Wondering about the relationship between #aphantasia and grief.
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Wondering about the relationship between #aphantasia and grief.
If I can’t make pictures in my head, I can’t hold the images of anyone I love and am grieving in my head (it’s true). (I have aphantasia and I have no images in my head at all)
I always thought that movie or TV depictions of grief of people popping up in people’s lives was like, TV depiction of ghosts, not grief.
I can’t picture anyone, not even my own face, not my wife’s, not my late dog (who I love and grief, but not in a visual way).
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Maybe it’s a blessing? Out of sight, out of mind, quite literally for me!
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@skinnylatte Curious, what do you think of when you think of the concept of say, your mom: Sounds? Smell? Words?
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Adrianna Tanreplied to May Likes Toronto last edited by [email protected]
@mayintoronto words. Everything is words to me
I was telling my wife it’s like the difference between reading a description of a place or person in a bunch of words, not seeing it on a screen. Smell and sound can evoke memories for me much more but it’s words first
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@skinnylatte do you meditate
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@tek yes but not visually. With sound
‘Imagine a tree’ nope I can’t do that
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@skinnylatte I have found it to be positive. But also looking at old photographs hits like a ton of bricks.
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@brianboyer yep. Also why I take lots of photos
