> One way of describing it would be that I can close my eyes and tell you where everything is in my house, or map my way downtown.
I can do this, (also for simple 3d shapes needed to solve school geometry problems) without closing eyes, because i seem to do that independently from visualisation.
But sometimes i see very vivid images just by closing eyes, after having some intense new visual experience
- as a child when i was playing checkers the whole day i would see the game board
- after the first time being in a forest i could see forest any time i would close my eyes for several days
-after seeing the "What Dreams May Come" movie i could see images in the painting style (and it was the only case when i could control the images).
- after playing a new computer game the whole day i can see images from that
But the intensity of the effect have declined over time, presumably because it is harder and harder to find new visual experiences.
> I recall the images that night were dark and foreboding
could this be related to fever? I remember as a child i was seeing really chaotic images when having 40 temperature.
I wonder if there is aphantasia for sound too. Several times i was able to listen music as if played by a real orchester, but simply noticing it, was making the music stop leaving only an outline.
I can do this, (also for simple 3d shapes needed to solve school geometry problems) without closing eyes, because i seem to do that independently from visualisation.
But sometimes i see very vivid images just by closing eyes, after having some intense new visual experience
- as a child when i was playing checkers the whole day i would see the game board
- after the first time being in a forest i could see forest any time i would close my eyes for several days
-after seeing the "What Dreams May Come" movie i could see images in the painting style (and it was the only case when i could control the images).
- after playing a new computer game the whole day i can see images from that
But the intensity of the effect have declined over time, presumably because it is harder and harder to find new visual experiences.
> I recall the images that night were dark and foreboding
could this be related to fever? I remember as a child i was seeing really chaotic images when having 40 temperature.
I wonder if there is aphantasia for sound too. Several times i was able to listen music as if played by a real orchester, but simply noticing it, was making the music stop leaving only an outline.