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The voice in your head may help you recall and process words. But what if you don’t have one? (theconversation.com)

submitted 5 months ago by MalReynolds@slrpnk.net to c/autism@lemmy.world

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How does this play for you ? I identify as spectrum, what used to be Asperger's, and have to work really hard to get to visual phantasia, but I can. Also worked hard to remove aural phantasia? via meditation because of negative self talk. Do you see 'aphant' as a useful designation? Thoughts, Ideas?

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I don't need the voice. When I think of things, I see the thing and text spelling out the word of the thing in my mind. My internal landscape is pretty much like looking at a page in the encyclopedia. Aphantasia sounds so weird. Not seeing or hearing things in your mind, but you still have thoughts and can recognize things like any other person who visualizes in their head.

[–] Waldowal@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I've read about this many times but the articles never address dreaming. Do aphants not dream?

If they do, why does that ability disappear when they are awake?

[–] tiredofsametab@kbin.run 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I dream and super vividly sometimes. My pet theory is that the hardware is all there but the neural connections aren't there during my waking time.

I have been able to visualize things in that brief waking time on a few rare occasions; it felt super weird to me and honestly somewhat scary.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

For an alternative datum I have an incessant internal monologue and don’t dream unless I’m sick

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 months ago

Dunno, yes I dream in video, apparently disappears when awake.

[–] Pixel@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 5 months ago

Pretty sure I have a head

[–] ladytaters@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I have a pretty consistent internal voice, but I have partial aphantasia as I can't "picture" things. I think/remember in sensations and words. My best friend for years was an art student, and she was profoundly confused by me not having images in my head the way she did.

[–] dorumon@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I want the voice in my head to be gone send help.

[–] carbon_based@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

I started with medidating, deep relaxation. Laying flat works best for me. Discovered I can listen to the silence between the words. Then I was able to stretch out that silence until the words were so distant that they were mere reverberation. If there is a movie as well, that can be faded out. Later I learned a more daytime-compatible technique that is a bit hard to explain and could individually differently (opening the crown chakra).

In case it really ets your energy, and if you have access to it, consider talking to a therapist. You might be suffering from sommething like PTSD, depresseion or burn-out (in connection with autism), and those are really disorders that can be treated.

Wish you well!

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 1 points 5 months ago

Look into meditation (extending silence of mind), it won't work immediately, but it did for me, on the order of years, but worth it, much peace found.