How would one know if they had a strength or weakness in mental rotation before a mental image could be conjured up., Thanks for your reply though on my last question as I am a troubleshooter by nature and I always am interested in information that could better help with these things. This has always been a massive mystery to me. But I know from many women in my manifesting community that they have a problem with this. 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. 3) Just before going to sleep two nights ago, a clear image came to me and I was able to hold it for three seconds, which may not sound like much, but is about twice as long as Ive done before. Like I said, I have yet to hear from anyone whose mental imagery turned on all of a sudden from doing exercises like this. Additionally, I am one of the blind who is devoid of other mind sensories, such as smell and taste experienced in the mind. Think about it as taking a snapshot. But they are just that, afterimages. Its all about, like you already do, coming from your mind. my memories are in blurry images that comes to my mind and changes to other images very fast, and i cant hold them for more than a fraction of a second. When you visualize, are you seeing things on the back of your eyelids or somewhere in your head? Its a debate with my wife. Ive already begun using my minds eye every single night, I listen to a couple songs and imagine the lip movements and dancing of the band-members. It was like I had a small TV (1/4th in size) in the corner of my mind. From my personal experience (and from others who emailed me) aphantasia merely means that the specific mental muscle responsible to fashion visual imagery lacks practice. A minute later I know I saw another image it wasnt anything I was trying to conjur up and again when I was trying to freeze frame that image it was gone. At all times, if you can do so, maintain a playful attitude. Grab one and squeeze it with your fingers. End of Week #4 I am usualy patient and positive (Im 37 years old). Can you describe it? Theyve been practicing and nurturing this skill naturally. I noticed that when i visualize my past day, i remember a lot of things i have seen, even if with very fast and quality-missing images, maybe because i always had a great visual memory. In my experience it helps to say out lout what you want to see (or what your already seeing) to give it stability and clarity. I almost feel like with all these visualizations that Im visualizing like a blind person. Unfortunately I havent been able to recreate this. Practically, before you practice visualizing, say, a glass, carefully observe all its aspects. Perhaps, now, attempt taking mental snapshots of things you see during your regular day. The questions are rhetorical. Now, observe that shape calmly for a moment. Whats your greatest challenge with visualization? Calm Eyes For example with me when I am driving I do much better with less stimuli then more. 2. Ive actually been doing these types of techniques for years now. I would love to connect with you and share my results. Its kind of like the aurora borealis, sometimes swirling or cascading. If you cant see mental images at all dont waste too much time. I want to share my experience here. I know how our brain is changeing over time (neuroplasticity), so I also refuse to think that there is any barrier. Heres one of my favortie videos. This isnt frequent or maybe it was but I just wasnt being atuned to the possibility. Its heartwarming for me to read that you and others prove it to themselves that, in fact, yes, you can cure aphantasia. Hey marko, i just wanted to say that, another exercise i found out, is describing a memory out loud, because your brain has the images stored, even if you dont see them, so you can also start describing a memory, Another exercise i found out is describing something (a character, a scene, an image, etc) That contains movement and sound, because your brain visualizes better something with movement and sound, But there are many ways of improving visualizizatiom, mine is, along with image streaming, i focus on an image, that contains movement, i describe that image with eyes open, describe it with eyes closed, as fast as i can, sometimes i will get a memory of the image (not the exact image), but i then focus on the memory of the image, like i said, your brain wotks better with the memory of something, its more connected with the pre frontal cortex, You can also Try watching a short video, and then close your eyes and try to describe it. Its nice to read your conversation with Brandon as well, and I would love to get an update on where the two of you are in your progress. Or maybe i need to try only the basic ones and when i get better (if i get, i hope to) i need to try also the last exercise? Now, when you have mastered thi Again, thank you so much! Okay, open your eyes and repeat the process a few times. Youre forced to observe and find details and your vision will grow in clarity. Was the very concept of visualizing completely foreign to you? Now, i am not sure, i spend 1,5 month witch visualisation, first 1 hour per day, now, 30 min per day, and my visualisation skill is still weak, just little bit stronger than at start. Hi Marko, thanks for the exercises. Observe with great care for some time and later recall as much as possible on paper. In a nutshell: Your memory