Thanks again for your website. I mean, if Id ask you about how your house entrance looks like could you give me the visual details about it? When you look into a light source then close your eyes, youll see a bright duplicate (usually fades quickly), no matter how good your visualization skills are. This is your minds eye at work. After reading the article I thought about my guitar, where the knobs are, the color, the length of the neck. Maybe your subconscious mind keeps you from advancing in these particular scenes. Just for reference: I never did #1, didnt suit me. please sir, when you visualize with your eyes closed, do your eye balls move as if to scan the mental images? Then close your eyes and repeat the visualization attempt. As it is with learning anything else, trying too hard and keeping it too serious can stunt your progress. It just takes practice. Find a quiet place to sit and clear your mind for a few minutes. Then just picture what it is you want to see. Keep it ther But before start i have to make you two questions: Its not like seeing actually, more like sensing . Blink your eyes slowly. Later I transitioned to routines to enhance image creation. And my dreams have been more intense. Which each session attempt to access your imagination seeing the visuals described in the audio. I have a question about the after images (Im still trying the candle exercise), I hope I can word it properly. To my mind, there are three depths or levels of visualization: Level One - The Mind's Eye. Again, think of retracing this particular part a few times. I greatly appreciate you leaving such an honest comment. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Will Lakeland see a spike in sales of marble rolling pins? Of course you can choose some relaxing meditation music to boost your level of relaxation while doing the other exercises. Learning to walk seems like an apt analogy. Often they are of things I dont want to see, like corpses or faces of people I dont like. Meditation for people with Aphantasia. The feeling of intense euphoria after seeing cute things is not an isolated incidence. Yes, you can enhance your reading experience dramatically when you consciously envision a story. Again thanks alot :), Arana, Im happy to hear! Now lets learn to dissolve them, that means make visualized shapes vanish at will. Not too much improvement compared to the last night for the first 30 minutes but boy, next 60 minutes was huge. First of all: thank you for this article. For the best results, whenever you attempt to cure aphantasia or access mental imagery in general, adhere to the following principles. Check drawer and cupboard depths for adequate storage to put things away, as well as strength and support for heavy books and files. Thank you for your website. Lets work on getting better. What a rewarding experience! Ill admit, nearly everything in Pisa is a monumental visual and aesthetic pleasure emphasis on monumental. So I was wondering would trying to visualize problems and solve them using visualization be worth using as a technique to practice or do you think it best to just stick with the known ones that work that you listed. But interestingly: after closing my eyes, first 3-5 seconds were dark. No matter how hard you try to imagine yourself a different color, youll stay the same. When its not appearing as a black circle on a light background, I see a black circle on a reddish background. Maybe you could use the videos images as after-images. For this exercise youll need your dearest cellphone and some other phone, such as you home landline. 2. When this happens, dont get annoyed and dont start the exercise from the beginning. Some people may say, they dont see a thing in their mind, but rather sense things and even have control over those sensations. So far, thereve been a couple of guys emailing me and leaving comments about breakthroughs (small & big) from receiving anything visual at all to for the first time to making steady progress in forming images at free will. It has been great regaining some of my visualisation skills, now I have to find a way to control it better. I couldnt do that at all in the beginning which was why I dropped it in favour of other exercises. Thats excellent (even though not yet clear or stable). Obviously, its not my article, that was supposed to be many. I was so excited to discover I was visualizing correctly I didnt bother to proofread before posting. Even if I imagine painting on a canvas well, I see the canvas, but I dont visually place it in front of me. This one completely suprised me and I wasnt focusing on the color. Kathy. Lets do color. Same with the quadrants. Is there any sort of trick of how I look at the items Im supposed to imagine? # Employ gentle persistence and effort and keep revealing clues that can guide you. Feels like the image is in your head, but you actually see through your hands. This happened when I was tired and deeply relaxed. I started with zero ability to visualize while awake (e.g., to actually see images). When ill finally beat this trouble i will post again! Not occasional practice. Ill try to stick with one repeatedly and see if I can start filling in detail. Just the other night I was semi-sleeping (after using a pressure mat) and my mind felt like a sketchbook in high-speed (similar to the MARVEL movies intros). I have had a handful of people do this over the years and no one has ever told me they can't visualize the images. Youre an amazing person. By the way, you dont need to watch these videos on YouTube. I know I keep repeating this but, what you focus on, you strengthen. Just think about the idea of how something would look like. I have been very frustrated about this for years, and have seen many doctors. Ill go back to practicing the previous exercises. 