Florist [none/use name] to chapotraphouse • 2 years agoWhomst here has aphantasia?imagemessage-square95 fedilinkarrow-up137file-text
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minus-squareSerLava [he/him]hexbear1·2 years agoAre you saying that you can literally watch a cartoon hallucination zipping around in front of you if you feel like it? Or do your eyes see nothing and you're just consciously visualizing it? link
minus-squareUlyssesT [he/him]hexbear2·2 years agoIt's somehow both. I can "see" the cartoon visualization while also seeing what's actually in front of me. They don't quite overlap as much as exist at the same time. If I close my eyes, it can sometimes be easier to focus on the aforementioned cartoon hallucination. link
minus-squareSerLava [he/him]hexbear1·2 years agoYeah I think if you imagined a big black circle and someone held up 3 fingers behind it, you'd be able to see the fingers right? It's just an abstract level of visualization. link
minus-squareSerLava [he/him]hexbear1·2 years agoI think some people hear "see" and think it means you can just conjure illusions and watch them happen link
Are you saying that you can literally watch a cartoon hallucination zipping around in front of you if you feel like it? Or do your eyes see nothing and you're just consciously visualizing it?
It's somehow both.
I can "see" the cartoon visualization while also seeing what's actually in front of me. They don't quite overlap as much as exist at the same time.
If I close my eyes, it can sometimes be easier to focus on the aforementioned cartoon hallucination.
Yeah I think if you imagined a big black circle and someone held up 3 fingers behind it, you'd be able to see the fingers right?
It's just an abstract level of visualization.
I think some people hear "see" and think it means you can just conjure illusions and watch them happen