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I'm at about level 2 on this scale:
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My thoughts are a lot of imagery imagination. There are "words" to go along with it, but there certainly isn't an extensive monologue/narrative/conversation going on.
If I have seen it less than about a hundred times, it is a 5. I will have some key words that let me describe it successfully to other people, but I can't actually picture it.
If I have seen it fairly regularly for a few years, or haven't seen it for several years, probably a 4.
If I have seen it for decades, it might be a 3. Apples, which I see at least every few days is a 3.
I'm a 4-5. Sometimes I can get like a wire frame sketch of the general shape of something.
I can sort of see images, but they are usually vague, I can't really see them as such. If I'm reading and picturing something in my mind they can be a bit clearer though. I'm probably a 3.5-4 on that scale.
Hmm I've read about aphantasia before and heard shows about it but this diagram actually made me think I may be a 4 or 5. When I try to imagine an apple all I have is flutters of memories of what apples look like, , but I can't create a picture in my mind of one
My eyes are open and I can still see your comment on screen, but I can also "see" a clear picture of a red apple on a bright sunny day elsewhere in my mind. I can't explain how I can "see" 2 images simultaneously, but it often means I miss what someone is saying when talking to me, because I've started concentrating on my mental image instead.
5 to me, but my thinking is talking to myself and reading is reading the words out loud in my mind. What am i?