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AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Are you aphantasic (unable to form mental images of things based on descriptions)?
Have you tried audiobooks?
Have you tried reading books of movies you’ve already seen (so you don’t have to keep track of characters and plot, and can focus on how they’re expressed in prose)?

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steam@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
no,i can form images in my mind easily.

i didn’t try audiobooks.

yes i tried reading books of movies,i finished the book back then after a lot of reading and didn’t like the book.

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- JesusTheCarpenter@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  I strongly recommend getting into audiobooks. They are a good gateway into books. If audiobooks are a bit too much still try long term podcasts, they could be good gateways into audiobooks in turn.
  
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- DeltaZSK@lemdro.id ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Audiobooks are amazing
  
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starlinguk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
John Green claims he has aphantasia. He’s a writer.

Aphantasia is bullshit.

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- PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@anarchist.nexus ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Your opinion is dog shit
  
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- MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I am aphantasic. When I imagine something I see nothing with my eyes other than what is in front of me. I am completely unable to.
  
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- searabbit@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Ehhh it’s not bullshit but it’s more of a fun fact than a disability. I think we all have the same brain muscles to imagine things visually or have an inner voice narrating everything, etc. but some people just don’t know how to flex it. Similar to how some people can wiggle their ears and eyebrows and others can’t.
  
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MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

aphantasic

I am… not sure why it would stop me enjoying books (I’ve read hundreds). I do think it influences me towards authors who don’t drop 2 pages describing something though, I find that tedious and unnecessary.

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