100 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined 2 Aug \ parent \ on: What Happens In a Mind That Can’t ‘See’ Mental Images science
That's really interesting, especially that you're one of the people with no internal dialogue.
I'm going to guess that you're a faster reader than I am. As I read, I internally say each word. I used to find it frustrating, because I knew I had registered the word before I finished "saying" it and should therefor be able to read much more quickly without doing that.
Never thought about it, but indeed, I do not say the word in my mind. It somehow clicks into a meaning.
On those Facebook groups, people kept having these little aha moments where they could explain some of their behaviors with this newly acquired knowledge. I left those groups when I noticed it became almost like an obsession for people.
I'm happy I found out about it, but don't like too much the idea of labeling people, so I barely think about it anymore. We're all quite different in many ways. To steal a word from the autism world, all of our behaviors are on a spectrum, doesn't mean one is weird or abnormal.
Haha, as a side note, I was just thinking what I could do an AMA about. Couldn't think of much people would be interested in. Not sure many people would have much to ask about being a physicist. Maybe I could to a tag-team AMA with other aphantasic people :)
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People might be interested in both: i.e. "I'm a physicist and aphantasic. AMA."
I started out in physics, so I'd definitely be interested in picking your brain.
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Without doxxing yourself, what kind of physics?
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This was just undergrad study and a couple of grad level courses. I had a focus in atmospheric physics and worked as an RA through most of undergrad.
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