My wife is that way and has vivid hyperphantasia.

I’m on the opposite end of the spectrum with aphantasia and SDAM.

Makes for interesting conversations!

Severely Deficient Autobiographical Memory. (Memória Autobiográfica Severamente Deficiente.)

Ok use photography and journaling to remember places I’ve visited (I have aphantasia and SDAM.)

That’s an interesting perspective.

Alguns de nós também têm SDAM, o que pode ser considerado um dom ou uma maldição….

(I have SDAM)

I found that journaling is the only way for me to remember a lot of stuff. When we travel/hike I take lots of pictures and at the end of each day, I post an account of what went on that day with pictures - it helps me organize memories that would otherwise be lost - like tears in raln.

....Oh, and it turns out that 25-50% of people with aphantasia also have SDAM.

I have aphantasia and SDAM. My spouse says it explains a lot about me - and I agree. I found it a bit of a relief to find out and realize "Oh, that's why..."

I honestly thought that it could be “fair-use” - but I was obviously wrong…

I used song lyrics in a number of chapter titles in a draft until an editor told me, “don’t do that.”

I’d love to share this, but not enough to solicit my friends to subscribe…

yep, for me, dream and hypnogogic visuals are a thing, but I can't consciously visualize anything.

As long as there are no effective sanctions, he knows he can do whatever he likes with impunity.

Nothing other than memorization through repetition (verbally, but in my head.) I tried mnemonic devices and they work sometimes... For me, just memorizing the facts seems simplest.

I was looking for data on this a while back. It turns out that autistic people are something like 3-4 times more likely to report aphantasia or than non-autistic peers.

I tried for years but always ended up with a semantic list instead of a palace. A few years ago I found out I have aphantasia and that's why I was failing at memory palaces.

I swear it took a half hour for me to remember the term "passive aggressive" yesterday. My memory has always been pretty good (semantic memory.) So I chalk it up to being past 70...

I've said that so many times about actresses and actors, and my wife invariably says "They don't look anything alike..." It's usually the eyes or the cheekbones or something... I still can't tell the Ryan's apart...

Do you think your packing ability is intuitive or analytical?

Mostly semantic - I remember plotlines/threads, facts, environmental settings. I'm terrible with names of characters (and the actors who play them...)

Ooooh - I like this one!

And I "hear" words when I read or type them. In fact as I type this sentence, I hear the letters in my mind as I type them.

Our first corporate e-mail system was CompuServe back in 1980 - we moved it in-house a few years later. I remember getting a bill for a forum that I played with for hours, not knowing I was being charged by the minute...

I'm aphantasic (with SDAM) and I spent my career in IT (mostly in operations and security - I retired from a DevOps position.)

Just black when I try to visualize anything.

Though I do have vivid, visual dreams. And I “hear” my thoughts (in fact as I type this, I “hear” the letters as I input them.)

I think my aphantasia and SDAM are related - my memories don’t include many images - mostly facts.

My wife is like that, while I am aphantasic with SDAM - makes sharing memories oddly interesting.

Yeah - I keep looking.

Constantly hoping, one day, to find one that isn't rubbish...

(Nice to see you again!)

Where's the fookin' hug emoji?!

Only a few years ago this would have been a headline in a poorly written Sci Fi novel.

"The Anthropic CEO says AI company 'cannot in good conscience accede' to Pentagon's demands to allow wider use of its tech and AI for military purposes...."

It's this kind of propaganda that SkyNet lives for.