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How many of us have hyperphantasia?

Gerald Wilgus

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As I have done the work of deep introspection in learning and dealing with earlier social trauma I have come to recognize that I probably have hyperphantasia. there are memories where I can recall the sights, smells, textures, emotions, and even tastes (that last makes me a good cook) of memories. This had injured me when I wwould be triggered to inhabit the mind of that young adult. It is like I could be in the scene and inspect its every element. I've been reading about aphantasia and hyperphantasia and I think I have hyperphantasia. Do others here exhibit that? Now, I have been pairing injurious thoughts with memories of joy and perseverence. I think that reflexively generating the strong positive memories is helping me stay on an even keel.
 
My memories are like that, with sight, sound, smell, touch and emotional context too. My imagination is the same, it covers all the senses.To remember something I relive it, because of this I learnt very early on to not dwell on things. I was also able to accept a lot of what happened to me because I saw others suffer far worse, some of my memories really are not all that pleasant.
 

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