• 🎨 Elaine Cortez 🇨🇦 @lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    I have hyperphantasia, which means that I’m able to visualize things in my mind in a way that it looks exactly the same as it would in real life. If I see a puzzle that requires spatial reasoning, I can rotate it and manipulate it in 3D space in my mind.

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      1 month ago

      I use this for CAD! It’s actually kind of frustrating because I often find my brain uses techniques that I can’t replicate using the controls on cad software.

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      28 days ago

      I hold your power in awe. I have the exact opposite of this. I cannot picture spatial dimensions in my head at all.

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      I can use it to visualize a piano and write music in my head, even obscure dissonant harmonies. It let’s me practice when I don’t have an instrument. Generally hyperphantasia has helped me significantly with virtually everything in my life. I can learn new skills very quickly and integrate new knowledge.

      When I was a kid, I used to imagine myself going to school, in great detail, from my bed to help me sleep