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I'm also aphantasic and dream normally. I have some intermittent ability to lucid dream. I have noticed that if I am acting as a "passenger", the imagery is vi
by dcw303 19d ago
I'm also aphantasic and dream normally.
I have some intermittent ability to lucid dream. I have noticed that if I am acting as a "passenger", the imagery is vivid and I will be able to recall everything. Sometimes something in the dream will prompt me to think. It might be entering a phone number, or reading text. As soon as I engage the process of thinking, the imagery goes away. Long lucid dreams for me rely on me being able to remain in the passenger seat.
In my waking life I consider my aphantasia similarly - I can imagine things and get the briefest of a "snapshot" of an image, but any attempt to hold onto it means it vanishes - I don't know how that's related but I suspect that it is.
I know this is different to how I am wired for sound, because I have inner music, inner voices, etc. I can replay music at will, change voices, investigate and modify them, all with perfect quality of audio recall. Earworms can be really annoying ;)
- khazhoux 19d agoFWIW I’m exactly like you. My ability to replay music sometimes surprises me. Sometimes I’ll hear a song on the radio I haven’t heard in decades and be able to anticipate tiny details precisely (like, “here’s where the harmonica comes in in Karma Chameleon” or “here’s where the fretless bass is gonna bend a note”. You?
- razodactyl 18d agoIt comes as language to you? I just anticipate it as if a sound is playing in my mind?
- khazhoux 18d agoJust as sound, not language. When hearing sing in my head I’ll hear the little details. When listening to song on radio I’ll know when those details are coming, even if I haven’t heard the song in ages. Same with you I imagine?