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by quantum_magpie 920 days ago
>2. Do people with aphantasia dream in images?

Yes, I do. As it goes, I think it is some neurological thing, a receptor that is misfiring, or something. I've been testing it for the past decade and I only found three conditions where I can see images:

1. Dreams

2. Transition between awake and asleep during classical music concerts (This one is very interesting, cause one of my most vivid experiences was actually seeing different seasons during a Four Seasons (by Mozart I think?) piano concert, based purely on the music, without knowing which one was actually playing).

3. Psychedelics. Or, at least, mushrooms. Haven't tried others.

It seems when some neurological inhibitor is turned off, the images come back, but I don't know if there was any research on that, or whether it is even true.