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I have aphantasia, but this exact state (just as I fall asleep) is the only time I can consciously see images in my head. It’s very odd
by p10jkle 5y ago
I have aphantasia, but this exact state (just as I fall asleep) is the only time I can consciously see images in my head. It’s very odd
- JshWright 5y agoSame here— though it's not "images" in my case, best I can manage is a blob of either green, red, or purple (but I can consciously control which color it is, so that's neat)
- srcreigh 5y agoSame. I also see images while dreaming though. And after drinking alcohol, after lying down to sleep, but in an earlier state than about-to-fall-asleep, I see weird star patterns. My pre-sleep alcohol induced imagination is like a colored star which keeps changing in different ways. It follows a rhythm, maybe similar to my heartbeat. Maybe the color will change, maybe the center of the star will grow in size, maybe the star will get more spikes. It often fills my mind's eye quickly. It usually lasts just a few seconds right as I lay down. Sometimes at the end it develops into more like images than star patterns, but it feels similar.