I have a friend at work who openly confessed to not being able to mentally create images when discussing why he wasn’t into reading books.
I was like “Wow, I can’t really imagine your reality for myself, that sounds strange.”
he said, “Now you’re getting it, as I can’t imagine it, either.”
Video games and film though? 1000X more entertaining for him via his testimony. He can’t conjure those images so seeing someone else’s interpretation is often thrilling.
I can’t really do that either and I read books.
I also do have an inner monologue which might be a part of it.
Wait are there people without inner monologue?
I don’t think I have an inner monologue. Also I have full Aphantasia. I can’t visually imagine an apple let alone rotate it in my mind.
A friend of mine has that condition where she can’t visualize things. I wonder how she would like this comic. My guess is she’d crack a joke about it being a good thing she can’t do this.
I’ve got aphantasia and honestly the comic kinda reminds me of how I feel ‘left out’ but I also spent most of my life trying to draw and only found out about the term a few years ago making me realize I spent so much time following a dead end. that’s just a me thing tho
I developed aphantasia. I used to be able to visualize things and now cannot… EXCEPT for in the first 20-30 minutes after waking up. It is quite disturbing since I only recently realized this, but can’t actually tell when the last time I was able to picture or conjure things in my mind visually.
What’s crazy is that I have no problem conceptualizing the apple. I am highly capable of imagining it. Not only that, I am a DM for a D&D game that’s been going on for nearly a decade - so it has no bearing my creativity. Also, I am an artist and can draw and paint both realistic images as well as stylized or abstract things without problem.
I wish I could see images again. I do like being able to do so after waking up. Perhaps that’s how I can exercise the skill and try to extend it.
