Anyway, yeah, I just wanted to know if doing the afterimage exercises led to being able to create mental images at will? Theyve been practicing and nurturing this skill naturally. Id like you to try this guided mediation/hypnosis from Michael Sealey. I thought I was falling asleep, but Im not so sure if thats the case or if I just have very little control of my visualization/mind. 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 want to learn it because I want to create stories. Thought I was missing something and was suppose to see stuff behind closed eyelids like a projection screen haha. https://unchainmybrain.com/training-minds-eye-bed-time-routine/, http://www.dreamviews.com/attaining-lucidity/24607-inducing-trance-wild-part-1-a.html, http://www.dreamviews.com/attaining-lucidity/29491-inducing-trance-wild-part-2-a.html. Definitely, its possible. Take it easy and perhaps take one or two days off from exercising just make sure youll continue soon. This is awesome! Basically is takeing the shape of any object I know in the room but I have to turn my head in that direction (keeping my eyes closed + my hand to be sure I do not see anything). Ive heard of a lot of people getting very relaxed or sleepy when they do visualisation exercises. Another thing I picked up again is memorization (quotes, content of books, vocabulary, ) So much more enjoyable with good visualization skills. 6. Its weird but he has a very soothing voice and this track is by far the better of the ones Ive bought. Like imagining an orange or a dice? It might help to move closer to the candle, but for me when I do see anything after I close my eyes its just a light and very, very brief. Hello, I am on my fourth day of this. If I meditate more than 15-25 minutes, swirlings you describe appear and if I focus on that movement trying to see patterns/shapes, at some point clips are comming, like are hidden on those patterns (I see many clips, as long as I keep meditating; I also open my eyes from time to time (for 2-3 seconds) and clips are comming when I close my eyes back looks like the brain remains in the same state but opening your eyes from time to time will keep you more aware, without that sleepy sensation). Like walking or breathing. What I described above I see on the backs of my eyelids. But Im just making sure Cause I can imagine scenarios in my head without closing my eyes. Is there any sort of trick of how I look at the items Im supposed to imagine? Please share your thoughts and theories below. is 15 20 minutes okay? Now open your eyes and call yourself from the other phone. That explains why I can imagine objects in the correct color, but could never see objects I was looking at on my screen to appear in the correct color. Later: staring at my iMac (thinking at my entire life, little `depressed` because of this aphantasia), from time to time I closed my eyes I could see few times something like stones, including the texture. Families can also look forward to the East Villas, double-storey villas facing the Bedok Reservoir and great for your next family gathering, staycation and getaway! Do you have any questions at all? I think my short term memory improved indeed. Sense, Touch, and Feel I have also noticed sometimes when I closed my eyes after thinking about something that an image would pop up briefly but it had nothing to do with what I was thinking about. . In order to call up a mental image, we first need to know how it looks like. Ihav been doing this for two years still no images in my mind, Sorry to hear Ed. Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. Im curious, when you recall your dreams in the morning (lucid or not) do you recall them in images? 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. As a note, for some reason it seems easier for me to to work with happiness-teasing photos like beautiful beaches, lush landscapes than with anything else. I started with zero ability to visualize while awake (e.g., to actually see images). Today Ill start doing everything I can. Observe the circle for 10-15 seconds, then close your eyes and try to hold the image as long as possible. Are you sure it would work if I practice persistently ? I think, it took me about 3 weeks to retain an afterimage. Thank you for the link Ive also experienced the inverted color effect after staring for 10-20 seconds on a bright image on the screen. Ive done the exercises for a week, and I was able to see the afterimages. Was unexpected to see something on first try because I just came from outside (very bright). You can reach into all directions. 2) On a few occasions I have had an image of a black sky with stars come to me for a second or two. 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. A car in front of you Practice periodically during your day. This, I think, helped me most. So I was wondering would trying to visualize problems and solve them using visualization be worth using as a technique to practice or do you think it best to just stick with the known ones that work that you listed. :) So Ive decided to dedicate a bit of my time every day to form this ability despite having absolutely no disposition for it, as only the most tenacious plant will grow even when planted in concrete. Practice with your eyes closed. 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). We are mostly concerned here with the self-manufactured visualization that you can shape, create, control through mental effort thus enabling you to harness its power to improve your life through, for example, braking bad habits, inciting passion, memorizing, envisioning your ideal future, etc. The image seems actually visible, and not imaginable, as I always had before. 