• waterbird@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    23 hours ago

    same. my thoughts, when they have any form, are more tactile than anything else. i can’t visualize (have aphantasia), but still can move things around to ‘feel’ the shape of things internally, especially when trying to figure something out. it’s like doing a 3d puzzle but in the dark.

    most of the time it is silent in here and the tactile stuff doesn’t happen, though.

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      22 hours ago

      Hey I just posted about my head empty experience too.

      I wonder if it’s like this for you too - when you forcibly visualize something like you described, does it “disable” your eyes?

      For me, when I have to consciously imagine something it effectively replaces my actual vision whether my eyes are open or not

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        14 hours ago

        that’s interesting. i don’t think i ever noticed this before, but yes. my eyes unfocus and i don’t see externally, when i am forcing an internal thought process to be ‘visible’. huh.