I found all of the tests online to be a poor test as they confuse people with images of apples or cats or stars and people expect to literally see these things confusing everybody. The best test I feel is to visualise three balls and then after that ask yourself which orientation are the balls? Side by side or on top etc? If there is an orientation then you should have visualised the balls and therefore do not have aphantasia
I could visualise very well but 5 years ago after very close death of my partner (who had a heart attack in bed and couldn't be revived). The surrounding toxicity with his siblings created a massive divide between me and his daughters, and one of them died 9 months later aged 20. I did something to my brain and can no longer visualise. I cannot meditate and miss visualisation so much. I do dream but don't remember most of them 😢. This video is amazing and gives me so much hope 😊
Thank u so much for ur video. I came to ur channel looking for info on aphantasia. So far I've only watch a few, but thank you for the resource. I also wanted to say how sorry I am for ur loss, and I hope things are going better for u now, in June 2024. When u described the loss of your Mom, it felt like u were describing my loss as well, it was very strange... I also lost my Mom in a weirdly similar event in 2016. I was a wreck for for quite a while, but I got through it, so it is possible. As I'm sure u know, for whatever reason, it feels better when u find ur not alone. Thank you😊💜
For anyone who’s reading this, you found my comment by luck. A tip you could use to cancel out and train yourself to see things when your eyes closed is by using a technique I use which is closing my eyes and shinning the phone flash light into my eyes while my eyes is closed for 2-3 minutes, remove the flashlight as your eyes remain closed I want you to focus on the colors you will see and red is one of them, it’ll turn into a image depending on how hard you focus, relax and focus
I’m 58 years old. I recently heard about aphantasia and realized I have it. I see nothing when I close my eyes. I could visualize very clearly in my youth, and somehow I didn’t notice when it went away! I’m thinking it was probably when I had brain surgery in my 20s. I can remember details of things I’ve seen somehow, but I can’t describe exactly how I perceive them; there is no picture, just a feeling if that makes any sense. I’m going to start working on bringing it back.
I have aphantasia and I’m also working on improving it. I close my eyes I see nothing, but through meditation and intense breathing technique I’ll see things but it takes me extreme stillness. But without those tactics it’s black and nothing no fog no shadows no nothing not with eyes closed or eyes open. My minds eye will see but that’s rare for me even in that position nothing. Through meditation and spiritual development with my psychic skills my aphantasia improved a bit.
I have a good imagination, but I don’t “see” things with my eyes closed. I don’t like the name “aphantasia”, implying I’m unable to fantasize or imagine. I dream just fine and remember most of them. Do you also see things with your eyes open while being in a pitch dark room? I would consider that an hallucination. 🙃 How do you know only a small percentage of people have Aphantasia, when very few people have heard of it? With my eyes open in a pitch black room, or with my eyes shut, I see a dark gray behind a very fine black screen, with thousands of infinitely tiny black dots vibrating over the screened gray. I model clay, make miniatures, draw and write poetry. I currently working on a book. I’m wondering if picturing something with my eyes closed would be a distraction. Maybe I’d lose my artistic ability, because I’m too busy watching movies in my head.🤔
Sorry for your loss . Watched your RU-vid about aphantasia 3+ years ago. Wanted to commit about the those who think they have aphantasia but actually see the picture in there mind but it to fast for them to notice it. It's like the mind will show you the apple you want to see but, does it so fast you don't realize it. But, are able to know that you looked at an apple and know the difference between an apple and a pear. Read it some where that's the way I learned how to slow down the picture in my mind to visualize. Still working on clear pictures though. Hope that helps with your research .
