Having discovered my aphantasia as 'aphantasia' relieved me quite a bit. I was thrilled to understand myself. I did not feel jealous that others had something I didn't - since there is plenty of stuff others have which I don't. I turned instead into investigating further my own reality. And regardless of what I found, I discovered that no matter what, if one either has something or not, one becomes the whatever that compilation of stuff depicts due to whatever is missing or not. Am I missing out on something? Of course, I am. But so are the ones who HAVE visual ability, they have no idea what it is like to NOT HAVE visual ability or having aphantasia... for their reality is visual while mine is different. Is theirs better than mine? Maybe, or maybe not ... how could we ever know what any unique chemical gestalt being is like. We can't jump into each other and experience one another's self or not self as it may be ... nope ... we can only measure behavioral evidence and in this, the totality of any being is immeasurable. It just is. Perhaps, the not having a visual ability, has granted me a benefit of some kind that as yet has not been defined. I spent most of my life without my aphantasia being defined, could other things that I have also go unidentified since, even the idea of having an aphantasia mindset has just been recently discovered. The deaf do not hear sound, what is their experience of this world like then? I am thinking that something other heightens and they experience the world in a way we the hearing don't.
That last bit before the end credits was just perfect. The calmest voice, I thought he was a senior at first and then he whips out that growl. Love it.
I once did a 10-day meditation course with about 10 hours of meditation a day and I noticed that my imagination became much more intense. I could sort of relive childhood memories in my imagination. It would be very interesting to see if there is a greater difference in pupil constriction when imagining the sun versus a black wall after meditation than before meditation.
Sorry Sindhu, your not alone. i have aphentasia and also dont have an internal monolog. I do talk to myself outloud a lot though, lol. Your still wonderful!
When I heard this episode on NPR, John Green was part of this Aphantasia podcast, but he's not part of this recording. Where can I listen to that again?
Can someone who is into harsh metal vocals tell me if the screams the guy did were good? Could he be in a band? I liked it but I don't know what to compare it to.
I cannot create visual images in my mind. Like one of the hosts, I always sort of thought that people were speaking metaphorically when they said that they were imagining a visual image. What's weird is that I have a really good memory for faces. I don't see them in my mind, but when I see a face that I've seen before, I know it. Bit part actors in a TV show, I can recognize and remember what other bit parts they've had in other shows that I've seen. I also read with a pencil and draw/doodle what I'm reading. It's as if I'm making the imagined images on paper that other people make in their minds. But then there is this..., I always have a sound track. I imagine music continuously. Most of it is memory of a particular piece, but some of it is just me riffing. For pieces I know well, I can isolate the oboe part or the high hat. I don't know if it is related to aphantasia, but I don't hear lyrics as words. I hear them as an instrument. I can't, for the life of me, remember lyrics as a result. But I can remember the timbre and pitch of them.
I wonder. Are aphantiasiacs more or less religious? Better or worse at mathematics. Better or worse at drawing? More or less interested in visual art? More or less interested in reading fiction? Better or worse memory of detail? Good or bad at figuring out things abstractly?
I will forever be in debt to this podcast for the CRISPr episode in 2015... It is the single reason I passed the greatest IQ test ever administered. Pretty sure they have and can get government funding and grants instead of asking for 7,000 people to donate... Earn this, don't ask for it....
Because of the character of the primary interviewer's voice? The main interviewer is about 30, actually - at least, according to what I heard in the episode. Maybe you'd have learned that too if you'd listened!
Having discovered my aphantasia as 'aphantasia' relieved me quite a bit. I was thrilled to understand myself. I did not feel jealous that others had something I didn't - since there is plenty of stuff others have which I don't. I turned instead into investigating further my own reality. And regardless of what I found, I discovered that no matter what, if one either has something or not, one becomes the whatever that compilation of stuff depicts due to whatever is missing or not. Am I missing out on something? Of course, I am. But so are the ones who HAVE visual ability, they have no idea what it is like to NOT HAVE visual ability or having aphantasia... for their reality is visual while mine is different. Is theirs better than mine? Maybe, or maybe not ... how could we ever know what any unique chemical gestalt being is like. We can't jump into each other and experience one another's self or not self as it may be ... nope ... we can only measure behavioral evidence and in this, the totality of any being is immeasurable. It just is. Perhaps, the not having a visual ability, has granted me a benefit of some kind that as yet has not been defined. I spent most of my life without my aphantasia being defined, could other things that I have also go unidentified since, even the idea of having an aphantasia mindset has just been recently discovered. The deaf do not hear sound, what is their experience of this world like then? I am thinking that something other heightens and they experience the world in a way we the hearing don't.
Love to hear this! Thank you. Idk how many times I tried to explain and people don't understand now I will link this episode 😂
That last bit before the end credits was just perfect. The calmest voice, I thought he was a senior at first and then he whips out that growl. Love it.
YOu can absolutely tell he has damaged his voice from all the screeching lol
I came here for the Aphantasia info. My first viewing, but I assume that you always intermingle snippets. Wow! Never saw this before, but I love it!
I once did a 10-day meditation course with about 10 hours of meditation a day and I noticed that my imagination became much more intense. I could sort of relive childhood memories in my imagination. It would be very interesting to see if there is a greater difference in pupil constriction when imagining the sun versus a black wall after meditation than before meditation.
Sorry Sindhu, your not alone. i have aphentasia and also dont have an internal monolog. I do talk to myself outloud a lot though, lol. Your still wonderful!
When I heard this episode on NPR, John Green was part of this Aphantasia podcast, but he's not part of this recording. Where can I listen to that again?
Can someone who is into harsh metal vocals tell me if the screams the guy did were good? Could he be in a band? I liked it but I don't know what to compare it to.
i tried lots. I can't see an apple. I really want to, but its all thinking & no visualizing- no picture of any sort.
Did anyone else think of "A 4 track mind" while the folks with hyperphantasia were talkin...?
I cannot create visual images in my mind. Like one of the hosts, I always sort of thought that people were speaking metaphorically when they said that they were imagining a visual image. What's weird is that I have a really good memory for faces. I don't see them in my mind, but when I see a face that I've seen before, I know it. Bit part actors in a TV show, I can recognize and remember what other bit parts they've had in other shows that I've seen. I also read with a pencil and draw/doodle what I'm reading. It's as if I'm making the imagined images on paper that other people make in their minds. But then there is this..., I always have a sound track. I imagine music continuously. Most of it is memory of a particular piece, but some of it is just me riffing. For pieces I know well, I can isolate the oboe part or the high hat. I don't know if it is related to aphantasia, but I don't hear lyrics as words. I hear them as an instrument. I can't, for the life of me, remember lyrics as a result. But I can remember the timbre and pitch of them.
I wonder. Are aphantiasiacs more or less religious? Better or worse at mathematics. Better or worse at drawing? More or less interested in visual art? More or less interested in reading fiction? Better or worse memory of detail? Good or bad at figuring out things abstractly?
Now I know I don't see the people in this podcast, it is just mild hyperfantasia 😂
I will forever be in debt to this podcast for the CRISPr episode in 2015... It is the single reason I passed the greatest IQ test ever administered. Pretty sure they have and can get government funding and grants instead of asking for 7,000 people to donate... Earn this, don't ask for it....
Would yall please let me tell a story.
Please. I would like to hear your story.
Radiolab is now a teenagers diary...
Talking about how different brains process things is a teens diary‽
Because of the character of the primary interviewer's voice? The main interviewer is about 30, actually - at least, according to what I heard in the episode. Maybe you'd have learned that too if you'd listened!
using woke as an insult sure make u sound stupid