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My Aphantasic Journey

My Aphantasic Journey

Reflecting on visual problem-solving without a mind's eye

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Jonathan Stephens
Jul 30, 2024
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One of the single, life-altering, most impactful facts I ever learned: people can see images in their minds!

Back in 2020, it was going viral on Twitter. I remember sharing this fact in pre-live-presentation chatter with Erin Weigel and Kelly Mullins, “Did you know people can see things in their mind‽”

This is how I learned about aphantasia, or the inabi…

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