Differences of Perception

About a year ago I came to the equally earth-shattering, and unimportant discovery, that the way that I make my way through the world is very different from the vast majority of the population of Earth. If you’ve spoken to me recently, there’s a reasonable chance that I have brought up Aphantasia. Growing up, I would hear phrases like ‘picture in your mind’, and assumed it was a turn of phrase. I never actually understood that lots of people are actually seeing things. Pictures (and sometimes smells) are formed in a space inside their heads. When someone said ‘imagine a crocodile’, people were actually seeing a crocodile. I do not, unfortunately. Finding out about Aphantasia has led me to understand that the inside of my head is relatively quiet, compared to my peers. I do not see pictures. Additionally, I do not have an ‘audible’ internal monologue; or any voice in my head that has an auditory aspect to it. I can think to myself, intentionally, and I have ideas ‘pop’ into my head.…

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