Wow this is fascinating, Lauren! 🤯 I’ve never heard of aphantasia until now. I’m so glad you were able to discover this so you can have some peace in knowing it’s not your “fault.” And I just love the connection you drew to writing and emotion--definitely a superpower!
Also, I only recently learned about HSPs and have been knee deep in learning more about it because my partner is one and I lean that way too. Reading that post of yours now!
Isn't it wild that it's a real phenomenon with a name and everything?! That blew my mind (and admittedly made me relieved to know it wasn't just me 😅). And thank you 🤗
Learning about HSPs is fascinating! If you haven't read it already, Elaine Aaron's book The Highly Sensitive Person is a great read (I think I mention it in that post I linked). It's so validating to learn that it's an actual trait and not an "overreaction" as some might think.
Oh interesting! That makes sense though. I think I have an inner monologue, but now I'm not entirely sure 😅 I do, however, know for certain I have an inner critic that is very loud lol
How interesting!! I'd put this little nugget of information in the same mental drawer of 'people with an inner monologue and people who don't narrate their thoughts' . Thinking there's people that don't talk to themselves is kinda wild to me. I talk to myself in two languages !
It is a lot like that! It honestly might be one and the same, or a different flavor of the same thing. I've always wondered how the internal monologue works for people who are bilingual or multilingual! I suppose if you're fluent, everything just flows naturally?
Wow this is fascinating, Lauren! 🤯 I’ve never heard of aphantasia until now. I’m so glad you were able to discover this so you can have some peace in knowing it’s not your “fault.” And I just love the connection you drew to writing and emotion--definitely a superpower!
Also, I only recently learned about HSPs and have been knee deep in learning more about it because my partner is one and I lean that way too. Reading that post of yours now!
Oh and I forgot to mention that Where the Red Fern Grows was my fave childhood book!!!
It's such a good one!! I don't know if I could ever ready it again though, it's just so heart-wrenching 🥺
Isn't it wild that it's a real phenomenon with a name and everything?! That blew my mind (and admittedly made me relieved to know it wasn't just me 😅). And thank you 🤗
Learning about HSPs is fascinating! If you haven't read it already, Elaine Aaron's book The Highly Sensitive Person is a great read (I think I mention it in that post I linked). It's so validating to learn that it's an actual trait and not an "overreaction" as some might think.
I'm actually reading her book The Highly Sensitive Person in Love right now! Lol.
Nice! You'll have to let me know how it is!
I switch my inner monologue depending on who I'm imagining to be talking to (my mum vs my colleagues). Do you have that thinking style?
Oh interesting! That makes sense though. I think I have an inner monologue, but now I'm not entirely sure 😅 I do, however, know for certain I have an inner critic that is very loud lol
How interesting!! I'd put this little nugget of information in the same mental drawer of 'people with an inner monologue and people who don't narrate their thoughts' . Thinking there's people that don't talk to themselves is kinda wild to me. I talk to myself in two languages !
It is a lot like that! It honestly might be one and the same, or a different flavor of the same thing. I've always wondered how the internal monologue works for people who are bilingual or multilingual! I suppose if you're fluent, everything just flows naturally?