Tom

This is fascinating.  Traumatic brain injury had many impacts on my life, but finding Dr Zeman, Exeter University, gave me a very distinct path of questioning as to whether I lost my ability to visualise and imagine and this combined with amnesia made my journey highly personal but also an explanation for others.

I have not joined up yet because I have cognitive difficulties and money is hard to work out. 

I love your posts and videos.

I am sending you my WordPress.  There are no categories just evidence that in the now, in the day, I am thinking of others and how we can improve the lives of people.

WordPress:  canisgallicus.com

Twitter:  @canisgallicus

Ironically social media has been a marvellous support for me – I have 2700+ followers and many virtual friends which suits me because I don’t have a lot of concentration for friendships and phone calls.  X have blocked me and request that I do a matching test which is impossible for me. I have tried the test over 50 times and sent many emails but I am having no success, I really hope X can understand the importance of what they offer to people who need to augment their memory and engage in a virtual reality.

Regards

Michelle Clarke

On 18/05/2024 18:52 IST Tom from Aphantasia Network <hello@email.aphantasia.com> wrote:

It’s all a matter of perspective

“I do a lot of work in my head. Sometimes it’ll be weeks of me looking like I’m not doing anything. Then I sit down and the finished product all comes flowing out. Now, that might seem cool at first but it means I’m not an organized person. And I tend to forget a lot. Listening to you describe the tools and methods you use to thrive as an Aphant, I’m thinking this could be like a superpower. Since you can’t visualize you’re forced to document, take notes, be organized, do like mind maps and stuff. I can see how that might make you much more productive than the average person.”

That’s a real conversation I had with one of my marketing team members.

We were in a meeting and he was interviewing me and he just went on this stream-of-consciousness monologue.

He’s a Creative and based on what he told me, it seems like he’s got a vivid imagination and is capable of high fidelity visualization.

But by his own admission, that comes with its own drawbacks.

He’s disorganized, forgets things he deems unimportant and is easily distracted.

Compare that to Aphants.

“As an artist with aphantasia I hear other artists saying they can never make the drawing on paper as ‘good’ as the one they imagined in their heads, and that it discourages them. I feel very lucky that i dont have that at all.” – Elizabeth

We don’t “work in our heads” so we’re forced to document and be organized.

Aphants also report other positive traits like:

• Ability to focus / resistance to distraction
• High attention to detail
• Excellent memory for facts, data, pattern recognition
• No negative visualization (worst case scenarios)

On that last point, imagine how many people are held back by imagining hypotheticals of what could go wrong.

Or to take it to an extreme, imagine an assault victim or combat veteran who doesn’t get flashbacks of their trauma.

In such cases, Aphants are unencumbered and unburdened by visualization.

Not to be glib, if you look at it the right way Aphantasia can be a superpower.

These types of mindset shifts are common in our paid membership community.

Someone will throw out an off-hand comment or observation that seems innocuous to them but is a #mindblown moment to others.

And you get this effect for a few reasons:

1. Our members want to understand their experience and use it to their advantage. Not just find out they’re Aphants and go on feeling like they’re “disadvantaged.” They want to master their Aphantasia. If they didn’t, they wouldn’t pay for the privilege.
2. Everyone’s sharing their experiences and insights and we’re all learning from each other. Since launching the membership, I’ve learned so much about Aphantasia that I wouldn’t have otherwise.
3. Negative, low-vibe people don’t stick around or are kicked out. The community we’ve built tends to attract super-high-quality members who care about self-improvement and personal growth. Such people are a pleasure to be around and to get to know.

But that’s not all you get when you join Aphantasia Network’s paid community.

Here’s what’s also included in your membership:

• Private, invitation-only Aphantasia Chat on Discord
• Engaging Aphantasia meetups online and IRL
• Live streams with leading scientists in the field of Aphantasia research
• Members-only content to deepen your understanding
• Unlimited access to live data reports and comprehensive research summaries

…And much more!

Whenever you’re ready, you can join our paid membership community in 2 ways.

The first is our lifetime membership, which offers the best value.

You get instant access to everything I described for a one-time payment of $249.

>>> Yes! I want a lifetime membership

The second, is our annual membership.

You get instant access to everything I described for $99 per year.

This works out to $8.33 per month or less than the price of your lunch today.

>>> Sign me up for annual membership

I look forward to connecting with you in the community.

Cheers,
Tom Ebeyer

P.S. You don’t have to take my work for it. Here’s what our members think:

“After I retired, I learned that scientists were now studying my condition and had a name for it: Aphantasia. Since then, I have met many others like me. In percentages there aren’t many of us, but as individuals there are millions of us all over the world. I have learned so much more about it and have learned that we Aphants are not all alike. There are many, who like me, are good at STEM careers, but there are others who are good in the arts and other fields. We all learn strategies that work for us. All people are unique. Aphants and non-aphants too, have unique abilities and talents. We need to learn from each other to prosper. If you think you may be an aphant, find out! If you are, find people like you to learn with and from. I highly recommend joining the Aphantasia Network and their Discord community where you, like me, can learn about this growing science, and learn from others who have gone before. ” – Frank Schütz

“G’Day to all our new members. I’m pretty new myself, but finding this is an awesome forum for some very interesting conversations (unlike FB!!! LOL). Hoping there will be someone new from Australia. We are a bit out-numbered! ” – Auri’an Lay

“I admit I am down the rabbit hole of aphantasia because I am the polar opposite and it’s actually helping me understand how I relate to people better. I am incredibly visual and do much in my head. Now when I talk to people I try and figure out if we’re thinking differently and I think it’s helping me communicate better. When I discover someone is not a visual thinker I can adjust the way I communicate. I think this science is SUPER important and I’m so happy the world is finally starting to focus on it even though it’s probably been with us since the dawn of time.” – Nick June

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