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This is so earth shattering to me. I'm completely unable to actually "see" anything when I imagine it, but I think I can visualize in the sense of recalling or

• jddj 3y ago
  I think there's some of that over-reading. In these exchanges the language typically gets sloppy and one person's "see" gets translated and reacted to as whoa, with their eyes?. If you can imagine a red car and see it in your mind's eye (fairly ephemeral, especially if you force it, and nothing like as vivid as a hallucination) I think you're pretty normal from having followed a few of these threads over the years.
  • vidarh 3y ago
    If you have aphantasia, you can't "see it in your minds eye", but that does not mean I can't imagine what it looks like. I know the distinction both from comparing with dreams, where I do see, and with a single experience during meditation (which I've tried many times but so far failed to replicate). They're nothing alike what it is to "imagine" for me.
    • jddj 3y ago
      Most people seem to be able to recall memories with some imagery and with some effort explore an object / space with imagery. It's not vivid like a dream though, and doesn't have that 1st-personness either.
• vidarh 3y ago
  Yes, people do, to varying degrees. Up to and including near picture perfect clarity, though most people have far less clearer images. Only 2-4% or so see nothing at all.