expands on the area you focus on. I am curious, has this worked for anyone so far besides Brandon and you? I notice that if I even notice the outside world at all, I am often at a loss of words to describe it. If you constantly dig for details, then you get the point. Its comparable to a muscle, that when strained, needs some time to recover and grow. I plan on starting the exercises today and staying consistent for at least 30 days. This one stays for a lot longer and I can focus on it. Today Ill start doing everything I can. the brain too, and this causes brain degeneration. . Please try practicing with some real but simple objects (spoon, dice, perfume bottle, ). Maybe youve ever kept a dream journal. I think there is a way to overcome this, and likely other internal senses will fall into place after the visual element is working. Im going to start doing the geometric shape exercise next. I used to be able to visualize very bright, vivid images, but one day after having a panic attack (a result of a stressful 12-year career in corporate America, a breakup, etc), I suddenly started see black whenever I closed my eyes. Now lets learn to dissolve them, that means make visualized shapes vanish at will. Was unexpected to see something on first try because I just came from outside (very bright). If you seriously want to improve this ability, write it down. Last question: Do i have to practise all five exercises everyday? I think progress is a matter of persistence practise. I tried the Middle Earth Meditation. Visualize for about a minute, then get back to the book. Yes, you can enhance your reading experience dramatically when you consciously envision a story. Lets do color. Before you practice, at the very least, do an instant body scan. About the meditation I see flashes everyday (short clips up to 2s). As you have succeeded in visualizing, among these which exercises were most beneficial for you (surely some of them should be more beneficial than the other) ? Its like only one technique is to be practiced in a day or we can do other mentioned ones too ? Ill try to stick with one repeatedly and see if I can start filling in detail. That they may see things they dont want to and sometimes visuals come unbidden. If you were able to see a horse in your mind, then you have a mind's eye. Please check out the article as Ive added an extra exercise. Here are my results so far. But Im also a fan of memorizing long texts, so I cant say clearly if my memory improvement enhanced in particular through training my minds eye. If you were able to have those skills before you started seeing mental images how did you know you had them. I do not remember for how long. Please dont give up! How to visualize exercise 1. Take a small object, such as a glass, a spoon or a fruit, and look at it for a few moments. Now, close your eyes, and try to visualize the object as clearly as you can, without opening your eyes, for as long as you can, even if it is only for a few seconds at first. Ive tried the online videos a few times, but a microsecond after my eyes close I have no idea what the thing I was just looking at looks like. I have never been able to visualise. Repeat this with different colors and different shades. This Urbandale park is unique because it is a natural playscape. Do i have aphantasia or not ? Did part of the re-wiring process involve describing in detail what everything looked like to improve how vivid the image is? In this post, Im giving you the right exercises to enable you to see mental images. For semi-advanced practice, I like to lay down and listen to audio books and imagine as many details as possible. You should dedicate some weeks or even months to regular practice before complaining that it doesnt work ;). Its a more complex task, and many people have problems when the transformation doesnt go as it should. The more the better. At #3 and #4 excercises i have troubles too: I can see single parts of the images when i close my eyes, but they are blurry and i cant hold them more than a fraction of seconds. Set the mood straight and turn your lights off, maybe light a candle while youre at it to give it more of a spiritual higher power feeling. Thats it for this week. But anyway no matter how much hard work and effort I put in, I get no results.and Im very sad about it. It is very strange. What is frustrating is not only that I am not seeing mostly anything, but after trying hardly (moderately hard), I only can see extremely blurry images which stays almost 1~2 seconds . 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!) Meditation 2 hours (not planned that much, but was good to stay there, doing nothing). Why do you want to learn it? This website uses cookies to improve your experience. I started the visualization with the candle exercise and I can sustain the image, color, shape of the candle for a few seconds then it fades away. Let your heart-rate and breathing slow down, and your blood pressure decrease. Thanks for responding, I plan to dedicate some time to each exercise and will be sure to report back if I have any progress. I will definitely try your guide in hopes that will help me overcome my blackness! This is your minds eye at work. I appreciate your efforts here and believe it will help some who are mildly different. With The Honest Guys, did you just listen to the audio or watch the accompanying video as well? Hi