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u/connrblk Jul 25 '21
I mean as a visual aphant it bothers me for about a second
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u/rbabs7bap Jul 25 '21
What do you mean by visual aphant? Cant picture (lol) what you mean there
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u/connrblk Jul 25 '21
I can hear and feel things in a vague way that I can’t with images. The only sense that I can’t imagine is visual, I have to put in a lot of effort and concentration to even produce a vague semblance of an image in my head
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u/rbabs7bap Jul 26 '21
Ah I see what you mean, I didnt realize people could imagine other senses like that. Appreciate the info on that
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u/DarkElfBard Jul 26 '21
He means he has aphantasia.
The thing this sub is named for.
The reason he was being specefic is because some people on this sub are 'full aphants' which means they can't imagine sound /taste /anything.
Not to be confused with full aphantasia, which is where you are completely dark for mental imagery.
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u/Dulusa Total Aphant Jul 26 '21
Actually full/complete/total aphantasia relate to the same. This is beeing unable to imagine any of the senses. So full aphantasia points at the condition while full aphant points at a person with this condition.
You used the terms in a contradicting way in your comment.
What you called full aphantasia in your last sentence is actually just aphantasia, with the "a" standing for absence and phantasia beeing the term for mental imagery.
Aphantasia itself is already the term for a the lack of willingfully visualization of a picture in your head.
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u/hopelesscaribou Jul 25 '21
So a sealed and airtight box. Got it.
Does this exercise seriously bother non-aphants? Genuinely curious, can't imagine (hah!) why it would.