Relationships
Discovering you, your partner or family members, have aphantasia and/or hyperphantasia can bring new perspectives to our relationships. Both romantic and familial. Do 'opposites attract'? Can these imagination extremes deepen our understanding and appreciation for each other? What unique challenges and joys do these invisible differences in how we internalize our experiences bring to a relationship? For some, having different levels of visualization and sensory imagination can be a source of fascination and mutual learning. Discover stories and discussions around aphantasia and relationships.
How Our Invisible Differences Can Enrich a Marriage
Whether you’re an aphant or a visualizer, marriage, or any loving partnership, is about commitment. Among other things, commitment means respecting each other’s differences and working through them lovingly.
How Aphantasia Can Make You Seem Insensitive
We’re not — aphants don’t see the world the way most people do. Our brains work differently.
Do Opposites Attract? Exploring Aphantasia and Hyperphantasia in Marriage
When I learned that I had aphantasia and that my husband of 40 years has hyperphantasia, it gave the idea “opposites attract” a whole new meaning.
Is Aphantasia Hereditary? - A Personal Exploration
I have aphantasia. Do my siblings have it? What about my parents? Is aphantasia hereditary?
Why do none aphantasic people watch porn?
Why do some people rely on explicit visuals for sexual fantasy while others can easily imagine them? Is it unfair judgment?
Sex and Aphantasia
Sex and aphantasia can be a tricky business. As an aphantasic, I couldn't picture the person of my desire, so relied on the mental equivalent of text files.
Is Aphantasia a Disorder? I Think Not
What if instead of asking what the aphantasic brain can't do, we asked what is it built to do? Jim, a dad with a mind's eye, discovers four of his six children have aphantasia.
3 Things I Learned From Having Multisensory Aphantasia That Changed My Understanding Of The World
My journey understanding the cognitive profiles of aphantasia and hyperphantasia started when I learned at age 30 that most of you have a superpower I don’t.
Relationships and aphantasia
Can a lack of future visualization impact emotional attachment in relationships? How do you navigate understanding each other's perspectives?
Sexual attraction and aphantasia
How does a lack of visual imagination influence sexual attraction, asexuality, or demisexuality experiences? Share your thoughts!
Some People Can't Picture It!
Discovering my husband can't picture things in his mind helped us navigate miscommunications in our relationship.
3 Things I Learned Dating an Aphantasic
What do you mean you can't picture a horse? For visualizers, it's hard to imagine what it's like not to visualize.
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