Chris HallbeckSep 29, 2023
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Show threadWGAvanDijk
@Chrishallbeck
Number 5 for me. All my life I thought all people were like that. This cartoon is about me.
Including the voice in my head, I don't have one.
Smell, music, feelings. Nope. Aphantasia for me, to the max. Sometimes it drives my wife crazy (oh, and it drives me crazy too).
Sep 29, 2023 at 9:24pmWeb
Show threadjustpeachySep 29, 2023
@WGAvanDijk @Chrishallbeck I’m sorry if this is a dumb question. I’m not trying to be insensitive or rude. If I am, just say so & I’ll delete this. How do you think about stuff without the voice? I have to use the voice to decide what I’m going to type. What is your mind like when you’re thinking about what to write back?
Show threadWGAvanDijkSep 30, 2023

@justpeachy @Chrishallbeck
Not a dumb question, I have the same, and I only started thinking about it when I realised I have aphantasia and what it means to have aphantasia.

I hear my own voice. But it's not my voice, because it "sounds" different. I read somewhere that it is called "milk voice", a mirky opaque solution. And it's not really a voice.

Show threadNickOct 5, 2023
@WGAvanDijk @Chrishallbeck
Question out of interest:
How do you process logical thoughts like math for example?
Show threadWGAvanDijkOct 5, 2023

@freestyle @Chrishallbeck
By thinking. I don't need images to calculate the square root of 780.

I am not sure how people with a mind's eye would do it, do they see the number 780 and a square root sign and a calculator that actually does the calculating work for them?

Show threadNickOct 6, 2023

@WGAvanDijk @Chrishallbeck would be cool but no.

I meant more as in carrying numbers over or when building more complex equations where it helps me too see the numbers i would need to write down.

Show threadWGAvanDijkOct 6, 2023
@freestyle @Chrishallbeck
I just have to remember the numbers as good as I can while doing the computations. Because I don't "see" the numbers in my head.