what's wrong with me

[snowman20]

when I try to imagine something or think of some object or someone I can't make an image of them like I can't see their face or anything I just see darkness

 

[snowman20]

@BigBallsLarry @Gengar @HighIQ ubermensch @Sink @Dorogi

 

[frayed]

is that not normal

 

[BigBallsLarry]

when I try to imagine something or think of some object or someone I can't make an image of them like I can't see their face or anything I just see darkness

A lot of people have this actually! especially with faces

I could always imagine stuff really well and be creative with it, but i know my girlfriend can't even recall my face into her imagination correctly. (suifuel)

 

[Dorogi]

when I try to imagine something or think of some object or someone I can't make an image of them like I can't see their face or anything I just see darkness

Some poplr can really well some cant some inbetween. I doubt it has much to do with ur special insight or whatever you can test actual insight by playing build a boat or plane crazy

 

[Cafu]

Can’t relate to this

 

[snowman20]

Some poplr can really well some cant some inbetween. I doubt it has much to do with ur special insight or whatever you can test actual insight by playing build a boat or plane crazy

A lot of people have this actually! especially with faces

I could always imagine stuff really well and be creative with it, but i know my girlfriend can't even recall my face into her imagination correctly. (suifuel)

is that not normal

Yeah, that sounds like aphantasia — it’s when your mind’s eye basically doesn’t generate mental images. So instead of seeing something in your head when you imagine it, you just kind of know it or think about it abstractly, without visuals.


It’s more common than people think — around 2–4% of people have it — and most don’t even realize until they hear others describe “seeing” things in their minds like a movie. It doesn’t mean anything’s wrong with you; your brain just processes imagination differently. You might think more in words, emotions, or concepts rather than pictures.


Can you describe how it feels when you try to imagine something, like a beach or a person’s face — do you get any kind of faint sense (like color, outline, or vibe), or literally just darkness?

 

[saugat]

when I try to imagine something or think of some object or someone I can't make an image of them like I can't see their face or anything I just see darkness

aphantasia its over

 

[snowman20]

aphantasia its over

why

 

[HighIQ ubermensch]

could be aphantasia, low visual working memory, attention disorder aswell
or maybe it's just that you're closing your eyes and expecting to imagine an object like it's some picture, which won't happen anyways.

 

[HighIQ ubermensch]

but i know my girlfriend can't even recall my face into her imagination correctly. (suifuel)

that's everybody
thanks to that, it's easy to hide the fact that you got surgeries unless the change is giga obvious

 

[lucifer88]

A lot of people have this actually! especially with faces

I could always imagine stuff really well and be creative with it, but i know my girlfriend can't even recall my face into her imagination correctly. (suifuel)

i love alt foids
theyre so beautifully vampiristic i feel im making a mess in my pants

 

[snowman20]

could be aphantasia, low visual working memory, attention disorder aswell
or maybe it's just that you're closing your eyes and expecting to imagine an object like it's some picture, which won't happen anyways.

wdym I can't imagine objects like it's some pictures by closing my eyes