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Wanderervenom t1_j2b4olf wrote

Reply to comment by deicist in Every single person in the world who reads a novel will have a different image of the characters and scenes that they read by JenJen3508

I didn't know there was a term for this. I don't picture the characters neither, I just live in a world of words when I read. I don't picture anything, yet I greatly enjoy what I read anyhow. Upon reading the description, I don't have aphanasia. I can imagine things if I wish. I can picture a horse's face in my head. I just don't picture anything while reading.

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12soea t1_j2c1wfi wrote

Rotate a cow

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jumpsteadeh t1_j2ci01m wrote

Did my brain invent a cow or am I remembering a cow I saw elsewhere?

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MJLDat t1_j2djzjq wrote

For me it’s the Twister cow, always is.

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jumpsteadeh t1_j2e5fop wrote

Man, there was an internet video where a lady is freaked out by a horse sticking its head in the car window, saying "oh no, a cow", and she gets so scared, then turns around and there's another horse in the other car window that makes her scream - but I can never find it again.

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BeefyIrishman t1_j2d1gzg wrote

I don't have aphantasia, but rather a fairly active mind (likely due at least partially to my ADHD), and I just want to thank you for getting the image of a cow floating 3 feet above the ground slowly rotating in circles stuck in my head. That's what is going to be stuck in my head as I'm trying to fall asleep.

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Slimeredit t1_j2c9ou4 wrote

I can get like a vague barely visible imprint of rotation but that’s about it

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12soea t1_j2c9y0p wrote

I’m sorry for your loss

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Slimeredit t1_j2cayak wrote

I’m going to be honest I’ve always just pictured things less as pictures and more of motion lines in my head like lines of flying and other stuff

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Wanderervenom t1_j2c2emn wrote

O.K. Fades in and out. Keeps turning into a cartoon pic.

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