Ryan J. Shaw
@rjs
When I read LOTR as a kid, I couldn't stand the scene descriptions that ran for multiple pages. Drove me mad, didn't understand what it was there for. Many years later I discovered I have aphantasia, no wonder I hated it.
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stellabelle 🔪
@stellabelle
i was just watching a video about a woman who also has aphantasia! You’re unable to visualize a scene right? I have the opposite i think: i have visual hallucinations ever since age 18
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Ryan J. Shaw
@rjs
I don't see detailed images in my head, at best I get a blurry flash. But I can still visualize in a different way... I "know" what's supposed to be in the scene, and relationship of objects to other objects. Kinda like this, except I don't see it, I sense it...
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stellabelle 🔪
@stellabelle
our brains are so weird
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Ryan J. Shaw
@rjs
It helps me understand very complicated concepts and more importantly I can sense gaps or inaccuracies that others might not. Sometimes those sensed gaps actually hurt. I make mistakes too, but generally while other people talk my brain builds up a model and checks stuff lines up. Makes me a good s/w dev, pays bills!
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stellabelle 🔪
@stellabelle
amazing! For me, my brain has to constantly learn new things or else i go mad. This helped me when i was a science/tech writer and honestly crypto changes constantly so that’s the main reason im here, have been for 8 years…
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stellabelle 🔪
@stellabelle
s/w means something else also…. lol
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