Melanie Brown

I really like your description, Mark. Chimes with my experience. Very similar

Hi Liana I just found out a few weeks ago at the age of 48 that I'm an aphant. I lot of the points you use to describe yourself in your article on hypnoponic hallucinations, I would apply to my own life experience.  So for the image based flashes in a space between wakefulness and sleep, are these in the morning for you? I also sometimes see fleeting flashes but only as I fall asleep at night. I always put them down to my brain filing away images. These images are usually when I have been doing something that is unusually visually stimulating like hiking in the mountain or snorkelling.  Another time it happens is when I have spent time doing something unusually visually repetitive. So the most recent time it happened was when I spent the day sorting out boxes and boxes of old lego pieces belonging to my kids who are now too old to play with it. As I was relaxing in bed I could see lego before my eyes. As this never happens at my will or when I am up and about during the day and as it is infrequent at bedtime too, when it does I always turn and share it with my husband. He has never shown much interest in this commentary. It was a week or so later that was listening to Adam Zeman on the radio and I subsequently found out for most people this visualisation is a common experience and one under their control! Not worthy of sharing.  Are these hypnoponic hallucinations? Thank you for writing your article. It was good to read. Melanie Brown