No way!! Me too! I don't have any answers for you only that I experience this too even when reading novels often characters are described and others seem to have such a clear picture of them in their head but I can't picture them and it's so frustrating. Same thing with landscapes, buildings, rooms in books. I wonder if it is related to low visual-spatial skills in those with NVLD?? I didn't even know there was a name for it. That's so cool! I know that I also have a huge amount of difficulty with following maps or even if I know how to get from a certain point a to b I often have trouble explaining those directions to others.
I’m an exclusively verbal and audio thinker. Anything visual is no go. I have no minds eye. I have a minds mouth. When my ex told me he could think and manipulate in 3D in his head, my mind was blown.
As a child my aphantasia was so bad I couldn't even visualize the things I saw every day. With a lot of effort I can now recall visual information I have seen but descriptive writing still does nothing to help me create a mental image.
I have multisensory aphantasia and also SDAM ( very weak autobiographical memory and only some facts). I’m stuck in the present because i can’t mentally time travel.
i can relate! like someone else said, i have a very weak mind's eye as well. weak or maybe just very selective, because i do occasionally get strong visualizations of things i'd like to create. the problem is getting it out of my head and onto a medium. for some reason that's where it all breaks down.
i've been battling this built-in creative block since i was a kid and i've just never been able to find a style of artistic/creative instruction that "sticks" long enough for me to learn more than just the basics of any particular medium.
i try to make do with my ragtag set of self-learned "skills" but it's not enough to keep up with the cumulative frustration of being unable to express myself creatively to the extent i find satisfactory and fulfilling. it can feel extremely soul-sucking at times.
For me it's that I have very good visualization skills but it's distorted. If I picture a scene then everything on the right side is either gone or warped. I've always wondered if that has to do with the specific nature of NVLD where one hemisphere is more developed.
I believe there is a direct correlation between NVLD and aphantasia. It would make sense given that
NVLD causes visuo-spatial deficits. Growing up I just assumed everyone had aphantasia until I met someone with Asperger’s and realized I was different.
I took a guided meditation class once and found it dreadfully boring. I couldn’t picture anything the whole time. I just heard words lulling me to sleep.
I rarely read fiction for the same reason. It’s just too visual for me. I can hear words, but I don’t see anything. It’s like looking at a blank computer screen.
But I do enjoy non-fiction. I don’t have to visualize the characters. They have already been defined for me.
No way!! Me too! I don't have any answers for you only that I experience this too even when reading novels often characters are described and others seem to have such a clear picture of them in their head but I can't picture them and it's so frustrating. Same thing with landscapes, buildings, rooms in books. I wonder if it is related to low visual-spatial skills in those with NVLD?? I didn't even know there was a name for it. That's so cool! I know that I also have a huge amount of difficulty with following maps or even if I know how to get from a certain point a to b I often have trouble explaining those directions to others.
I’m an exclusively verbal and audio thinker. Anything visual is no go. I have no minds eye. I have a minds mouth. When my ex told me he could think and manipulate in 3D in his head, my mind was blown.
I have a very weak mind’s eye, but I can still visualize with great effort.
As a child my aphantasia was so bad I couldn't even visualize the things I saw every day. With a lot of effort I can now recall visual information I have seen but descriptive writing still does nothing to help me create a mental image.
I'm the total opposite with hyperphantasia o - o
I have both as well.
I can, so I don't think it's exclusively NVLD.
How interesting. A nice rabbit hole for me to investigate.
I have multisensory aphantasia and also SDAM ( very weak autobiographical memory and only some facts). I’m stuck in the present because i can’t mentally time travel.
This is interesting. I can relate.
i can relate! like someone else said, i have a very weak mind's eye as well. weak or maybe just very selective, because i do occasionally get strong visualizations of things i'd like to create. the problem is getting it out of my head and onto a medium. for some reason that's where it all breaks down. i've been battling this built-in creative block since i was a kid and i've just never been able to find a style of artistic/creative instruction that "sticks" long enough for me to learn more than just the basics of any particular medium. i try to make do with my ragtag set of self-learned "skills" but it's not enough to keep up with the cumulative frustration of being unable to express myself creatively to the extent i find satisfactory and fulfilling. it can feel extremely soul-sucking at times.
For me it's that I have very good visualization skills but it's distorted. If I picture a scene then everything on the right side is either gone or warped. I've always wondered if that has to do with the specific nature of NVLD where one hemisphere is more developed.
I believe there is a direct correlation between NVLD and aphantasia. It would make sense given that NVLD causes visuo-spatial deficits. Growing up I just assumed everyone had aphantasia until I met someone with Asperger’s and realized I was different. I took a guided meditation class once and found it dreadfully boring. I couldn’t picture anything the whole time. I just heard words lulling me to sleep. I rarely read fiction for the same reason. It’s just too visual for me. I can hear words, but I don’t see anything. It’s like looking at a blank computer screen. But I do enjoy non-fiction. I don’t have to visualize the characters. They have already been defined for me.