Does anyone here have aphantasia without SDAM? (self.aphantasia)

submitted 3 months ago by Mk23simp to c/aphantasia@lemmy.world

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I found out about SDAM recently and it seems like I definitely have it, and from everything I've heard it has a lot of overlap with aphantasia. I'm wondering if it's even possible to separate them or they're part of the same thing.

I'm curious if anyone here has the experience of aphantasia without SDAM, and what their experience is like if that's the case. Like, how does one read those episodic memories without a mind's eye?

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[-] harsh3466@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago

I am a total aphant, no mental imagery of any kind, and after reading this, i realize I am/have sdam. My recollections of past events are weak. I can remember the broad strokes of an event but details are often lost. And recollections are, not third person, they're kind of like reading a cliff notes version of the event, or an outline of it.

[-] Mk23simp 4 points 3 months ago

Yeah, I think what it is is that I can remember things that I took note of at the time (like, in my factual memory), but nothing beyond that. And that combined with my narrow perception means that I have very poor memory of past events.

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