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This comment is very interesting to me, thank you for sharing. I can relate to a lot of what you said, and I feel the phrasing "normal imagination lacking detai
by magnusmundus 5y ago
This comment is very interesting to me, thank you for sharing. I can relate to a lot of what you said, and I feel the phrasing "normal imagination lacking detail" is perfect. And, (why I decided to respond ->)
> For me the ball is smooth an white. The table is something akin to stainless steel.
my scene was similar but opposite: Steel/metallic ball on smooth white table, ball falls into a colorless void. The table doesn't even have dimensions really, just has an edge the ball can fall off.
I must read more on aphantasia. If you don't mind me asking: did you decide that this is your condition through learning about it, or were you "diagnosed" somehow?
- JshWright 5y agoNot the person you're responding to, but for me it was an AskReddit thread with the prompt of "When you hear an X walked into a bar joke, do you always imagine the same bar?". The idea that someone could imagine a bar (rather than just think about the concept of a bar) was what convinced me that "visualizing" is a real thing and I can't do it. For me the ball test is equally meaningless... I don't understand the premise.
- dhon_ 5y agoNot diagnosed, but it seems to just fit my experience so well.