I mean, it’s a pretty hard thing to understand if you don’t know about aphantasia. Since we can’t know what other people experience in their mind, what we perceive is considered ‘normal’ because that’s all we know.
I didn’t realize I had aphantasia until I was 18. Doesn’t mean I suddenly became aphantasic at that same time.
Same here. I think it was actually this meme that did it. I saw people commenting that they could not and I’m like “ha yeah, of course you can’t, who can do that?”. The lots of people are like, yeah, I can create a complex 3d shape in my mind and manipulate it, turn it, get closer, etc. I’m like WTF who are these megamind savants who can do this. Turns out, most people.
I felt very alone and very incapable after that realization.
Man…same. Had no idea people could actually picture something in their mind until I was well into my 20s. Wasn’t until that point where I felt like I was at such a major disability at work compared to everyone else…the amount of times I was told, “picture this…” not realizing they meant literally.
While a prevalence of 0.8% may seem like a tiny amount but when applied to a large population it’s a significant number of people. Let’s say a city has a nice round 100,000 people, a small city by any measure. That’s 800 people, not such a small number anymore. The lives of those 800 people are worth thinking about. Granted in the context of a larger population but it’s still something.
For actual refence it’s estimated that between 1% and 4% of people have either complete visual or auditorial aphantasia.
With a much larger percent of the world’s population, having some sort of partial aphenasia. And a smaller percent having complete aphantasia of both types.
The disorder was only officially recognized in 2015. Has basically had no real research put into it outside of the last 10 years as well.
It’s non-life impacting so rarely goes diagnosed if ever. And because it’s so new, very few people know about it and go most if not their entire lives not realizing they have it.
I’ve seen some estimations putting it as high as 8 to 10% have complete of one type or the other. It’s a lot more common than people realize. Especially because it’s considered a gradient. The majority of cases are not complete lack but more commonly a middle ground. Such as the inability to picture, color rotation, shape, distinction. All audio typically is more along the lines of knowing or monologue or the inability to recall sounds in their head.
I’m one of the lucky few who has complete aphantasia of both types. I am unable to visualize anything. I have no inner monologue and I cannot recall sounds.
There’s no static. There’s no fuzz. There’s no darkness there’s nothing. It’s just sort of empty. I recall most things through a conceptual connection to other things is the best way to describe it.
The only reason I even know that a inner vision is possible and what made me go down the rabbit hole to look into it. It’s because I still dream. I understand that I have full visualization in my dreams but when I wake up it’s empty. It’s gone. I know I saw something but I cannot recall it. There’s a complete lack of any visual memory.
It’s very weird feeling. I tried to learn to lucid dream at one point as well and I came to the realization. The moment I realized I’m dreaming. Everything goes from visualize to pure darkness and then nothing. Exactly as if I’m awake. It’s very trippy.
Its estimated that almost 95%+ of all cases of it go unnoticed or diagnosed. It was only officially recognized 10 years ago.
Its estimated that 1-4% of the population have complete audio or visual aphantasia. 1-2% have both and roughly 30% of the population has some level of partial. And these are conservative numbers.
And that’s just based on the last few years of study of somethingt that most people don’t even know exists, is non life impacting in a way to get people to speak out assistance. And thus goes mostly untalked about outside a few online circles for the most part.
Either way, if you just include people with complete visual alone that’s still a fuck load of people.
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I mean, it’s a pretty hard thing to understand if you don’t know about aphantasia. Since we can’t know what other people experience in their mind, what we perceive is considered ‘normal’ because that’s all we know.
I didn’t realize I had aphantasia until I was 18. Doesn’t mean I suddenly became aphantasic at that same time.
I was 48 when I discovered that I had Aphantasia. I was blown away that when I learned that people could imagine pictures in their mind’s eye.
Same here. I think it was actually this meme that did it. I saw people commenting that they could not and I’m like “ha yeah, of course you can’t, who can do that?”. The lots of people are like, yeah, I can create a complex 3d shape in my mind and manipulate it, turn it, get closer, etc. I’m like WTF who are these megamind savants who can do this. Turns out, most people.
I felt very alone and very incapable after that realization.
Man…same. Had no idea people could actually picture something in their mind until I was well into my 20s. Wasn’t until that point where I felt like I was at such a major disability at work compared to everyone else…the amount of times I was told, “picture this…” not realizing they meant literally.
While a prevalence of 0.8% may seem like a tiny amount but when applied to a large population it’s a significant number of people. Let’s say a city has a nice round 100,000 people, a small city by any measure. That’s 800 people, not such a small number anymore. The lives of those 800 people are worth thinking about. Granted in the context of a larger population but it’s still something.
For actual refence it’s estimated that between 1% and 4% of people have either complete visual or auditorial aphantasia.
With a much larger percent of the world’s population, having some sort of partial aphenasia. And a smaller percent having complete aphantasia of both types.
The disorder was only officially recognized in 2015. Has basically had no real research put into it outside of the last 10 years as well.
It’s non-life impacting so rarely goes diagnosed if ever. And because it’s so new, very few people know about it and go most if not their entire lives not realizing they have it.
I’ve seen some estimations putting it as high as 8 to 10% have complete of one type or the other. It’s a lot more common than people realize. Especially because it’s considered a gradient. The majority of cases are not complete lack but more commonly a middle ground. Such as the inability to picture, color rotation, shape, distinction. All audio typically is more along the lines of knowing or monologue or the inability to recall sounds in their head.
I’m one of the lucky few who has complete aphantasia of both types. I am unable to visualize anything. I have no inner monologue and I cannot recall sounds.
There’s no static. There’s no fuzz. There’s no darkness there’s nothing. It’s just sort of empty. I recall most things through a conceptual connection to other things is the best way to describe it.
The only reason I even know that a inner vision is possible and what made me go down the rabbit hole to look into it. It’s because I still dream. I understand that I have full visualization in my dreams but when I wake up it’s empty. It’s gone. I know I saw something but I cannot recall it. There’s a complete lack of any visual memory.
It’s very weird feeling. I tried to learn to lucid dream at one point as well and I came to the realization. The moment I realized I’m dreaming. Everything goes from visualize to pure darkness and then nothing. Exactly as if I’m awake. It’s very trippy.
representation matters.
Its estimated that almost 95%+ of all cases of it go unnoticed or diagnosed. It was only officially recognized 10 years ago.
Its estimated that 1-4% of the population have complete audio or visual aphantasia. 1-2% have both and roughly 30% of the population has some level of partial. And these are conservative numbers.
And that’s just based on the last few years of study of somethingt that most people don’t even know exists, is non life impacting in a way to get people to speak out assistance. And thus goes mostly untalked about outside a few online circles for the most part.
Either way, if you just include people with complete visual alone that’s still a fuck load of people.
It’s always worth considering people who function differently, even if it’s just a passing thought.
How many people don’t have any <1% conditions?
0.8% means I encounter roughly 1.5 - 2 people like this every two weeks. That’s actually crazy.
I’m with you, blindness has a prevalence rate of 0.2%, fuck them no more image descriptions on Lemmy.
/s if it wasn’t obvious enough
and here I am able to taste a tomato while you say tomoto
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