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As a person with aphantasia, I will not be able to remember what my children looked like, sounded like, or acted like growing up unless I have pictures and vide
by NateEag 7y ago
As a person with aphantasia, I will not be able to remember what my children looked like, sounded like, or acted like growing up unless I have pictures and videos.
I don't think it's harmful for me to try to preserve some of that, since I don't have the neurological wiring to use my brain for that job.
- mlthoughts2018 7y agoActually that condition seems fairly irrelevant to this discussion entirely. Nobody’s suggesting don’t take photos. Just that quantity, subject matter and frequency of public sharing are all affected very negatively by social media. Taking dozens of photos of “instagram-worthy” restaurant meals or “lifestyle achievement” vacation photos has utterly nothing at all to do with an imagery recognition photo journal. These are the sorts of totally discardable, consumer excess images that even people without aphantasia cannot recall mental imagery or visual memory of since it occupies such a “one time use” or “share it and throw it away” position in social media behavior.
- NateEag 7y agoI thought you had said people ought to be as low-photo as you are in general, but on rereading it I see you did not say that. Apologies for my misinterpretation.