Comment on People With Aphantasia Can't Visualize Anything. So How Do They Dream?
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 1 week ago
I fucking hate these articles and the damage they do to people’s perception of aphantasia.
It is absolutely a spectrum. People who don’t visualize an apple like it’s a picture on an iPhone can still visualize an apple. They know it’s red, the size of a fist, round/tooth shaped, etc.
So when we dream, our brain interprets our thoughts into visual hallucinations just like everyone else. If someone’s ability to visualize an apple is a black and white amorphous blob, their brain will still make them think they saw an apple.
People who don’t visualize an apple like it’s a picture on an iPhone can still visualize an apple. They know it’s red, the size of a fist, round/tooth shaped, etc.
could you imagine a crystal apple, with little black stars inside that are spinning clockwise?
or how about an apple that has a worm chewing through it with a face?
what does the face look like? is it human?
if you can’t even imagine a face, what part of the spectrum are you on?
frongt@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
So they don’t visualize it, then. Imagine, recall characteristics, yes, but without a visual it’s not visualizing.