DAY #1 (1,5 hours): First 10-15 minutes I had no results. 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. I understand your frustration. So, yes, if youd need to practice rotation if your skills is still weak. Just do what youre already doing and: Lengthen the max. The colors were pretty clear (sometimes moving, sometimes static, very persistent). Please keep in mind youll needpatience. you see a meadow now, how does a piece of grass look like? When I was a child I tried to create images in my mind every night. And yes, I guess it cant hurt to improve the efficiency of your visualization by enhancing clarity and focus. Think about it as taking a snapshot. Is pretty much like a greenish fog. SO HAPPY :). Master five astral senses - visual, auditory, sensory, olfactory, gustatory - that means you are able to imagine a picture, sound, or sensation with great accuracy, and your imagination is very clear. For example, the very first image in Exercise #2 is a red ball on a black/gray background. The more the better if you dont tense up and strain your eyes and your fascial muscles. 1) Okay, youre already able to produce images. # I have Hypothyroidism hashimoto, so that means i have antibodies which are destroying my thyrosis. For me it took about 6 months of daily practice go from where you are to right now to being able to see clear images. I feel like the image is there behind a door in another room. I really wanted this to work and kept an open mind throughout, even towards the end when it was becoming very clear that it was not working for me. I meditate for hours in an attempt to calm my mind, and I try my best to retain afterimages as long as I can. I cant visualize and I cant recall memories. I use guided visualization a lot since I find that it helps me the most compared to visualizing all by myself. Thanks. No fluke. Or focus on your your breathing and only that for as long as possible. The weird thing is that I need to feel movement for me to see it. Finally, and this took me several months, I occasionally got moments of great visual clarity. Not very clear but was unexpected. What did you miss, what are the differences? Some people can only see specific colors. Which will, at some point, give you contradicting answers. Are you sure it would work if I practice persistently ? While in bed, but yet not asleep, Ive seen several clear visual images that come to me but they only last for a second or two. Very gently press, with the tips of your fingers, your eyes, until you perceive some kind of light sensations. Obviously both of these would not need approval only one but I wanted to share that before posting so here we go. Sit comfortably, take you cellphone and observe carefully it for about 1 minute. Thanks so much for this info! Its a great training for your visualization skill plus you imprint your wins to your subconscious mind. Shorten, experiment with the time you spend observing the object/image. While awake I can think only in words and concepts. I find it easier to focus in the dark with my eyes closed. Hi Alex, Even though you may not actively see with your minds eye, your brain is still forced imagine what it is you write about. I would kindly like to know from anyone that this method worked on, to get them able to create mental images this question. Or are both valid for practicing? #2. I dont see much outside through my window (only shades). Its almost a habit. Do u think i could recall my experiences and memories easier and with more details? Perhaps if recognize that some image is in my minds eye though I didnt try to develop it I should observe whatever it is for how long I could but again at least at this point when I consciously think about the image that appeared that is the end of the image just as quickly as the random image showed up when consciouly trying to keep it on the mental paper it vanishes. Please test working with emotional, meaningful photos, and landscape photos. Thanks for your response. Please let us know if make any progress with these (or other) exercises. 90 % days i think i made 0 progress BUT 6 days ago i had one very strong visualisation day and next day was good too but worse. Ill keep going. I did it for 30 minutes a day for weeks. 2. Was the very concept of visualizing completely foreign to you? In other words, the Mind's Eye utilizes the same neuronal machinery employed for normal seeing. Yet, I dont give my images a location. 3. Basically, the experiences I notice are in a deep relaxed state. Observe, close your eyes and try to keep the object or scene in your minds eye. Please keep us updated! The first step of visualization is thinking of an image in your mind's eye. Very likely, aphantasia-normal-hyperphantasia is a spectrum, on one extreme some people can't experience any sensory things mentally, on the other maybe they can play out literal movies in their head. One time I could keep the afterimage going for almost a minute. I hope youll like it too: If you dont have an adblocker, I highly recommend you install uBlock Origin to your browser. So apparently I cant see any mental images like I thought. Usually I just download the mp3 and listen to it on my phone while lying on the bed. Personally, I think I had the biggest breakthrough with the videos from the HonestGuys. Dont be fooled by the simplicity of this exercise. Am on my second day of trying