Marko this is just a follow up to my last comment that I forgot to add and that is would I need to memorize an object at several static directions before my mind would start mentally rotating those objects naturally since rotation in the physical realm factors in many angles so I would assume people without Aphantasia can conjur up an image automatically and rotate it in whatever angle they choose. Im happy to hear that youre seeing results already! Ill be back in few days. In other words once I conscioulsy made a decision to think about that image it didnt exist in my minds eye anymore. However, for some reason there was a part of me that just wouldnt let go of the idea that whole Aphantasia was a crock of popularized bullshit. Please comment below. So, because I didnt want to accept my fate, I did a lot of research on Google. The only way you can get better (both in clarity and stability) is to practice a lot. So, if youre listening to these, try to feel the grass under your feet, the touch of the walls, etc. I imagine things all the time. Yes, it may take you several months to get better, but then, this is extraordinarily valuable skill youll be able to benefit from all your life. That way, your sessions wont get interrupted by annoying ads. Accept Read More. Yet, I dont give my images a location. Take a deep breath and release any muscular tension. :) When we fix our physical eyes perfectly on one tiny detail, surroundings fade from our view. Then close your eyes and repeat the visualization attempt. Although, Im sure it helps somewhat because I can, for some situations, recall images/movies of what happened in the past. This is extremely rare but it idd occur to days ago. Using Image Streaming to Learn Visualization, Best Exercises to Improve Focus and Concentration. I tried with each color and I dont see the actual color itself. 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.) Also use images that are meaningful to you and evoke emotions (breathtaking landscapes, images of your goals, family photos, ). That seems to be completely normal. I dont know, maybe youll condemn me but Ill lay this out anyway: Couple weeks ago, I went abroad and tried magic truffles, tampanensis (where it is legal) to see if I could visualize. You can push this really far and spend a lot of time on this. Im beginning to see burning white flashes that slowly come and disappear shortly after, did you ever experience these type of visions or could this just be visual hallucinations? If you currently cant visualize your goals with your minds eye, express your goals, your visions in writing. I try to make tiny ones at the corners. Also, 3-5 minutes of breathing practice greatly improve visualization results energizing your body and calming your mind. At the beginning, when you couldnt visualize almost nothing, how you did the exercises then ? 1. Thanks again. I cant visualize anything and its all very dark, bland, and not-really-there images I cant seem to get to take shape. By practicing again, again and again or are there any special methods on internalization ? I cant wait to see (literally) in 7 days how is going to evolve. Are there any small details on it? Now open your eyes and call yourself from the other phone. My question is: Do i have to focus on the afterimage? Keep it light and easy. I am practicing from the past one month, (I started from almost zero), and I can conjure mental pictures in my head, but they lacks clarity to a very great extend. Afterimages are an optical illusion and are caused by the eyes continuing to send signals to the brain after staring at an image for too long, and are not created by the mind itself. Get yourself a few colored surfaces. 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. but i also can not do it with smell sound and taste either. What were looking at is a propensity. please sir, when you visualize with your eyes closed, do your eye balls move as if to scan the mental images? Persist and dont allow yourself to get discouraged. Only, I can imagine things I have a tendency to create whole storylines when Im bored and theyve never felt lacking, I just cant SEE them. 2) Learn to use your imagination more consciously. All I got was afterimages. Personally, I would affirm to myself the positive outcome of being able to confront the situation and gaining control over ittaking a deep breath, deepening relaxation and trying again. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Experiment, Experiment, Experiment I still listen to Improve Visualization from Hypnosis Download when I commute but I guess I need to try and put more overall effort into this whole thing. See the story unfold in your minds-eye exactly the way you would want it to in the most perfect situation and Like I can visualise the image with my eyes open but its all black when I close the eyes. # For example my visualization is not like the afterimage effect . The Mind's eye most likely utilizes the Visual cortex and adjacent predominantly visual cortical areas of the Parietal lobe and Temporal lobe ( Seeing and Imagining: Clues to the Workings Of the Mind's Eye ). With the candle exercise, I can typically see the candle and flame (but it doesnt look like the flame, and the color is totally off). If you really try your hardest to hide the bruises or the swelling from the guards, youre gonna get much respect in that block and it tells everybody that you are not a snitch or a rat. See my earlier comment below. A book cover will do or you can use the images below. (And please let me know all about it in the comments.). Use an imaginary pen and retrace details (outlines, sub-shapes, light reflections, colors, ) while observing. But, one Also, hats off for your endurance with your practice. 