Aphantasia - What it's like to lack the Mind's Eye ⚫ 

Bro is gonna blow up big time, this quality is top notch

Something that really helped me with my memory was to focus more on things and how I do it, I don't try to store images in my mind, I won't remember that "that girl had a black hair", but I can remember that I said to my self that her hair was black and I really liked it. I won't remember the color of the shirt but I can remember that I didn't like it... and so on

Your experience on reading is so interesting to me because I LOVE reading and always have. I also have complete aphantasia but I also have adhd and I think bc my mom rewarded me with ice cream for reading that got me into it. When I talk to my friends about reading they say it takes time to form the mental images (10 mins or so) and that it can be a barrier for some books. But Ive never had this barrier and it makes me wonder if that is why ppl with aphantasia usually get jobs in science and math fields. Those dry technical papers probably dont inspire the most stimulating mental imagery. But for ppl with aphantasia its no different than reading a chapterbook.

Thanks man. I'm 25 years old and just recently found out that I have aphantasia at first I was stunned but now it made me accept how can I live with it rather than be depressed about it. Before I knew I have aphantasia my favorite hobbies are songwriting and photography. Now it made more sense that's why I love different stuff than most people and this video and others was a big help that I know I'm not alone and I'm not the only one who is coping with it

🙏🏼Paul, just recently found out I have aphantasia at 69 years young. Yeah explains so much. Wow! Great video!

I have Aphantasia, I love to read, but, it must be a very emotional book that I can feel.

Thank you Paul. I tried the test and realized I too have the same trait! Wonderfully explained. What an eye opener. 🙏❤️

I didn't know anything about aphantasia. Nice content, keep going!

So interesting! Beautifully presented and explained. 👏👏👏

I really related with this video. I didn't know what aphantasia is, but it explained a lot of stuff , Also, I really enjoyed the video. Keep up the amazing work.

Really underrated channel - amazing video quality.

Well explained, and nicely broken down, Paul! Well done! 👏👏👏

i have aphantasia too and this has really explained a lot of shit in my life T_T

Wait… people can visualize things when they close their eyes?? I thought everybody can only see darkness when they close their eyes

Great video! Very well explained. Is your aphantasia isolated to visualization? Do you have inner monologues or mostly unsymbolized thoughts?

I once dated a guy who couldn’t remember faces…even his mother’s.

There is something called the imagery debate. What exactly constitutes an internal experience of an image is rather problematic. A better experiment would be to 'picture' a lemon or picture biting a lemon, i think most people diagnosed with aphantasia would react in a similar fashion to the rest of the population. There was a study about drawing recollections and compared normal people to aphantasics, there were no differences whatsoever. Which casts further doubt on the whole issue. What exactly would be considered a mental picture and what would not be considered a mental picture is completley subjective, especially given how both aphantasics and normal folk performed the same insofar as drawing what is supposedly 'visualized', Do people diagnosed with aphantasia have low to non-existent empathy is something i wonder after watching the last part of the video.

Very interesting, and very well presented. Loved the popcorn scene, haha...... (which i could relate to 🫣) Something new I learned today. Thank you for enlightening us on this! 😊