I have both aphantasia and autism and i wanted to see how many autists also have it.
Nah, I'm actually mostly the opposite, I think extremely visually
It's the same with me. I think too loud.
Same.
Relevant: https://youtube.com/shorts/4JbWs-wPK7Y?feature=shared
I’m like that. Weirdly, I can plan out things in my head, like how a piece of furniture should be designed and made, but it’s not a visual process. I just seem to know how it should be. I have virtually no visual component to my imagination, but I can basically listen to entire songs in my mind. It’s only recently that I realised that there are people out there who have no internal monologue! Like their brain is just quiet, and they can get on with stuff without it getting in their way! That’s weirder to me than the presence/absence of visuals etc
The no inner monologue thing threw me for a loop too. No wonder they all manage to get shit done. I've always had at least two layers of narration plus music.
I don't have aphantasia, but I can't imagine faces very well. I am extremely face blind, though.
I have no inner monologue or minds eye. Trust me, I do not get shit done
This describes me very well. I see nothing but black with shades of gray but can understand/describe how objects look or fit together without issue. My inner dialogue also seems to never stop.
no internal monologue
I have an internal monologue of instrumental music (almost always jazz or classical music). I don't think in words, except when planning speech or writing.
It's kinda strange for me, because my brain defaults to no imagery, mostly just concepts and text, and a bunch of internal monologues. But if I push it I can come up with some fairly vivid images, especially if it's of something I've seen before. I'm fairly great at remembering places from my dreams, even if I can't remember what those dreams were about.
That's mostly how I am, too. If I was to think about an apple, it's kind of like an encyclopedia page in my head. I see an apple, though the image is foggy, but I see clear text spelling the word and listing everything I know about what an apple is.
Weirdly, I'm the opposite. It was quite the problem when I was a kid as I couldn't concentrate on what was in front of me, because what I was seeing in my head felt more 'real'. I had even conjured up my own mind video game that I would constantly play and expand the mechanics of. I think most of my childhood memories are daydreams.
I still sometimes visualise doing things and then struggle to know if I actually did said thing or just did it in my mind, but this is mitigated as I keep good notes of my activities so I can fact check my memory whenever I need to.
I found out that not being able to see things in your mind isn't the norm, after taking that aphantasia star test.
James Harkin of No Such Thing As A Fish is one of the only ones I know of that also have this.
I have a wank bank so I'm guessing I don't have aphantasia?
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I don't "see" things as if I'm looking at them, I see them the way you imagine a taste.
I do a lot of visual thinking and 3D manipulation but I don't ever actually see it. I also have music playing pretty much all the time whether I like it or not.
I see them the way you imagine a taste.
I have very vivid visual and auditory imagination, but for some reason, I am completely incapable of imagining taste.
I can imagine things in my head but its very very low quality. My brain is mostly full of sounds and abstract ideas. I often think about how something will work instead of what it will look like. Its like everyone is looking at a clock, they know what time it is though they have no idea how the clock works while I am looking at the inside of the clock and I know how everything in it works yet I don't know what time it is.
https://aphantasia.com/vviq/ if you are not sure what to answer
So, I didn't read properly and voted because I have aphantasia but I (probably) don't have autism
I'm actually hyperphantasic, but you can actually cure aphantasia with psychedelics.
I happen to have a very big imagination. Abstract thinking is also easier for me. I have always done really well with really complicated things but always make mistakes on the easy stuff. No idea what that's about.
Today is my first appointment in the process of getting diagnosed and I'm scared.
Don’t be scared! Knowing yourself allows you to help yourself.
Me.