1. For example, think of a walking through a room filled with red rose petals. I personally know that this is frustrating but its merely a matter of endurance and persistent practice. Another example is when I do the candle exercise, I can see the black rubber band on my wrist, but it shows up as a fluorescent white color. I kept listening over and over again to one audio that resonated with me most (the Sanctuary and actually one of Middle Earth Meditations) and suddenly I could see parts of the guided environment very clearly. When we fix our physical eyes perfectly on one tiny detail, surroundings fade from our view. I would love to hear about your progress. you SHOULD, you MUST, you HAVEto do X for Y and I guess it makes me less relaxed. With plenty of scenarios BUT most often without details, influence or anything. The star-shaped figures: I try to imagine a bright, shiny brush following its shape before it fades away. I really havent touched it much in past years except for a few times. I just wanted to know if you guys started from absolute zero in terms of mental imagery. Ive used the candle exercise, the color exercise and various forms of image streaming. The weird thing is that I need to feel movement for me to see it. Because i have issues at recalling the colour. You just IMAGINE it with high enough level of detail. Others can only see grey shades. Ill have a look at the books you kindly pointed out. Grab your favourite novel or story and begin reading. You know, i was also stuck in that question, i was feeling lost too, but here's the information i got, after studying about it 1: calm your mind an I dont see much outside through my window (only shades). Now light it for real. I was doing this about 20 minutes a day. Black dot on white paper. View of the brain from behind. Marko, I have done these exercises in the past. Please try practicing with some real but simple objects (spoon, dice, perfume bottle, ). For about a week now I been watching this subliminal visualization video on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF7mOqHpBkM Is still blurry and I have no idea what exactly is. Good. 6. Ive done guided meditations for years but never have seen the scenes. Observe these objects, their details and texture in real life and bring them into your routine. Eventually they will dissipate if you just view them clinically without any emotional reaction. Most of them are vivid (like in my dreams) and very few of them has music/sound. And yes, I guess it cant hurt to improve the efficiency of your visualization by enhancing clarity and focus. The first step of visualization is thinking of an image in your mind's eye. Another thing: the exercize of focusing to remember the details of the day passed will increase the ability to recall memories of the past or will it work only for the present/future? I also practice a lot on stationary objects. OK, after 2 months 15 days, i added into main training relax. All flashes are places and people/faces I dont remember (none of them are familiar little bit strange). In a month (or so) I will also start image streaming technique. You can delve into old memories and over time rediscover lost details or you can use the mechanism of your mind to go into the future (using the principles of Psycho Cybernetics): Rehearsing a future scenario (like a meeting with yours boss, a lovely evening with your loved ones, the ideal golf shot, etc.) I hope youll like it too: If you dont have an adblocker, I highly recommend you install uBlock Origin to your browser. I want to learn to visualize but there are memories I just dont want to see. How do I Meditation 2 hours (not planned that much, but was good to stay there, doing nothing). Practically, before you practice visualizing, say, a glass, carefully observe all its aspects. Get yourself a few colored surfaces. The only exercise that Im confused about is visualizing colors. In other words were black boxes in your mind rotating, in regards to maps before you saw images in your minds eye could you some how sense direction when you turned another way and instead of North being one way North was another. But is there really a way to see it behind closed eyelids? For a better visualization experience, try to involve sight, smell, sound, and feel. I must admit, the routine is very, very annoying and time consuming. There are fun water features, plenty of Now, seeing blackness for a person with aphantasia, may not seem like a triumph, but I normally when I close my eyes, I dont see blackness, I see a beige, sandy/gravel texture about a foot in front of me. Thank you. With your eyes closed, repeat the process of using your imaginary pen to recreate the object. If you get very bright afterimages, please try reducing the time you spend observing the object (or photo). I hope it works. Wish me luck! If everythings ok, then for the next session you increase the time of retention of the image. My question is, how long did it take you to go from seeing afterimages to a mental image? Thanks for putting up this post. Stay at it and keep us posted please! Thank you for all your help and kind words. If you still see only blackness, keep on describing all the details. Please check out the article as Ive added an extra exercise. I struggle because I want to be a writer, and have natural talent, but I do not enjoy reading because I do not imagine it, and describing things visually is difficult. If you seriously want to improve this ability, write it down. I tried the Middle Earth Meditation. But now Im back, and I can actually see the after-image of the candle flame (even though it is tinyliketiny..). Every time you close your eyes make sure they are absolutely relaxed. Tomorrow Ill start doing it so if I get something interesting, Ill let you know. 2. I can only see blue and violet and not when I should see them. -. So I quit using it and everything is back to normal. I also see short video clips (.5 to 2 seconds), especially just before going to sleep. No joke! David, thank you for your efforts in leaving your progress report here! This works for me when I realize I try to see with my eyes instead of