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Man... that sounds awesome... Your description is actually the first time I've been sad about what I'm missing. I definitely can't re-feel, re-smell, or re-tas

Man... that sounds awesome... Your description is actually the first time I've been sad about what I'm missing. I definitely can't re-feel, re-smell, or re-taste. That's not the least bit ambiguous in my brain, I just have no idea what that even means. Re-hearing? I'm not sure... I can think "words", but there's nothing especially "audible" about it.

dougmwne 8y ago
My imagined hearing is bordering on hallucination, and by that I mean an imagined "un-real" experience that is so present and detailed that it can be hard to distinguish it from actual sound. I can distinguish it, but it's right on the line. If I want to hear a guitar I'll hear it with all the clarity of a real guitar. I hear the echo of the vibration. The sound of phantom fingers moving along the frets. Tiny metallic sounds as dry calluses squeak across the strings. And my chest will swell in excitement at the rich sound that I heard but didn't hear. To test this I played the first ~30 seconds of The General by Dispatch in my head, then compared it to a Youtube video. I haven't heard the song for about a month, but I'd say my memory of it was about 95% correct with only a few notes out of place and a small number of missing/added aural details. In fact the sound memory was even more emotionally intense than the recording, like the difference between hearing a song live vs. a recording. I can only imagine how crazy this must sound from your perspective. I am a productive member of society and not some kind of crystal spiritualist.
- JshWright 8y ago
  > I can only imagine how crazy this must sound from your perspective. Nah, just sounds like a thing I would love to be able to do.
Sohakes 8y ago
When people talk about an "inner voice". Like when you did something bad and you berate yourself mentally for it. Don't you hear a voice? Or when thinking about an imaginary argument with someone? Don't you do that?
- JshWright 8y ago
  No, that sounds totally bizarre to me. I certainly can think "words", but there is no voice associated with them.
  - Sohakes 8y ago
    Wow, so cool, but so confusing. I can't figure how that would work. But I also can't figure how people can think of a cube by its properties instead of seeing it. This gives me lots of food for thought. I will probably try shutting up the inner voice and projector later to try to understand it better.

dougmwne 8y ago

My imagined hearing is bordering on hallucination, and by that I mean an imagined "un-real" experience that is so present and detailed that it can be hard to distinguish it from actual sound. I can distinguish it, but it's right on the line. If I want to hear a guitar I'll hear it with all the clarity of a real guitar. I hear the echo of the vibration. The sound of phantom fingers moving along the frets. Tiny metallic sounds as dry calluses squeak across the strings. And my chest will swell in excitement at the rich sound that I heard but didn't hear. To test this I played the first ~30 seconds of The General by Dispatch in my head, then compared it to a Youtube video. I haven't heard the song for about a month, but I'd say my memory of it was about 95% correct with only a few notes out of place and a small number of missing/added aural details. In fact the sound memory was even more emotionally intense than the recording, like the difference between hearing a song live vs. a recording. I can only imagine how crazy this must sound from your perspective. I am a productive member of society and not some kind of crystal spiritualist.

JshWright 8y ago
> I can only imagine how crazy this must sound from your perspective. Nah, just sounds like a thing I would love to be able to do.

Sohakes 8y ago

When people talk about an "inner voice". Like when you did something bad and you berate yourself mentally for it. Don't you hear a voice? Or when thinking about an imaginary argument with someone? Don't you do that?

JshWright 8y ago
No, that sounds totally bizarre to me. I certainly can think "words", but there is no voice associated with them.
- Sohakes 8y ago
  Wow, so cool, but so confusing. I can't figure how that would work. But I also can't figure how people can think of a cube by its properties instead of seeing it. This gives me lots of food for thought. I will probably try shutting up the inner voice and projector later to try to understand it better.