Adam Zeman, a professor of cognitive and behavioural neurology, wants to compare the lives and experiences of people with aphantasia and its polar-opposite hyperphantasia. I ran to my mother panicking and crying. The research has raised a number of questions. But I don’t believe creativity is directly linked to aphantasia/hyperphantasia.Interesting. I asked him what happens when he tries to picture his fiancee. I guess I forget what stuff looks like sometimes too. I just discovered this subreddit today, and I find it really interesting as I come from the other extreme of the spectrum.
Maybe not. It scared the shit out of me. Like, really really real? Aphantasia Network is a place to discover and learn about aphantasia. Niel Kenmuir, from Lancaster, has always had a blind mind's eye.He knew he was different even in childhood. If I think in audible words than there is always an image attached to it.Also, if you're interested in the opposite extreme the subreddit Well the brain still cheats when it comes to what we see even without the visualisation, so it's not going to be as really real as a newborn baby but there is no fantastical creation where our created fiction can blend with reality because there are no fantastical images to bring in.I don't even think in audible words, even when writing the reply to you the first time I notice the words is when they appear on the page after I have typed them. It's fun at times, but it used to be really bad. Do you think creativity could come in other forms besides images?Lastly, how do you think? The words are there, buy not in any sensory capacity. While aphantasics typically don't experience any deficits due to it, there are some potential, albeit rare, problems. I imagine you'd be quite creative and an absolute joy to game with.Edit: And to answer your question as to the world appearing real, I have depersonalization/derealization disorder (DP/DR), so my view of the world is somewhat atypical. Firstly, this is a weird question, but does the real world look really real?
I don't get scared as much as I zone out and feel paralyzed.Same here. As a result, Niel admits, some aspects of his memory are "terrible", but he is very good at remembering facts. It's hard to put into words. The thoughts are just there.I'm fairly creative, I'm a dungeon master (DM) for dungeons and dragons, (a DM is the one who facilitates game play) meaning I write the story, create a world, give background to characters, cities, politics of the world and I even create sets and miniatures to use in game. These are external links and will open in a new window Others report exceptionally vivid imagery, or 'hyperphantasia'. Disturbing dreams almost every night. A couple nights ago I had a dream that I was being chased at gunpoint. "But I'm not describing an image I am looking at, I'm remembering features about her, that's the strangest thing and maybe that is a source of some regret. Sometimes there's an accompanying abstract image. Hard to describe, sometimes I feel like they ebb and flow like a wave. These are external links and will open in a new windowClose your eyes and imagine walking along a sandy beach and then gazing over the horizon as the Sun rises. Most people can readily conjure images inside their head - known as their mind's eye. Cause I sometimes wonder if the world looks more real to other people than me. "Our memories are often tied up in images, think back to a wedding or first day at school. "When I think about my fiancee there is no image, but I am definitely thinking about her, I know today she has her hair up at the back, she's brunette. Ask questions, share perspectives and connect with many minds. When I met her in her box-room studio in Manchester, she was working on a dramatic scene in the next book.The text describes a baby perilously climbing onto a chandelier.
[hyper- + G. phagein, to eat] One person who took part in a study into aphantasia said he had started to feel "isolated" and "alone" after discovering that other people could see images in their heads. I swear I developed PTSD in my dream. Zeman calls the above-average ability to create vivid images hyperphantasia. If this occurs, it's important to figure out why in case something serious is wrong. Examples of sudden-onset causes of aphantasia include stroke, head injury or depression.
I get compliments on my style of DMing and have been told I help my players to paint vivid mental pictures of what's happening inn game.All of this is done regardless of my aphantasia. Being unable to reminisce about his mother years after her death led to him being "extremely distraught".At the other end of the spectrum is children's book illustrator, Lauren Beard, whose work on the Fairytale Hairdresser series will be familiar to many six-year-olds.