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uclibc | 1 year ago

Not the GP, but I can. I can play back songs in my head quite vividly or remember and replay how different people sound like, when it's coupled with a memory.

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boricj|1 year ago

Now I'm wondering about other senses. I can readily imagine sounds and pictures, but it took my brain some time before it figured out how to imagine smells and tactile sensations when I asked it, like a muscle that is rarely exercised.

Since my imagination layers on top of my existing senses, I wonder if aphantasia is really about the (in)ability to induce sensory hallucinations at will (and to what extent). That's about the only way I can make sense of it personally, given my own subjective experience.

jackjeff|1 year ago

Not the GP either I can’t do any of that.

Sound is like images for me. An abstract concept you can reason about later but only experience in the moment.

uclibc|1 year ago

Can you hear your own thoughts when thinking in sentences? If not what does thinking a sentence through feel like?