Please dont stop. I will come to get help from you sometime soon. PLEASE DONT STOP UNTIL I CAN. I am very similar to Francis. I have a mostly Spatial Map of locations and objects that i employ when trying to conjure an image, but it remains inaccesible at the back of my mind. Whenever i put another detail, the previous one disappears. Its like writing on water. The image, if you can call it that, is already a black white blur of mixed mess, and it doesnt stay long either. I can kind of dream, but when i try to remember these dreams they are more like ghosty sketches of objects that are present in the environment, not actual images. I know whats where, but im not sure if i can call this seeing. My memories are the same, which hurts the most.
Almost 39 and just now realizing the same as some of the other comments. Mainly because I'm trying meditation for like the 25th time in my life and got frustrated (again) because I can't visualize anything... I can faintly see things in my imagination with my eyes open but it's faint. Kind of explains why I am primarily an auditory learner. Kind of also explains why the only time I tried DMT, I only saw colors (yes I was trying to meet God, or at least aliens sheesh). Its also a pain when you're trying to become more spiritual. It's kind of funny because I remember listening to a two hour lecture in 2018 about the Memory Castle technique (basically where you memorize things by building a house in your head and each piece of furniture is a number or a phrase, and basically this technique is used to memorize entire books), and I was like "I cant even visualize a room with a chair wtf". It was even worse when I met a couple of people with Hyperphantasia and they can literally immerse themselves in a book like it's a freakin VR experience.
The reason why you can’t visualize is because of your root chakras. Not all 7 of sour root Chakras are open, meditate and learn more on root chakras. I use to be able to see and visualize anything but I closed my third eye and couldn’t be able to see them anymore.
OK I don’t get a visual anywhere in front of my eyes in my head nowhere and no how no way I recently developed ocular migraines where I get auras and now floaters but that’s the first time anything has ever been in my field of vision other than what is external from me. And zero visuals or imaginary things in my head taking shape or form. Yeah the bubble is missing. Nada. Memory issues and get lost and n I can’t draw or reproduce an image. Can’t remember a sequence of random numbers past 3 digits. Can’t remember song lyrics or music notes. But I can smell things that other people can’t smell to the degree that most people can’t believe or comprehend and I can actually hear sounds that other people don’t perceive are there so those two sensory are way elevated but visual nope. But just to clarify I don’t smell things that are not there I can always identify source it’s just that I can perceive it from further away are at lesser degrees and I don’t hear things that are not there, I can always point to the source and then once these things are pointed out the other person is like oh yeah now I hear it but I didn’t even notice it before. it’s just amped the ability there’s actually a there there. Not hearing voices or call that woo woo Or phantom smells nope they’re actually there my ability to detect them it’s just heightened. Similar to how a wine taster develops their ability to hone out the different flavors and spices and aromas But just like people sometimes won’t believe that I can’t do a mental pic they also perceive that if I smell something they can’t smell or I hear something they can’t hear that it must be that whole phantom imagination stuff. It’s incredibly mystifying to me how people can’t step outside their own reality to embrace the concept that someone’s experience sensory wise might be a little bit different than theirs that there are different neurology’s happening in people
I still don't fully get the difference, always viewed them as one and the same, but if some people only have one of them understanding the difference could be useful XD Is mind's eye view kind of like when you look at stuff but don't see it? So for example if i glance over a table while thinking of something else, i can see it, seemingly in detail, but I don't like observe it. It's as if I think that I see the table, but don't actually SEE it. I can see the whole picture and how it fits together but not actually the details (omg communication is so difficuly when trying to describe subjective thought). On the other hand, prophantasia would be like me staring at the table while focusing (also can't SEE the whole table, only a small fragment, but that could be related to adhd). Does that sound about right?
I’m sorry for your loss. I understand the feeling of losing a loved one. Nothing can prepare you for it. It will take some time but eventually you will find the motivation to keep moving forward. Sometimes you don’t want to hear positive things and that’s okay, allow yourself to feel and process the loss. For me the pain is always there but time has allowed me to cope with it.
I can’t visualize, but I can taste, smell, feel, and somewhat hear. I also really struggle differentiating characters in movies if they have similar characteristics like hair color and style, especially men. I have to find something super specific to focus on in order to differentiate them. It’s super frustrating.
