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Do you have aphantasia?

by davidmurdoch 9y ago

williamdclt 9y ago
I didn't know the concept, looked it up, and it doesn't seems that I do
williamdclt 9y ago
While looking it up, I stumbled across an article from someone who has aphantasia, and say this [0]: "I do have the ‘milk voice’—that flat, inner monologue that has no texture or sound, which we use to tell ourselves: “Remember to pick up milk.”" I don't have such a voice, I think about the concept of remembering to pick up milk. There's no verbalization, and it seems really weird to imagine it: when beginning your inner sentence, you already know what you'll be "telling", so why continue to "tell" it to yourself? https://www.facebook.com/notes/blake-ross/aphantasia-how-it-feels-to-be-blind-in-your-mind/10156834777480504/ https://www.facebook.com/notes/blake-ross/aphantasia-how-it-...
- davidmurdoch 9y ago
  Fascinating! Despite knowing what my inner monologue has to say before it's said, I can't stop it from being internally verbalized. I'm definitely one to "think before speaking", often to the degree where I'm unable (or maybe just unwilling) to contribute to fast-paced group conversations since I feel like I need to think about what I'll say first. Once I start speaking my "milk voice" can continue ahead of my speech but it usually doesn't. When it does, it can sometimes feel like what I can only describe as an out-of-body experience... where I'll be speaking, but my milk voice will just be making an observation about what I'm saying and the reactions of those I'm speaking to, all while I'm fully aware this is happening. Recently, I was in a meeting and was speaking, while internally I was making "milk voice" observations of others' attention and posture, and then observed my own crossed arms (which to many business execs communicates a lack of confidence), so I then uncrossed them and sat up taller. Not sure if I'm an outlier here or not, though.

5 ms·

Do you have aphantasia?

by davidmurdoch 9y ago

Do you have aphantasia?

williamdclt 9y ago
I didn't know the concept, looked it up, and it doesn't seems that I do
williamdclt 9y ago
While looking it up, I stumbled across an article from someone who has aphantasia, and say this [0]: "I do have the ‘milk voice’—that flat, inner monologue that has no texture or sound, which we use to tell ourselves: “Remember to pick up milk.”" I don't have such a voice, I think about the concept of remembering to pick up milk. There's no verbalization, and it seems really weird to imagine it: when beginning your inner sentence, you already know what you'll be "telling", so why continue to "tell" it to yourself? https://www.facebook.com/notes/blake-ross/aphantasia-how-it-feels-to-be-blind-in-your-mind/10156834777480504/ https://www.facebook.com/notes/blake-ross/aphantasia-how-it-...
- davidmurdoch 9y ago
  Fascinating! Despite knowing what my inner monologue has to say before it's said, I can't stop it from being internally verbalized. I'm definitely one to "think before speaking", often to the degree where I'm unable (or maybe just unwilling) to contribute to fast-paced group conversations since I feel like I need to think about what I'll say first. Once I start speaking my "milk voice" can continue ahead of my speech but it usually doesn't. When it does, it can sometimes feel like what I can only describe as an out-of-body experience... where I'll be speaking, but my milk voice will just be making an observation about what I'm saying and the reactions of those I'm speaking to, all while I'm fully aware this is happening. Recently, I was in a meeting and was speaking, while internally I was making "milk voice" observations of others' attention and posture, and then observed my own crossed arms (which to many business execs communicates a lack of confidence), so I then uncrossed them and sat up taller. Not sure if I'm an outlier here or not, though.