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by vidarh 894 days ago
If you have aphantasia, you can't "see it in your minds eye", but that does not mean I can't imagine what it looks like.

I know the distinction both from comparing with dreams, where I do see, and with a single experience during meditation (which I've tried many times but so far failed to replicate). They're nothing alike what it is to "imagine" for me.

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Most people seem to be able to recall memories with some imagery and with some effort explore an object / space with imagery.

It's not vivid like a dream though, and doesn't have that 1st-personness either.