my mind. Pick one guided visualization video and listen to it at least 3 times a week. If this man who had been exercising this muscle for 60 years cant do it, how do you expect people who havent been able to do it their entire lives to do it? I have also noticed sometimes when I closed my eyes after thinking about something that an image would pop up briefly but it had nothing to do with what I was thinking about. THIS. Is pretty much like a greenish fog. Maybe the extra push to encourage your brain to recall details will help exercise it a little differently (even if the drawing turns out horrible!) On a related subject, last night I had lucid dream with a tactile component. Youll be able to recall the colors with some practice. This is what I mean by not controlling images as a child. After ~60 minutes I start seeing the sceen in some more detail, including the image on my iMac screen (youtube was open, no fullscreen). Any tips? If you were able to see a horse in your mind, then you have a mind's eye. Thanks. Is like a vague and blurry fog but is well observable especially on corners of my room. Not very clear but was unexpected. Before you open your eyes again: Try to recall the image by thinking of all its details. First one Ive had in a few months. Thanks so much for this info! I have yet to hear from anyone whose mental imagery turned on all of a sudden after doing exercises like this, other than Marko apparently. Try out Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/explore) choose a photo that triggers some good emotions and then work with that single image for at least 10 minutes. I should stop doing this while Im driving. If the image is completely gone, try to recall details mentally even if you cant see them. :) Im super confused , please help me . Never have I referenced an image seen in my minds eye. The same can happen with our mental eyes. Youre like floating on a cloud when he strengthens the part of your brain that naturally creates images when you dream. Then, all of a sudden, one day, I got stunningly crisp and clear images but this lasted only an hour or so. Thank you! And as someone who is trying to be an artist, this was extremely discouraging. Hi William! Also try looking at something intentlyto the left/in front of you and try to physically draw it on paper next to the item but with your eyes closed. Progress depends of person, for my stone brain it can take very long time, for you maybe not. #5. Thanks for the suggestion! The images are more like silhouettes or outlines moving about behind a cloud of black fog. Now, Im glad you want to find out for yourself if you can turn your inner light on again. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. First of all, thank you from the bottom of my heart for all these clear steps and the hope you gave me. In any case, this inability to visualize has recently been dubbed aphantasia by scientists, and has been receiving a lot of press recently. Did part of the re-wiring process involve describing in detail what everything looked like to improve how vivid the image is? See the Church of Santa Maria Della Spina. I think my brain degeneration would become aphantasic if id live without awareness of my disease. If you do this every night, for a few days, just before you go to sleep, youll get some astonishing results: Yes I have the same. The more your practice the easier you can transition from an after-image to a controlled mental image. Tonight I was able to see traffic driving on roads (vaguely), it was amazing, the first image I had seen in my mind in years. Im happy to hear that you kept at it and that youre making progress. Jamie Redknapp has admitted that he never expected to see Wout Weghorst in a Manchester United shirt during his career.. I have a question, did you have to build a visual library from scratch, or were you able to recall images you have seen in the past? Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. Try some real objects, something with a high contrast, like a spoon, a ballpen, etc. Calmly observe this area. When I come back, before to jump in my bed to continue my sleep, a very vivid image apeared instantly. Give it a try. 1. If youve read his book, you know he asks you to imagine your goals in your mind as clearly as possible. These steps will teach you how to visualize quite easily. I went out to drive for 30 minutes around my city. ;), Hi David happy to see all of your efforts, like you I have practicing image streaming for around 6 months even if I did only 20 min, I saw some results,I started dreaming once again, something that didnt happened to me for years, the result are small, but they are real, I should probably try to mix with others exercises as well, by the way, many believe that image streaming also improves iq, I cant see any difference, but do you feel any improvement on your cognitive abilities? That means, for example, inhale in 4 heart beats, then hold your breath for 16 heart beats, and slowly exhale in 8 beats. the brain too, and this causes brain degeneration. Then, while you visualize, can you try focusing on the center of your head? You can do this with closed eyes and with open eyes. I also purchased the $14 self hypnosis from the link same effect but feels like Im falling asleep (Im not very present in the moment is more like a trance, at some point I dont hear the voice anymore). #1. Take a blank sheet of paper and draw a simple geometric shape on it, such as a circle. Dear Phoenix, I will check out that book. Is this supposed to be like this? 3) Learn to use symbols more consciously. Observe the circle for 10-15 seconds, then close your eyes and try to hold the image as long as possible. Kittens trigger serotonin and dopamine in peoples brains, making them more loveable to people. I tried to train visualization for like 1 month but without constancy. Would love to know more about how your visualization is going too. 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