Shoutout to the YouTuber, JAMIErightmeow, whose video on Aphantasia gave me the inspiration to cover today's topic! Now, you may be like me who didn't know until relatively recently that I had been dealing with this my whole life... Aphantasia is defined as the "the inability to form mental images of objects that are not present." Hence, the best way I can describe it is counting sheep... Growing up, I assumed that sheep were a metaphor and that everyone didn't actually visualize sheep in their mind, but I may have been one of the few that couldn't form an image in my mind... This episode is something that I have been meaning to explore as I have struggled my entire life with feeling creative while feeling like an 'imposter' due to my mind's lack of visual imagery. Join me as I navigate reality without visuals and how you can continue to live your best life with or without your mind's eye.

Background Music: OneEightFour via Anchor by Spotify

Sources:

“I have APHANTASIA (and you may too...without realizing it!)” (2018) by JAMIErightmeow via YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewsGmhAjjjI

“What Is Aphantasia? When You Can't See Images in Your Mind” (2022) by Kendra Cherry; Medically reviewed by Shaheen Lakhan, MD, PhD, FAAN via Very Well Mind

https://www.verywellmind.com/aphantasia-overview-4178710

Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire via Aphantasia Network

https://aphantasia.com/vviq/

“The Art of Aphantasia: How ‘mind blind’ artists create without being able to visualize” (2021) by Matthew MacKisack via Aphantasia Network

https://aphantasia.com/the-art-of-aphantasia/