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Aphantasia - What it's like to lack the Mind's Eye ⚫
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2023
- Ever heard of Aphantasia? It's a unique way of experiencing the world through your mind's eye, or lack thereof. In this video, I share my journey with Aphantasia, from reading differently to handling memories, challenges I have and so on.
Join me as I share a perspective on how ones mind works with Aphantasia!
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⭐ Master Everyday Living ⭐
I am going to be 80 in a few weeks and I have had Aphantasia all of my life and found out about it 6 years ago. Since I have traveled the World and created and run two companies, I have found Aphantasia as no problem and I have also had Dyslexia all my life. When I close my eyes I see nothing, never have and never will. I do not remember names. I feel no fear and will immediately respond to any situation that would normally cause fear. My schooling/college background is law, psychology, computer science (Silicon Valley) and Finance. I found a way to control the Dyslexia prior to entering college, but I find it is again a problem with aging and when I am tired. I have never daydreamed in my whole life and I see people only as I first saw them no matter how long I have known them. My past is all in picture form. I have had a great life and have no complaints. At the age of 68 I retired and went off to live in a foreign country I had never visited and did not speak the language. Been in South America 13 years now and could not be happier. Life is an adventure. Make the most of the cards you have been dealt.
That is awesome to hear and I love how Aphantasia once embraced can become a life perk instead of a detriment to life. I didn't think that way in the beginning when I first realized that I had it but that is how I totally feel about it now! Well said, everything has its pros and cons and you need to lean into the pros of the cards you are dealt. Thank you for sharing your experience, I really appreciate it!
Your experience on reading is so interesting to me because I LOVE reading and always have. I also have complete aphantasia but I also have adhd and I think bc my mom rewarded me with ice cream for reading that got me into it. When I talk to my friends about reading they say it takes time to form the mental images (10 mins or so) and that it can be a barrier for some books. But Ive never had this barrier and it makes me wonder if that is why ppl with aphantasia usually get jobs in science and math fields. Those dry technical papers probably dont inspire the most stimulating mental imagery. But for ppl with aphantasia its no different than reading a chapterbook.
Bro is gonna blow up big time, this quality is top notch
Thanks buddd, really appreciate the vote of confidence! Here is a pin for being my first comment EVER on this channel :D
I'm a late diagnosed Aphantastic, twice exceptional Neurodivergent. I find it's hard setting goals. Because its hard to see yourself in any future scenario.
Something that really helped me with my memory was to focus more on things and how I do it, I don't try to store images in my mind, I won't remember that "that girl had a black hair", but I can remember that I said to my self that her hair was black and I really liked it. I won't remember the color of the shirt but I can remember that I didn't like it... and so on
I have Aphantasia, I love to read, but, it must be a very emotional book that I can feel.
Thanks man. I'm 25 years old and just recently found out that I have aphantasia at first I was stunned but now it made me accept how can I live with it rather than be depressed about it. Before I knew I have aphantasia my favorite hobbies are songwriting and photography. Now it made more sense that's why I love different stuff than most people and this video and others was a big help that I know I'm not alone and I'm not the only one who is coping with it
Thank you Paul. I tried the test and realized I too have the same trait! Wonderfully explained. What an eye opener. 🙏❤️
🙏🏼Paul, just recently found out I have aphantasia at 69 years young. Yeah explains so much. Wow! Great video!
As someone with aphantasia, my memory is actually pretty good, I can recall things pretty accurately from when I was 5 (like what hat I was wearing on a beach), but I think its because I remember the world as a series of facts
That's pretty cool, how deep with the facts do you go with your observations? Does this also apply to people and things around you or do you have a higher fact remembering rate of certain aspects in your life? Like could you remember the people sitting besides you on the beach or is it perhaps mostly remembering details that include yourself?
It's always fascinating to realize that we really don't know how our fellow human minds function. Cheers!
@@MasterEverydayLiving honestly the details I remember are just what my brain decides are important lol, like I can remember how old I was when I had mint ice cream for the first time, but I can't remember my SSN lol. I don't have a hard time with people around me though, most of the time I can remember who I was with for most things.
I didn't know anything about aphantasia. Nice content, keep going!
The mind is a weird thing +_+ Glad you liked it and will do!! :D
Well explained, and nicely broken down, Paul! Well done! 👏👏👏
So interesting! Beautifully presented and explained. 👏👏👏
Really underrated channel - amazing video quality.
Glad you like the quality of content and super appreciate the comment! Cheers :D
I really related with this video. I didn't know what aphantasia is, but it explained a lot of stuff , Also, I really enjoyed the video. Keep up the amazing work.