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. So I quit using it and everything is back to normal. Did you have to talk yourself through those things before you begin imaging in your mind or is mental rotationa nd mental imaging a different skill and not something where you have to have the mental image before mental rotation, etc Thanks. Or you could try to make it smaller and smaller, until it turns into a dot and then completely disappears. Take the room you are in. I will try this again but I do not know when and I will definitely be more cautious. I began to feel it too, when I struggled hopelessly for days trying to get the faintest hint of a visualization, only to be met with disappointment. Barrett Boesen Natural Playscape for any child who loves to get dirty and make mud pies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afterimage. Its a whole other story if your mental imagery is simply off. Hi Marko, thank you for the effort you put in to compile all of this information together. So Marko any suggestions on how to practice mental rotation. Was there few seconds with my eyes closed and/or open. Again close you eyes and visualize the corrected image of you cellphone. I have no other problems suffered no trauma it is just who i am and I am one of those who will never be able to visualise. Heres what I recommend to you as an exercise: Listen to these videos over and over again. Mark, thanks a ton for your article! 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? Thanks, Bo, -. I did the same for ~1.5 hours. This should be easy to differentiate because the afterimage you see the image of what you were just starting at (with the colors in negative like explained on wikipedia) while an actual mental image is an image of something that you havent just been staring at. How about you Marko how would you have done mental rotations with a blank screen and once you were able to start seeing images in your minds eye was it natural for that image to be able to be manipulated through mental rotation for you. I do feel Im heading the right way. 1) After staring at an image on my screen Im now able to see an afterimage for about 20-30 seconds. I find it easier to focus in the dark with my eyes closed. Just want to say that I was one of those who had absolutely ZERO ability to visualize. 2. Leading with Mental Ideas Thank you for sharing your experience and progress such a level of detail! I have to see it in my mind, there is no other way. Make sure you keep your eyelids calm and relaxed. What is the difference between an afterimage and a mental image? 4. You imagine making the picture in your mind as if youre actually making it with a camera. Yes, thats right. Hello Marko, thanks for sharing these exercises that i started practicing since 3 days. I am scared that i will never be better at it, even if i started witch seeing something :O. I have attempted in the past to visualize (via assignments in classes that require such) I will commit to a few months of 5 or so minutes a day of the third exercise that appealed the most to me, and reply after that time if any progress is made. thank you so much! Thanks again for your website. Its black. And again, stay relaxed at all times. When you say you want to visualize, like you said, walking through your front door, does that mean youve got already control over simple images? Ive been blindly trying to improve my ability to visualize as a whole, rather than viewing each of its facets as an entirely separate skill. How the little things are internalized ? Meditation for people with Aphantasia. Or just when i visualize consciously? Its really curious. Try changing the number or font on the phone screen, color of the flame, lighter design, etc. Ive used the candle exercise, the color exercise and various forms of image streaming. Its still very grainy and black but it has improved! This is the music I like to listen but I get the same results without music. Today its a circle, tomorrow a square, then a triangle, and so on. Afterimages are not the same thing as mental images. Now open your eyes and look at the exact spot on the table where the object was before you removed it. Click on this link here: Btw., (and you havent heard this from me!) Its not right to advise people to keep spending time when there is no evidence that you can go from off to on, again, not vague to crisp. Let me explain. Like, I see a white blurry circle not it fades into red and it kind of looks like a flower Be as detailed as possible and keep talking out loud. And also, when I feel the next breakthrough and report it back here, other people might be encouraged as well. I feel that SOMETHING must be going on subconsciously. Youre making progress, thats good. Then, whenever youve a free moment, observe a nearby object. Close your eyes and attempt see the object (or scene) with your minds eye. Repeat the process, collecting more details and close your eyes again. Tanks Marko, i will follow your advices! From now on, I will keep posting my