En terwijl ik dat typ, besef ik nu dat dat best door mijn aphantasia kan komen, dat ik die combinatie waardeer. Daar ben ik nog niet zo lang achter en ik heb nog steeds aha-momenten.

Willem Bilderdijk ken ik niet of ben ik vergeten, ik zal hem opzoeken. Wat ik zo gaaf aan v. Ostaijen vind is de visuele poëzie, ik heb gedichten geschreven maar ook best wat "kijkgedichten" gemaakt ^^ De combinatie zien en lezen maakt me blij.

Niet geheel onwaar 😭

Het was, vrij obvious, de vraag wat je favoriete dichter is :)

"that’s not exactly normal" It wasn't? 😭 I even studied it in the original language back then ^^ I look forward to Nolan's version!

Niet dat deze hypocrisie me verbaast, maar de mus is alleen belangrijk als het Mona goed uitkomt... www.parool.nl/nederland/aa...

Ik had een neppe maar ik kon er niet mee omgaan dat het maar een beperkte levensduur had (als in oud worden), dus ik ben er maar 1 keer aan begonnen. We hadden wel 3 Furbies. En ik heb ook nog 3 starving Neopets als het goed is.

Waren dat niet van die aapachtige beestje die op hun duim konden zuigen?

I had a friend asking about his looks as a woman (he prefers he/him) and wether his make up was on point. My response was that I have no clue about make up, I haven't used make up since I stopped being goth 😭 I could however tell him he looked cuter as brunette ^^

Jotie T'Hooft, Paul van Ostaijen en Herman Görter.

I dream in vivid 4K full colour with surround sound 😭

Dreams and hallucinations are unconscious, that uses a different part of the brain. I have descended in mania/psychosis before too and then it's a whole different experience.

I know exactly how you feel. I also know what I'm missing because I visualise when doing certain substances. Can't focus on doing it though, the moment I try that, it stops.
Though someone made a remark I didn't think about before. About how depression made them also see the less fun images...

Did not take that into consideration! Thank you for that point of view! Little less jealous now 😅

Some people just don't really dream or forget them immediately, but I get you would have that assumption if you don't know anyone else with aphantasia. Brains are weird.

Had to inform my own psychiatrist about the existence of it. I really hope more people opening up about this will help in realising brains work in different ways and your experience is not the experience of someone else..

Meanwhile I'm just happy I ran into your profile because of it. 💙

Might be because aphantasia is not that well known (yet). I remember discovering that I have it and my mind was blown. Many things made sense to me suddenly (same with the ADHD diagnose, both happened in my late 30s). I have to explain what it is and how it affects me on almost a daily basis.

Surprised to see a bunch of people with aphantasia here. It is not that well known yet, but I'm glad it's gaining more attention. It explained so many struggles I had with certain things.

It is to me. I am am jealous of people who are capable of visualising. I know what it feels like because I can visualise on drugs. The joy I felt realising I was actually seeing the colour yellow with my eyes closed... I feel I would suffer a lot less from depressions if I could just daydream.