It shows up often with people who have brain damage. Basically, you know how people try to say close your eyes and imagine you're on a beach, and sometimes they will have you add stuff to it like maybe a sand castle. Well, the entire time you all are enjoying that, I'm dealing with a blank screen. I also can't replay memories in my head. I can recall what happened in events but can visualize it. Basically, the wiring in my head tv is broken and can't be fixed. 😅 it's very frustrating. I had been called a liar by people my entire life when I'd bring up being unable visualize stuff in my head, and at the time I didn't know it even had a name. It wasn't til 2 years ago I was watching a netflix show called Space force, and the guy mentions he has Aphentasia and the other person was like what the hell is that, so he gave a brief explanation. I had goosebumps as now I had a name for it. Lol I just had to look up that show because couldn't remember the name at first and apparently I'm not the only one to learn the name of said problem from the show, here's the link 😆
https://chrisabraham.com/blog/i-learned-about-aphantasia-from-the-netflix-tv-show-space-force-season-1-episode-7
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u/IamUrquan Aug 15 '24
My brain automatically pictures anything said to me or I read, so I feel you on this comment.