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Reading with Aphantasia (lemmy.world)
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As someone with Aphantasia it can be a bit of a challenge to get into a book. Unlike that post about staring at paper and hallucinating, they really are just words on a page for me. Despite this, I've still managed to maintain my love of reading throughout my life, but I won't lie, it can be very difficult to choose a book over other mediums of entertainment at times. Does anyone else go through this as well? What do you do to help engross yourself in a story when there isn't a mental movie to pull you in?

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[–] Knoll0114@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I have very limited ability to visualise - it's like I can tell you what the lines of a thing are (I have the map) but my brain doesn't put it all together into the final product. Generally it turns out ok because I just focus on the character/culture/plot rather than the nonexistent views.