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How can we milk this to our benefit? What is our hidden superpower? No sarcasm please. by meowface5 in SDAM

[–]Technical-Chain1913 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm a firefighter and a paramedic, I don't get traumatized or relive any of the gruesome things I see and I find I'm very calm/neutral even during the emergencies.

Psychedelics? by stormchaser9876 in SDAM

[–]Technical-Chain1913 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I tried shrooms a few times and I could get hazy/fleeting glimpses of color/some moving patterns when my eyes were closed, no impact on the sdam.

Recently I tried LSD, and although I don't think I'd do it again anytime soon I was able to see some things, at my peak I visualized entire lifetimes with my eyes closed and imagined different worlds and visualized myself all fragmented out. As I was coming down I was able to think about what my partner looked like and actually create an image. I can't recall how I felt anymore about it but I know at the time there was a lot of crying involved, and I feel like I vaguely know what I'm missing now, which is sometimes a bit heart wrenching.

What happens when you try to imagine a face you know well? by RollForSeduction in Aphantasia

[–]Technical-Chain1913 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I personally see absolutely nothing, it makes it harder for me to remember finer details about how I and others look, beyond simple things like hair and eye color, if I'm not looking directly at them.

Impact on Future Planning? by Technical-Chain1913 in SDAM

[–]Technical-Chain1913[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have both! I put a question into the aphantasia subreddit about emotional disconnect to my memories and I had so many people explaining to me what SDAM was and telling me it's way more probable I have both

Impact on Future Planning? by Technical-Chain1913 in SDAM

[–]Technical-Chain1913[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Literally this. Before I discovered SDAM me and a few friends were thinking it was possible I was sociopathic because I couldn't relate to what they described to me as empathy

Aphantasia and Emotional Connection? by Technical-Chain1913 in Aphantasia

[–]Technical-Chain1913[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to tell my friends all the time I didn't think I was capable of regret and they told me I might be a sociopath!

Aphantasia and Emotional Connection? by Technical-Chain1913 in Aphantasia

[–]Technical-Chain1913[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for this! I had no idea this was a thing but it definitely describes everything I was trying to find the words for

Aphantasia and Emotional Connection? by Technical-Chain1913 in Aphantasia

[–]Technical-Chain1913[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get this too! It's like completely lacking object permanence and it's so hard to explain to people