like looking at a film when it melts.I think I dream fine with pictures and everything. Some very vivid.When I close my eyes to sleep I either get nothing but black (not ready to sleep) or a black background with a darker black (blue, purple) 'cloud that comes from the outer ring to the center every few seconds (reminds me of Star trek when they shoot a 'cloud' of something at another ship) Or a radar sweep circling around a dark background with slightly lighter area behind the sweep.Even though both foreground and background are dark, the moving part is even darker and makes the other part seem bright!
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