progress at the end of each month. How often have you asked yourself this question? I really havent touched it much in past years except for a few times. It should be quite big, at least 5x5cm. So apparently I cant see any mental images like I thought. I want to thank you for your post. And while my enthusiasm may have dropped Ill keep going. The background is white. Be very detailed! I have a question Are you actually trying to see images behind your closed eye lids?? So, thank you and God Bless. Grab your favourite novel or story and begin reading. Ive had six lucid dreams, very clear, detailed and colorful. Obviously you need to be able to see the mental image before rotating it but once you are able to develop more clarity of an image in your mind you are trying to picture how would mental rotation work. You have no idea the hope you just gave me! Sometimes I have a strange and strong feeling that I see something on a dark room, when I close my eyes. Heres a short list what you can do with the power of visualization: In a nutshell, you can apply visualization all areas of your life. Again, think of retracing this particular part a few times. Forget about seeing images once in a while. WebDescribe any shades of black you see it isnt all black when you close your eyes: if theres a window to your left, the left side of your eyelids will be a kinda reddy-brown color. Its most effective in the moments you wake and the moments just before you go to sleep. Do you see anything at all yet? At any rate I was constantly going into lala land as it were while trying to stay awake and I noticed that once I saw a mental image of the picture I was working on manipulating on the computer. Today Ive noticed something interesting: most of the clips are quicky dissapearing when I am fully aware of them but some of them are slowly fading away if I try to keep them more (the trick is when you become aware of them are usually instantly dissapearing and I think you too feel like youre sucked up from there this was my sensation in the beggining). Im getting just enough out of it to keep me from giving up. Most of the time I could see dark and continously movement like a very translucent fog/smoke/clouds (cant tell). But myself, I actually never watch the videos. With all related senses and all emotions. 1. 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? Like most things I can think of, its like a muscle. In order to get stronger muscles you need to repeatedly work them. Reading novels or poetry li The stop light that just turned red Even though you may not actively see with your minds eye, your brain is still forced imagine what it is you write about. In this 6 days my visualisation was so weak again. Does it move, or does it make a sound?Answer these questions internally and in silence. Unfortunately I did not have the same success today. In your visualization, be the first Thanks. Id say, manipulating images by will takes more control and focus than just seeing static things. 2) I believe when youve invested the time to hone your visualization skill, youll begin to employ it more or less automatically. This is what I mean by not controlling images as a child. Hope its improved since you commented. I see people, objects all random, nothing controllable. Observe the circle for 10-15 seconds, then close your eyes and try to hold the image as long as possible. Your first few steps will be shaky and unstable. Yet I doubt that youll be able to control your mental images 100% at all times which is probably a natural mechanism of our subconscious minds. Focus on holding a certain image in your mind, youll get better at stabilizing fickle images. In my experience the two things seem to be linked in my brain and its like I cant have one without the other. Etc. Or I might think of a soda tin, and while I cant see it, I can sort of feel the shape of it, and even turn it or spin it or whatever without seeing anything. When I play I try capture the details and the position of each single image. Use a black marker, so the lines are thick and sharp. Maybe its just blurry light or, even better, you actually see the shape of the flame. Anyway in these 40 days i missed some days, even 2-4 in a row where i didnt practice ( for lazyness or because in some days i had too many thoughts to focus on visualization). long), youll be transported into a state of deep relaxation. Sense, Touch, and Feel I havent used this skill on a daily basis. Repeat the same in other situations, like when youre in the elevator: Take a glimpse at the digital display, close your eyes, and hold on to that image. Maybe Ive misunderstood something here but I think you are confusing two different things and Im not sure which one you are actually talking about. Maybe incorporate more high contrast things to focus on in person that dont need a screen (lights in the screen might be worth seeing if they have an effect or not.) Remember how it looks like. Usually it takes a while to make a whole lap, but it is doable. Observe the candles flame calmly, with mild eyes for 5-10 seconds. If you really get bored with any of these exercises, try to get some variation. I could not even picture something as simple as a circle. I think my short term memory improved indeed. When you reached a state of calmness and relaxation, focus on your mental imagery. 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