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Anyone familiar with Aphantasia?

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December 26, 2024, 04:53 PM
P250UA5
Anyone familiar with Aphantasia?
quote:
Originally posted by 229DAK:
This kind of reminds me of music composers who can create music in their heads, hearing all the different pieces/sections of an orchestra.


I think it was Dave Grohl that said he writes music in his head 'in Lego'




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December 26, 2024, 04:56 PM
jhe888
I can see the apple. I heard a podcast a year or so ago and learned for the first time there were people who could not see things in their heads.




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December 26, 2024, 05:11 PM
Aeteocles
Not only is my visualization a "movie", but I often actively model the inside of things in my mind when I interact with them. I "intuitively" understand how things work by visualizing how the parts inside them work.
December 26, 2024, 05:16 PM
Anush
I cannot see an apple. I could not answer any of the ball on the table questions. I can visualize life scenes I remember but I can not make up a scene. I go to sleep thinking of solutions to a problem. The problem may be parts I need to construct a new rifle or what work problem needs to be done first when I get up in the morning. I can replicate a drawing when looking at the original but wthout the original, people turn into sticks. I can easily solve the tests where a 2 dimensional drawing is converted into 3 dimensions so am I visual or not?


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December 26, 2024, 05:40 PM
Icabod
I’m a fan of John Ringo. In his “Kildar” books I’ve got the valley, the town and where things are pretty well organized. Then John throws a huge wench into my valley and everything is messed up. “ Oh no John Ringo!”



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December 26, 2024, 06:06 PM
bendable
So do these afflicted people say dream ?
I wonder if I am not mechanically inclined because I am a moderate to severe victim.





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December 26, 2024, 06:09 PM
TigerDore
Complete movie in my head. I visualize everything.
December 26, 2024, 07:04 PM
slosig
I’d probably get a zero on the red apple test. I can not only see those beautiful red delicious apples that Bob Crumrine used to bring a case of by when he was trucking from Lake Chelan when I was a kid, I can taste them, I can hear the snap as my teeth pull a bite off, and I can feel the juice running down my chin. Sadly, the things I’ve see in grocery stores called “red delicious” are just gross by comparison. Too sweet, not juicy enough, not crisp enough, just yuck!
December 26, 2024, 07:25 PM
Greymann
Nada, no apple, no ball just black.

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December 26, 2024, 08:39 PM
BadDogPSD
I see a movie when I read, very visual in other aspects as well.


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December 26, 2024, 09:10 PM
dsiets
quote:
Originally posted by BadDogPSD:
I see a movie when I read,...

I do the same. And when the movie comes out it's never how I pictured it in my mind.
December 26, 2024, 09:28 PM
HGWTJWH
I visualize things. I see a red apple with a stem. I saw a red rubber ball on a square wood table. I saw it roll off the table and bounce on a wooden floor. But I didn't see who pushed it.
I read that John Browning could design a gun in his head. He could visualize all the parts and how they interacted before putting anything down on paper.
December 26, 2024, 09:54 PM
9mmepiphany
quote:
Originally posted by HGWTJWH:
I read that John Browning could design a gun in his head. He could visualize all the parts and how they interacted before putting anything down on paper.

F1 designer Adrian Newey is said to be able to see airflow over car surfaces




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December 27, 2024, 12:29 AM
Nuclear
It took me many years to realize that not everyone can visualize things in their mind. Not only can I see things, I can manipulate them in three dimensions, dissect them, change the color, you name it. Most engineers I’ve known can do the same thing. When I read I see the movie, hear the sounds, smell, taste, experience it. How do people daydream if they can’t do all this?
December 27, 2024, 08:42 AM
dking271
I’m the movie in my head.


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December 27, 2024, 09:07 AM
SigJacket
It was said the reason that John Browning (I mean, this is a gun forum) was so good was his innate ability to visualize how all of the mechanical parts in his firearms worked together. And the reason for his success overall was his brother, who could translate what John told him into actual technical specs.


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December 27, 2024, 10:26 AM
tartan427
I had no idea that some folks cannot see "the movie in my head" (or that it had a name) like I do when I read a book or try to imagine how to do something. Fascinating!
December 27, 2024, 11:22 PM
scratchy
Hyper. I sometimes cannot remember if I saw the book, or read the movie.


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