I am so happhy I came across your video. I have always wondered if I should or could see more than black and your explanation was fantastic. I am starting my journey and I thank you for the information you have provided.
I just found out aphantasia is a thing yesterday and I can stop thinking about it.I always thought it was odd that I have never been able to visual my face or vividly explain my dreams
So one day I was randomly dozing off in a class a couple of years ago and this eye ball in the static popped out at me and now anytime I look if I want to see said eyeball I just think about it and I see it in my physical vison thought I was going crazy or something at first loll
OMG I know EXACTLY the feeling you're describing regarding the "mental switches"!!!! I've been meditating every day for the past few months, and I noticed after a while that I could *quite literally FEEL* my brain switching to a different state. The only thing I could think of was that it was my brainwaves switching -- I was just so surprised that I could literally feel it happening in my head!!!! It's bizarre!!!! I'm so glad to learn this isn't something random I'm reading into or even imagining. Lmao. Also, Key #3 (convincing yourself) is super important and helpful for everyday life too -- i.e. constructing your reality, affirmations, thoughts = reality, etc. You have a different take on it that I like, and that's not to delude yourself into thinking you're already at the point you want to be, but to go in tiny, believable increments. Very helpful! Thank you for this video! :D
Your work is incredible! Thank you so much! I started researching for my self since I had some profound accidental experiences lately without practicing. Keep on going and have a look into the work of mark komissarow, and the Indonesian merpati putih system, MP USA has quite some videos here on RU-vid. Children learn this ability in notime! I remember doing it when I was a child, but it got lost during the distracting experience called life.
Hi, teacher. I know that I cannot create mental images clearly. Which one is the correct way of visualization? I would like to solely focus on the correct one that you use. 1. We create a mental TV screen on the wall right in front of us and then see the pictures running there? Is it the correct one? 2. We just directly form a mental image running in the brain. Is it the correct one? For example, I want to see Messi, Ronaldo and I play for the same team together? Should I create a mental TV screen in my room right in front of me and then see us playing on that TV? Or I just form a mental video without create a mental TV? For me both ways, the images and videos are not clear and easily to forget the picture or video I picture? So, which one is the right one? I want to direct my attention and focus on your suggestion. Any help is extremely and whole-heartedly appreciated
I'm really good at this. I'm now also developing this geometrical yoga style thing and it really helps me to enhance the hyperphantasia also if you are a Christian and by the way I am. I am getting really close to the Holy spirit and am now using hyperphantasia in my prayer warrior life. And the truth is I could give Stephen king a run for his money on it. I can visualize the demons and smack them in the name of Jesus.. please repent and He will free you. And he will prove to you that he is really God Because folks hell is a very real place. Please think about it.. He loves you so much and no matter how dirty and unclean you feel. He longs for you. He died a horrific death for you. The cross smothers you. I'm not sorry that I'm being forward with you. I love you too and if I didn't love you I wouldn't say anything. I owe Jesus my eternal soul and his Love is pure bliss. Please listen God Loves you more than you can imagine. Yes. You
Wow, I'm 50 and just realized that 'seeing' clear images in the minds-eye was what most people experience. I think I have hypophantasia. I have a very limited ability see images at will. They are dark, poorly defined, and have little-to-know color. I'm going to look more into improving my ability to visualize.
You know I was thinking that belief is simply an aspect of phantasia an imagining it’s perception in the for front of our minds rather than the peripheral, like when you catch yourself not being able to recognize a simple object your mind fills in the gaps and you thought you saw something else.. But then I wonder what if that is unique to people with a “functioning” minds eye
I can’t see visuals but i can hear an inner monologue. I am very attracted to art and pretty / bright colors for some reason. When i draw something i do it by feeling i don’t see anything in my mind while im sketching something out. It’s weird and idk to explain it lol.
