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!
TIA.
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“Seeing” a picture in my head doesn’t do anything to obscure my eye vision. It’s more like I have a third, secret eye that is somewhere inside my forehead. Or like a tiny theater room inside my head that can display visuals.
Have you ever seen those trick images where if you cross your eyes just right, a new picture appears? It kinda feels like that’s happening. When trying hard to focus on an inner visual, my eyes often go out of focus (or close altogether). Again, my vision isn’t actually being obscured, but it’s kinda like when you are driving and looking for an address, so you turn down the radio so you can see better.
It’s not great vision though. Like I can imagine weird stuff like “a blue apple” or “a pink rhinoceros”, but resolution is really low. Like 6/10. Part of the reason I love making 3D animation is it let’s me see even cooler things then I can picture inside my head.
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