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. but i also can not do it with smell sound and taste either. Am I am doing correctly ? But now Im back, and I can actually see the after-image of the candle flame (even though it is tinyliketiny..). Very strong feeling, not pleasant at all. At this point, the image was visible in detail (~60% detail) for: 3 seconds + 2 seconds slowly disolving (5 total seconds, after that nothing to see, all dark). I am going to give these exercises a go. I have been struggling for years with this disability or weakness or whatever you want to call it, but I know I must overcome it. Seeing their face does trigger memories of previous encounters, but the memories are usually more about what was said, or descriptions of things that happened instead of pictures. DAY #2 (1,5 hours): Used my window, just to satisfy my curiosity (window curtain was in place). It will take practice not to fall asleep while doing this, but well worth it. Its most effective in the moments you wake and the moments just before you go to sleep. Can you describe what your current level is? Observe these objects, their details and texture in real life and bring them into your routine. If you constantly dig for details, then you get the point. Youre an amazing person. Address: 156th Street & Waterford Road, Urbandale. The feeling of intense euphoria after seeing cute things is not an isolated incidence. Practice with eyes opened. Personally, I think I had the biggest breakthrough with the videos from the HonestGuys. My question is: Do i have to focus on the afterimage? This afterimage stays only for a few moments and then dissolves. Its never worked once. Do I try to take in the entire peripheral vision all at once (like Id do if Im playing sports), or just casually look at various elements of the candle/flame a bit like a pinball? Even with the candle, the light source is visible as a white on dark for a second, maybe two, but the candle it was attached to is gone the instant my eyes close. Looks like my brain is able to visualize. Dont give up on it and keep at it. A buddy of mine is convinced it would help me since it helped him with his mental issues he was dealing with. Im still doing image streaming every day for about 45 minutes. Daniele. I, too believe in the power of positive thinking and belief in the ability to shape and improve the mind. Start with a tiny part of it. I like to use, for example, a simple memory (match) game from Googleplay. And well, hypnosis is highly individual, but because of the price Im wary of recommending it to people just like that. Never knew that people actually see things in their head like I do in my dreams. Be very specific. Maybe its because I am trying to capture more of the now staying more aware of whats happening around me this moment. Never have I referenced an image seen in my minds eye. I was zoing in and out do to how tired I was) and so my brain was just randomly developing these images one of which dealt with something I was working on the night before and then some before this image happened in my brain. . It was originally only 5-10 seconds. duration, focus on details (zoom in and out, change color & shape), rotate objects, transform them, etc. If you get very bright afterimages, please try reducing the time you spend observing the object (or photo). 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? Very frustrating. See what works best for you. Especially if you start from scratch, images will be hard to tame and you have to gently fight for stability and control. Im happy to hear that youre seeing results already! I should stop doing this while Im driving. That greenish spot is little bit more visible and I can reshape it: circle/disk or a disk with a hole in the center. I mean, if Id ask you about how your house entrance looks like could you give me the visual details about it? That way, your sessions wont get interrupted by annoying ads. Calmly observe this area. Yet, I dont give my images a location. We want to emulate that by frequently stimulating that muscle, titillating it to grow. Use a black marker, so the lines are thick and sharp. Also, I go 5 days a week to the gym so I know how slowly muscles are built. So ive always been able to visualize a problem and basically run it and see how it would work and make changes to it to try and solve something rather than trial and error, but my visualization skill is extremely weak and faint. In terms of memory, I love this one exercise. Aphantasia is a spectrum, like autism is a spectrum. One bit of encouragement was a beautiful lucid dream last week. Here are my results so far. # I plan on trying out the techniques you listed for a couple of months, I have a question and would like to hear if you think this could help my visualization process. They apply it naturally on many occasions during the day to review the past, to rehearse the future, etc. Scan your eyes and make sure you release any tension.Now, do you see an after-image? How did you improve? And my dreams have been more intense. At all times, if you can do so, maintain a playful attitude. I was wondering though, since the exercises involve afterimages, is visualization really being trained? It's merely a thought. While practicing during the day, I have seen a few images, but again, only for a second or so. I hope you find a way that eventually works for you. In the Remembering Your Dreams course, Dr. Metivier talks about writing your goals/desires down in a journal every day so Ive started that. Thank you for your response. However, a large reason why I am depressed right now is because I cannot visualize, and keep failing school consequently. 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. Soon youll be able to lighten up your mental theater. Because of that I stopped doing it. 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. I cant bend it. I used to think that if I want it bad enough, it will happen. Ive been trying to visualize a triangle and can sometimes generate a fuzzy one, but not consistently. Things came to a head for Catherine and Clare in a devastating, 11-minute two-hander. Now, thanks to this guide, I realize that there are different facets of visualization that need to be improved separately; this simple truth changes everything. Youre already get some images that means youre on the right way. I just stumbled on your forum. When its not appearing as a black circle on a light background, I see a black circle on a reddish background. Yo I wanted to suggest working with an eye mask. Like a nameplate or some decoration? 2) When I first posted this, back in April, I had completed 24 sessions of neurofeedback. Web1: calm your mind and don't worry about making it perfect. But aphantasics like Ebeyer can't visualize anything in their minds. Definitely, my brain is doing something. The color of these shapes is a little bit greenish but mostly white/light. About after image evolution: I can recall them up to 6 times. Just dont force it. THIS. 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 am not giving up but it is possible that some people really cannot visualise? I also see short video clips (.5 to 2 seconds), especially just before going to sleep. (better 30min) every single day. 