Thanks bud, glad you liked the video and I really appreciate the comment! The amazing work MUST indeed go on :D
Hi Paul, excellent content, thank you for spreading this helpful awareness!
As a fellow aphant with similar memory issues I'd like to point out that this is something which can be strengthened through practice. There are many helpful mnemonics that can also be employed to help boost rote memorization. Check out Jonathan Safran-Foer's Moo walking with Einstein for a good introduction to the topic.
Glad you like the content! I will totally check out those topics and people you mentioned. Always down to learn more about myself that I know so little about haha :D
i have aphantasia too and this has really explained a lot of shit in my life T_T
I totally feel ya bud, when I learned about it I had so many questions... Now that I understand my mind further, it has gotten to the point where I frame having Aphantasia as just having different strengths and weaknesses. Not a straight up negative.
One thing we are excellent at is to not dwell on the past so I bet you can turn that shit into manure and make the best out of what you have ✨🌱✨ Ya got this!
Wait… people can visualize things when they close their eyes??
I thought everybody can only see darkness when they close their eyes
Haha that was my reaction too when I found out... Welcome to the Aphantasia club +_____+
Great video! Very well explained.
Is your aphantasia isolated to visualization? Do you have inner monologues or mostly unsymbolized thoughts?
I have an inner monologue that is very similar to my own voice. So whenever I am typing comments like this, my inner monologue is voicing out the words as I type and read. It also becomes sometimes a discussion with myself, like me saying internally "I wonder if I should do this".
I have neither a mind's eye nor an inner monologue. It's even super difficult to think words in my mind without making an effort to sound it out silently (i.e., moving my tongue). Much of my thinking doesn't involve words, which may be one reason why it's so hard for me to express my thoughts in detail. Regarding aphantasia, I found it interesting that I navigate using landmarks and have trouble giving directions (even to my house). When I looked into it, it turns out aphantasia affects visual imagery (i.e., episodic memory) but probably doesn't impact spatial and procedural memory. It's likely that I likely use those instead of visualizing.
@@MasterEverydayLiving I find that so fascinating!
@@davidmaurice1294Same! Thoughts for me are more of a knowing. Or a searching for thought that then just arrives/appears in my head lol. Also very tied to feelings (this might be common), my thought come in the form of feelings.
What if I can feel and taste the apple but I can't see it? That would still be aphantasia, correct?
From my understanding, often times Hyperphantasia (the other side of the spectrum) is linked with more sensory experiences, while Aphantasia is linked with less. With that said, I can imagine some people probably have Aphantasia (no visuals) while other senses (taste, touch, smell, sound) are still present.
@@MasterEverydayLivingthanks. Going down the rabbit hole now, but so much has clicked into place:
- terrible memory, especially for faces and places
- difficulty reading, no enjoyment
- years of struggle attempting to write fiction
- drawing style requiring tons of scribbling
- frustration from my father who is definitely hyperphantasic.
@@carktok It really is a mind-blowing realization and once you understand it and how it impacts you, so many things just make sense. Often times it is seen as a negative but I think there are many benefits from it too.
I highly recommend journaling. It is a skill that bridges that gap of terrible memory since you are able to linger longer with your experiences, you can recall things by reading your past journal entries and have some points of reference for you to rely on. One of my fav videos that I have made is actually on journaling! Think you would benefit greatly from it! ua-cam.com/video/qbFRZhNUcEY/v-deo.html
Good luck and don't be too hard on yourself. Life is one big learning process and you just unlocked knowledge about yourself that has been present all along :D
I once dated a guy who couldn’t remember faces…even his mother’s.
There is something called the imagery debate. What exactly constitutes an internal experience of an image is rather problematic. A better experiment would be to 'picture' a lemon or picture biting a lemon, i think most people diagnosed with aphantasia would react in a similar fashion to the rest of the population. There was a study about drawing recollections and compared normal people to aphantasics, there were no differences whatsoever. Which casts further doubt on the whole issue. What exactly would be considered a mental picture and what would not be considered a mental picture is completley subjective, especially given how both aphantasics and normal folk performed the same insofar as drawing what is supposedly 'visualized',
Do people diagnosed with aphantasia have low to non-existent empathy is something i wonder after watching the last part of the video.
Some people would just imagine on a piece of paper with a pen.
I’m not diagnosed, but I have the signs of what would be described as such, and I’m definitely an empathic person, I don’t know about others though.
Very interesting, and very well presented. Loved the popcorn scene, haha...... (which i could relate to 🫣) Something new I learned today. Thank you for enlightening us on this! 😊