these excersizes the first day i could see absolutely nothing today i can see the shapes contained in a small rectangle in the centre of my closed eyes but very small sized. I just figured it was all in the mind. His brain was not affected in any way otherwise; it was only a cardiac procedure. Ill be back with my results and my steps (Ill start with the steps you described). Then, whenever youve a free moment, observe a nearby object. Youre like floating on a cloud when he strengthens the part of your brain that naturally creates images when you dream. For example if I am driving in the country where their are not lots of information to process I feel more at ease then in the city because I must manually process all the different scenarios that are possible. This took me more time to see something but was the most important part for today. Wish me luck. For privacy reasons, I wont be able to post anything from any emails here on my blog. 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. It will take practice not to fall asleep while doing this, but well worth it. Youve got a fanstastic foundation already! And then secondly there are the perfect clarity, full color, detail-better-than-real-life visualizations. Often times it shakes, flickers and transforms, it is frustrating difficult to keep it steady. One has more melonan than another. The simple phrase of awh cant help but escape your lips when you see big brown eyes and a delicate button nose. 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. Its kind of like the aurora borealis, sometimes swirling or cascading. Despite the difficulty of practicing this elusive and intangible ability youre driven by a burning desire to make this happen! The subliminal visualization video didnt seem to work for me; I am focusing on image streaming now (30 to 60 minutes a day). Marko. 1. Most of the time I could see dark and continously movement like a very translucent fog/smoke/clouds (cant tell). 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.) 2. Sometimes, I see things that arent directly in my field of vision, but the images tend to be extraordinarily dim, almost to the point of invisibility (its very hard to describe, but maybe this is what visualization is as described by ironwheal?). And I look like a fool I guess visualising with open eyes in the day time. But using the inner voice to describe details can definitely help to gain more clarity and to stabilize the image. Any tips for solidifying progress and preventing reversion? Note the differences. https://comanifesting.com/how-to-visualize-images-in-your-mind But, please take some time to experiment. Especially in the beginning, you may find it easier to keep your eyes opened. In the beginning, I mostly stuck visualisation exercises that focus on creating a visual afterimage. and will it improve faster the more time you spend on it? 2 days ago, I was bothered because of a guided meditation. I am going to give these exercises a go. 3. # Unfortunately it didnt help (not for visualization or anything, even though it carries some science behind it). I think there is a way to overcome this, and likely other internal senses will fall into place after the visual element is working. Again close you eyes and visualize the corrected image of you cellphone. Youre already get some images that means youre on the right way. Learning How To Visualize Learning how to visualize is a three-fold process . Persistence and discipline are your best friends. Then, this also reminds me of the white flashes you see when you apply pressure to your eyes. 4. Can you describe what your current level is? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afterimage. Practice with your eyes closed. What you describe as random, better-than-real-life-images, I havent experienced yet, but I heard of others who indeed have. # I dont worry even if after 6 months or more i couldnt get pictures becouse i know there should be something wrong! When I come back to sleep, before jumping in my bed, a VERY vivid shape appeared in an instant, basically without any reason (visible with my eyes closed or open for 10-15 seconds): many coloured bubles rotating all together in a cylindrical shape. Do you ever dream? Hi Brandon, In fact, engage all your senses. Practice this daily and your visualization skill will improve bit by bit. After ~40 minutes, the screen was still blurry but was there for ~3 seconds. I am a photographer and the strange thing is I can recall photographs I have taken. How many mins a day you have to practice ? So when i try to think about these experiences i miss a lot of important details, and i have trouble to translate them in words. 5/10/20 I thought I would give you an update on how Im doing. So yeah definitely its possible, and I know I have more work to do. OK, after 2 months 15 days, i added into main training relax. In a deep relaxation, I have many flashes are not static images, always short clips/movies (0.5 2 seconds). My wife says real visualization is not there, but out in your mind. Just like a movie. After that, it took me 2-3 more weeks to make any progress at all. Marko, I have done these exercises in the past. Like I said, I have yet to hear from anyone whose mental imagery turned on all of a sudden from doing exercises like this. Your ability to rotate supports your ability to maintain a static image. After ~1 hour I could see the triangle. but i also can not do it with smell sound and taste either. Im having less luck creating images on command. 