• ComradeR@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    Does anyone else have a visual memory that doesn’t work consistently?

    There are days that I can “see” a picture crystal clear high definition in my mind. And there’s other days that I “see” everything blurred, or under a fog, or hidden in something like TV static/noise.

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      9 months ago

      Kind of? But it’s less specific days and more certain things.

      Like apples are simple so I can see them easily, but if it’s something I’m not use to it’s kind hard to put into focus or the shape shiftd or something.

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      9 months ago

      I sometimes get blurry flashes of memories that I can use to know what it looked like but I don’t actually see it (just the blurry part)

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      9 months ago

      I get that sometimes, like reading a book and visualizing what’s on the paper rather well, or my braino-o-vision isn’t working.

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      9 months ago

      I get that kind of brain fog when I’m dehydrated or have gone for long periods without reading a book.

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    9 months ago

    Damn I’ve read about aphantasia before but never seen it depicted in a graph with levels… turns out I’m around a 4… thats weird.

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        9 months ago

        That’s pretty interesting. I never gave it much thought, but apparently I’m between a 2 & 3 at the moment

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            9 months ago

            Ide love to see what you can see when you read or listen to a book. It would take so much less energy to read as much as i do. It must be like watching a movie playout inside your head with the best narrator i could imagine

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              I’m a 1 on that chart and I struggle to understand how you can even follow what’s happening in a book without being able to imagine it.

              I mean, you have to be able to fill in the gaps don’t you? Books can’t describe every detail.

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                Short answer is, you can’t. That’s why I don’t read books.

                Longer answer is that even if you read a book you can still understand what of happening in the book, you simply won’t get a visual image of what you read. Makes books pretty boring to read IMO.

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                9 months ago

                No, you don’t have to, especially if you’ve never known any different. It’s like the difference between a sketch and a photo. If the artist’s any good they can capture the essence of something with a few lines.

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              You’re spot on. I genuinely tend to forget if I’ve read a book or watched a movie/series if it’s been a few years.

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            I feel like I’m between 4 and 5 if I try to imagine something on purpose but if I’m reading a book or someone is describing something to me I’m a solid 1 as I can vividly see what it’s being described.

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            I don’t know if I’m a 1 or 5. I can’t tell the difference between picturing a fully realistic image of an apple and imagining what my brain tells me is a fully realistic image of an apple and I can’t conceive of how one could tell the difference.

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    9 months ago

    Waaahhh… Not like I wanted an apple in the first place.

    Btw I feel like this is good place to promote [email protected] Not very active but maybe others could help change that.

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    9 months ago

    I don’t give two fucks, but I am telling you right now. That motherfucker back there’s mental apple… is not real!