I have aphantasia, a mental disorder where I lack all internal visualization. I cannot “picture” things in my mind, I think in words and numbers and such. With this, I am very curious how the mental imagery works for the rest of you. Do you see it separate from your main vision? Does it get interposed? Is it like picture in picture? I’m baffled!
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Personally I think the feeling is similar to being zoned out. Images tend to be very blurry except for the main subject (if I am recalling the scene of a dog running in a grass field, probably the face of the dog is decently defined, everything else blurry to the point of being basically undefinable) and the colors are pretty faded. in my case, it is on top of my actual vision. Considering it is translucent, I still have some perception of my surroundings, but I am not paying attention when I am visualizing something.
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