As a person with aphantasia, the only time I'm able to "see" pictures is while dreaming (including day dreaming), but daydreaming has a weird effect of completely blocking out my vision. My mind is still actively processing cues from my vision, but I am unable to see anything but the daydream.
I didn't even realize that aphantasia was a thing until a couple of years ago when a YouTube video popped up on my feed about it.
When people ask what I "see" in my mind when told to "picture" something, is basically auditory database of descriptions in my inner voice.
I didn't even realize that aphantasia was a thing until a couple of years ago when a YouTube video popped up on my feed about it.
When people ask what I "see" in my mind when told to "picture" something, is basically auditory database of descriptions in my inner voice.