Aphantasia, Images, Dreams, Hallucinations, and Hyperphantasia
When your movie film is blank
APHANTASIA TO HYPERPHANTASIA
This word APHANTASIA only came into existence for me just the other day. Really didn’t mean anything just by looking at it. There wasn’t any interest in me for learning about it. Until it became personal. And isn’t that the way it goes? As I found out what the word actually means, I found out that this word might apply to me.
APHANTASIA
[ˌāˌfanˈtāzēə]the inability to form mental images of objects that are not present:
“if counting sheep is an abstract concept, or you are unable to visualize the faces of loved ones, you could have aphantasia”
But, I thought to myself, I can visualize certain things, like an outline of someone’s face or the fluffiness of the sheep jumping over a generic wooden gate. But then I realized that even though I see those things, there is no detail in what I’m visualizing. So I went back to Google to ask if there are varying degrees of aphantasia.
From Aphantasia and Its Effect on Memory — NeuroQ
Types of Aphantasia The ability to visualize has extreme variations, ranging from completely absent (aphantasia) to photo-like (hyperphantasia). It can exist on a…