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. Say, for example, a triangle or a circle.No need to make it perfect. I said: holly cr**, this is working, my brain is definetly doing something! I greatly appreciate you leaving such an honest comment. In fact, my mind seems to have an easier time with colorful, vivid images. I just read your article about visualization and I find it very interesting. Try visualiying the scenes of the guided meditations. Feels like the image is in your head, but you actually see through your hands. I personally dont think subliminal stuff works, but the music is pleasant, and so is the still image on the screen (a garden with two hedges along a path). I feel the need to feed my eyes with lots of images, such as films, paintings, drawings and I am quite imaginative. It turns out, theres this hypnotherapist called Mark Tyrell and hes recorded this professional hypnosis session specifically designed to improve visualization. So, because I didnt want to accept my fate, I did a lot of research on Google. As I mentioned in one of my posts above, I had been seeing images in my minds eye for weeks now, but often the colors were inverted. 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. Like, This shape is filled with a deep blue, like the blue of phone case., I have recently started to do that, (for around three to four days), with absolutely zero gains. Ill have a look at the books you kindly pointed out. Are there any small details on it? Simply imagine yourself acting the way you would act if your goals had already been achieved. Maybe because I was very focused all the time, paying attention. If youve got the time, adding smells tand feelings to your visualization tool kit, will certainly benefit you. Thank you very much. Took a longer than intended break. If you do this every night, for a few days, just before you go to sleep, youll get some astonishing results: Im still committed to daily practice for another 3 months. When I recall my dreams, its like remembering a movie I saw yesterday, I can tell you what I saw, but I dont see the images again. While the purpose (and money that went along with it) was for something else, I had hoped to get something out of it that would boost my visualization. that almost automatically turn into vivid mental images. Now review your day in your mind. 10. Ihav been doing this for two years still no images in my mind, Sorry to hear Ed. Thank you. 1) Learn to use your senses more consciously. Jim Harbaugh dropped out of the running for the Broncos head coaching gig yesterday, ahead of todays interview between Denver and Sean Payton. This is awesome! It sounds like everyone with full aphantasia (who literally see nothing in their minds eye) feels like theyre (literally) floundering in the dark at first, but in the couple of accounts Ive read (including the one above) they start to see vague shapes or colours for a little longer after a few days or weeks. Arka, Im sorry about misspelling your name (fixed now). You can push this really far and spend a lot of time on this. 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. Accept Read More. 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? You imagine making the picture in your mind as if youre actually making it with a camera. Grab one and squeeze it with your fingers. People who are unable to create a mental picture in their mind suffer from a problem called aphantasia. Sit or lie down, deeply relax (use your preferred method), close your eyes. Think about it for a moment: How important is it to you to acquire this skill? The more careful you observe, analyze and internalize the little things the better, clearer will be your final drawing. I want to share my experience here. I have some questions, again: this exercise that im practising works only for memory or also to increase visualization skills? Another exercise, I did for quite some time, is to imagine toy blocks, turning them, stacking them on top of each other, and so on. I will report all progress, now its 2 months 25 days, well see later. However, a large reason why I am depressed right now is because I cannot visualize, and keep failing school consequently. I hope you understand what i m trying to explain. Movement At all times, if you can do so, maintain a playful attitude. How do I Even if its fading instantly, fact is, you will be able to see something. I have a question about the after images (Im still trying the candle exercise), I hope I can word it properly. For the best results, whenever you attempt to cure aphantasia or access mental imagery in general, adhere to the following principles. I want to write movies and possibly books as well. Keep on using your minds eye every single day. I can often see things this way, but its in milliseconds I know the image was there, but I cant hold it long enough to tell you anything about it. End of Week #4 Biggest success this month was seeing a red brick building for a second, seeing it start to fade away and willing it to come back which it did for another second or so. Cloud when he strengthens the part of your brain that naturally creates images when you see you. 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