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Anyone like me who can ‘see’ images in dreams and in near sleep, but almost no voluntary ability to visually imagine when fully awake? Sometimes I sleep deprev

• misthop 5y ago
  I see dreams but have no visualization in any state of wakefulness
• grawp 5y ago
  Heh, I was contemplating this HN post and thinking how would I explain visual fantasy to an aphantasic person when a tought came to my mind: What about dreams?! I had to quickly open the post and search for a word 'dream' and found your comment. Btw. for me visual imagination during pre-sleep even when very sleep deprived is same as when being wide awake. Dreams themselfs are a little more vivid perhaps, I'm not completely sure. Which reminds me a phrase 'lucid dreaming'.. a supposed state where can you volountarily control your dream to utilize it as some kind of matrix/construct.
• michrassena 5y ago
  That's my experience. Dreams can be vivid, or close enough to real life including color. Occasionally I'll see hypnagogic imagery, but more likely I'll hear music when I'm really tired.
• scruple 5y ago
  I don't have any dream recall whatsoever. I'm not sure if I ever did. I do believe that I dream but that belief is based on anecdotes from friends and family who have observed me while I am sleeping.