10 years ago, I’d have put my ability to visualise at 0 out of 10. Practice and occasional halucinogen use has got me to 2 out of 10. It causes no end of problems in day to day life, so I’m interested to hear if anyone has tips or just experiences to share so it doesn’t feel such a lonely frustrating issue.

edit informative comment from @Gwaer@lemm.ee about image streaming, I did a bit of digging on the broken links, the Dr isn’t giving the info away for free anymore without buying their (expensive) book, but I found some further info on additional techniques here, pages 2/3: https://nlpcourses.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Image-Streaming-Mode-of-Thinking.pdf

  • Bleeping Lobster@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I also have severe insomnia since childhood, so your comment is REALLY interesting to me, thanks for responding. This is the kind of stuff I was hoping to come across, some sort of common experience linking the condition. Very interested to hear from other aphantasic people to see if they also experience insomnia.

    I mentioned image streaming below to someone else. Tried it briefly but got frustrated and stopped. 100% going to give it a concerted effort because I’d gladly swap my left nut for the ability to sleep like a normal person, cheers for this info.