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Aphantasia - The inability to see things in the mind's eye (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (6 children)

I don't see images or hear a voice. Everyone who's one way (sees or hears or both or neither) usually thinks everyone is the same as them but there's a ton of variance. When i learned that some people see or hear, i started asking everyone. It's funny how many people think the voice is god.

[–] newnton 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Interesting, I’m not sure if I can hear exactly… it’s very different from a spoken voice. I can sort of play music in my head though if I have a song I want to hear but I’m not sure if it’s “hearing it” or just a kind of ephemeral knowing how it goes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I can "listen" to music in my head, and distinctly make out the specific tone and pitch of the instruments, but I have to concentrate to really hear more than one instrument in the "foreground" if that makes sense. I also have ADHD and probably ASD, so I'd be curious to know if those play a factor in being able to hear your own voice and such in one's head.

[–] newnton 3 points 4 months ago

That does make sense (to me at least), now that I’m paying attention I feel like I can focus on individual instruments or vocals and I am still aware of the others in the background but they’re less prevalent. I also have ADHD, not sure about any correlations there

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