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Maed
Aug 23, 2006


this is a thread for blankies, those of us who can't picture things in our heads, to hang out

if you can picture a red star in your head then you better not post in this loving thread buddy

how's everyone doing tonight? have a fun test to take to see if you're one of us, https://aphantasia.com/vviq/

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RandomBlue
Dec 30, 2012

hay guys!


Biscuit Hider
this thread doesn't look at all like I pictured it

RandomBlue
Dec 30, 2012

hay guys!


Biscuit Hider
memory palace is some made up bullshit, gently caress you

Stinky Wizzleteats
Nov 26, 2015
Probation
Can't post for 4 days!
drawing a blank

Al!
Apr 2, 2010

:coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot:

draw a clock

Nix Panicus
Feb 25, 2007

Don't think of a pink elephant

Stinky Wizzleteats
Nov 26, 2015
Probation
Can't post for 4 days!
I can replay entire movies in my minds eye, it's how I'm always watching Mad God even when no one knows

more falafel please
Feb 26, 2005

forums poster

Maed posted:

this is a thread for blankies, those of us who can't picture things in our heads, to hang out

if you can picture a red star in your head then you better not post in this loving thread buddy

how's everyone doing tonight? have a fun test to take to see if you're one of us, https://aphantasia.com/vviq/

pretty much 2's across the board

tokin opposition
Apr 8, 2021

The dialectical struggle of history has always, essentially, been a question of how to apply justice to matter. Take away matter and what remains is justice.

more falafel please posted:

pretty much 2's across the board

same, ones or twos

really not sure why visual hallucinations are supposed to be good and normal

exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.


me on the left 👍

Ringo Roadagain
Mar 27, 2010

exmarx posted:



me on the left 👍

I can’t tell if the apple in my mind is red or if I just think it’s red

Stinky Wizzleteats
Nov 26, 2015
Probation
Can't post for 4 days!
you guys can hear and individuate single instrument parts of full symphony orchestra pieces right

tokin opposition
Apr 8, 2021

The dialectical struggle of history has always, essentially, been a question of how to apply justice to matter. Take away matter and what remains is justice.

exmarx posted:



me on the right 👍

more falafel please
Feb 26, 2005

forums poster

Stinky Wizzleteats posted:

you guys can hear and individuate single instrument parts of full symphony orchestra pieces right

yeah, if I focus on it one part instead of the whole thing. most of the time I prefer not to really think about it and just experience the music as a whole.

ram dass in hell
Dec 29, 2019



:420::toot::420:
i dont listen to symphonies because there's no double bass drum

fanfic insert
Nov 4, 2009
it said i was phantasic but i assume its made by an moron and it means im fantastic, good test op.

Chewbecca
Feb 13, 2005

Just chillin' : )
When I 'remember' stuff I now realise it's just like....a description of what happened. I can't see it :pwn:

lol this sucks poo poo and I hate it

ram dass in hell
Dec 29, 2019



:420::toot::420:
One of us!

lobster shirt
Jun 14, 2021

sometimes when i cant sleep i'll spend a while in a hypnogogic state, and then i can see things very vividly in my mind. would be cool to have this ability at all times.

Cuttlefush
Jan 15, 2014

Gleichheit soll gedeihen
lol if you see pictures in your head instead of posts

War and Pieces
Apr 24, 2022

DID NOT VOTE FOR FETTERMAN

exmarx posted:



me on the left 👍

mine has a lil cartoon wom coming out of it

Cuttlefush
Jan 15, 2014

Gleichheit soll gedeihen
you're in the wrong thread then gtfo

ram dass in hell
Dec 29, 2019



:420::toot::420:

Cuttlefush posted:

you're in the wrong thread then gtfo

ram dass in hell
Dec 29, 2019



:420::toot::420:
G-d gave you eyes to see His creation; the hallucinations you claim to have are evidence of demonic possession. What else can you call visions of things which aren't there?

Al!
Apr 2, 2010

:coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot:
if you cant picture an apple in your head or whatever just use ascii imo

Cuttlefush
Jan 15, 2014

Gleichheit soll gedeihen
head just goes "apple"

BoothBaberGinsburg
Jan 4, 2021

Al! posted:

if you cant picture an apple in your head or whatever just use ascii imo

that's cheating

War and Pieces
Apr 24, 2022

DID NOT VOTE FOR FETTERMAN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmE4IWPaULE

here's a spoiler for once you achieve consciousness and self awareness

Cuttlefush
Jan 15, 2014

Gleichheit soll gedeihen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uwarhzl76D8

is way better

War and Pieces
Apr 24, 2022

DID NOT VOTE FOR FETTERMAN
have you tried going B E Y O N D
https://youtu.be/b5zMtCvWhG0

Terminal autist
May 17, 2018

by vyelkin
Thread for npcs lol

Ringo Roadagain
Mar 27, 2010

Terminal autist posted:

Thread for npcs lol

that would be the thread for people without internal monologues

RandomBlue
Dec 30, 2012

hay guys!


Biscuit Hider

War and Pieces posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmE4IWPaULE

here's a spoiler for once you achieve consciousness and self awareness

They didn't know poo poo in 1990.

Terminal autist
May 17, 2018

by vyelkin

Ringo Roadagain posted:

that would be the thread for people without internal monologues

Idk how real this so I dont wanna be to mean

Regarde Aduck
Oct 19, 2012

c l o u d k i t t e n
Grimey Drawer

tokin opposition posted:

same, ones or twos

really not sure why visual hallucinations are supposed to be good and normal

ah, a computer toucher

absolutely isn't a surprise you guys are dead inside

Chewbecca
Feb 13, 2005

Just chillin' : )
Do you guys ever think you had the ability to see items in your mind? Like as kids you could, and you maybe lost it over time?

It would be extremely cool if it was a sign of mental decline, or like a covid symptom or something lol

Stinky Wizzleteats
Nov 26, 2015
Probation
Can't post for 4 days!
eternal sunshine of the appless mind

Cuttlefush
Jan 15, 2014

Gleichheit soll gedeihen

Chewbecca posted:

Do you guys ever think you had the ability to see items in your mind? Like as kids you could, and you maybe lost it over time?

It would be extremely cool if it was a sign of mental decline, or like a covid symptom or something lol

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010945222001897

there's some evidence that vividness changes with age in this survey study, but they also reported no aphantasia in the adolescents surveyed, which is pretty suspect since afaik there are other studies showing a congenital component to some aphantasia and it's something adolescents definitely also have. I didn't closely read this but it didn't seem like they addressed that result.

I'm pretty sure my mind's eye hasn't changed, but I also remember not thinking it was any different until high school. As a kid I never thought "now picture an orange in your head" as being literal and I would probably have said "yeah I can totally see an orange" when asked.

Anyway it's probably a spectrum thing like ADHD/tism/other brain stuff and there are probably a few different flavors of it. The weirdest thing about it is that it doesn't actually seem to impact how people do things or the end results of "visualization" much. People with aphantasia can rotate poo poo in their head, other spatial tasks, describe things they imagine, dream normally, etc. It's kind of a curiosity but it's not like the clock drawing test or anything.

Mayor Dave
Feb 20, 2009

Bernie the Snow Clown
I remember seeing things in my mind's eye as a kid but now in my thirties the best I can do is a grey, fuzzy image that I can't hold at all. The exception is when I'm high, when I can see everything

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Cuttlefush
Jan 15, 2014

Gleichheit soll gedeihen
yeah, I don't think mine has changed in any way over time or with drugs

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