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[Poll] How many of the people here have aphantasia? (strawpoll.com)
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I have both aphantasia and autism and i wanted to see how many autists also have it.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There are posts and threads where people say that they can see images when they close their eyes.

I honestly don't know if that's just people not being specific with their words. I mean, "I can see images when I close my eyes" is still an accurate statement for me, even if the images don't appear unprompted. The idea of unprompted images forming every time I close my eyes is frankly rather terrifying. Closing my eyes is part of my strategy for dealing with over stimulation; if I didn't have calming dark when I closed my eyes, I think I'd freak the hell out.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

No, there were some people who said that they just see images whenever they close their eyes. It sounds really odd to me, but that's probably because it's not what I'm used to.

I think if it was something you were born with, you could probably see what you were thinking about, so it would work as a calming method that way, but yeah, it sounds strange.