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. What does it mean that I could do this on the first day??? You have no idea the hope you just gave me! When you listen to Marks hypnosis audio (its 30:50 min. Thank you for leaving a comment here. The more you dig for details, the ore you magnify the little things, the more clarity youll get as a result. Well, I have no idea how an hallucination looks like either. Are the after images contained in a small rectangle in the center of your vision when you close your eyes for anybody else? # Sometimes I try to go for 30-40 sec and make a blinking motion (like snapshot) every 3 sec. 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. Now I think probably this would have been the beginnings of some dream (i.e. The best news of all, however, is I am seeing the objects very clearly and I have you to thank for it! Visualize for about a minute, then get back to the book. My visualisation improving skill is so bad. Most images are black and white and reversed (e.g. I excel instead at metaphor and description of characters thoughts, motives, etc. Take one detail of your vision and elobrate it. You can also try break-down technic, which would allow you to accentuate each and every detail you 2. 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. 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. Youre on the right track. Perhaps, now, attempt taking mental snapshots of things you see during your regular day. 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. Youre like floating on a cloud when he strengthens the part of your brain that naturally creates images when you dream. For the best results, whenever you attempt to cure aphantasia or access mental imagery in general, adhere to the following principles. I have been very frustrated about this for years, and have seen many doctors. In your experience once you were able to see static images could you then rotate them at will on auto pilot without having to porcess the manual rotations.. Keep retracing the shape with your mental pencil. How frequently do people report doing these things? says Hettie Roebuck, a postdoctoral researcher in Lupyans lab and I feel the need to feed my eyes with lots of images, such as films, paintings, drawings and I am quite imaginative. Time to develop my brain to its full potential! Your first few steps will be shaky and unstable. 5. UnChainMyBrain@2019 - All Right Reserved. you see a meadow now, how does a piece of grass look like? 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). Send me an email. One that lets in zero light. Perhaps, every night, when you go to bed, rehearse your daily wins by reviving them in your mind adding the successfeeling to it. I have some questions, again: this exercise that im practising works only for memory or also to increase visualization skills? What is Aphantasia and How to Know if You Have it? For a bit of context I do dream in full color and sound, so I feel that I do have at least some capacity for visualization. Dates: 6 To train your whelp in a given mode, follow these instructions: Haste buff: Stand within the healing target dummies in Valdrakken and cast on yourself; Crit buff: Stand in the middle of nowhere and target yourself; Single target damage: Find an isolated mob and target it; AoE damage: target the cleave target dummies in Valdrakken; Single target heal: Target Please try practicing with some real but simple objects (spoon, dice, perfume bottle, ). You can push this really far and spend a lot of time on this. In retrospect, I feel that my practices up until now have been severely lacking. Now, you can refine your practice and put more focus on the faculty you want to strengthen in this case your ability to reproduce imagery in clarity. Wait. People who are unable to create a mental picture in their mind suffer from a problem called aphantasia. https://comanifesting.com/how-to-visualize-images-in-your-mind But at least 15min. 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. ;), Hi David happy to see all of your efforts, like you I have practicing image streaming for around 6 months even if I did only 20 min, I saw some results,I started dreaming once again, something that didnt happened to me for years, the result are small, but they are real, I should probably try to mix with others exercises as well, by the way, many believe that image streaming also improves iq, I cant see any difference, but do you feel any improvement on your cognitive abilities? Visualize the activity, event, or result desired. Which will, at some point, give you contradicting answers. Please let us know if make any progress with these (or other) exercises. Surprisingly, I could see half the triangle (the area where I was focused on). Ive probably tested hundreds of guided meditations and found that these two guys on YouTube stand head and shoulders above the rest: The Honest Guys. My training was aggressive this week too. Ask yourself a few questions about it:Which colors do I see? How about its texture, etc. Remember how it looks like. I would stick to what youve already got and level it up by deepening your sessions. I have heard that afterimage retention is the key to unlocking the ability to visualize in the waking state. I want to learn to visualize but there are memories I just dont want to see. I just wanted to know if you guys started from absolute zero in terms of mental imagery. While awake I can think only in words and concepts. When you first try recalling dreams in the morning you wont remember anything or you recall only a fraction of a dream. So I decided to read up on the topic and found this forum. Dont look at a reference image but think of something that youd associate with a color. Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. First of all, Im a very optimistic person and still hold out hope of learning to visualize. :) Its NOT really a VISION, but a mental construct. Open your eyes, soak up more details of the shape. Say 1-2x/week. Stay at it and keep us posted please! Thanks for these great exercises, Marko! So, please send me an email or leave me a comment on this post. If you make this a strong habit, this will help you to create a phenomenal memory for anything you read this way. The more familiar were with its precise appearance, the more details we can recall. 3. My question is, which of these two after images am I supposed to try and hold onto? Can you describe it? The next thing I want to achieve is being able to smell and taste things. Why do you want to learn it? Think of redrawing the shape with that imaginary pencil.Try holding out your finger and slowly draw the shape into the air in front of you (with eyes closed).This is critical now; If you dont see anything, explain to yourself in your mind like, I see the top edge of the triangle. Light a candle and take a seat in a comfortable chair about 3 feet in front of it. Cool experience. Sure, you could! Some can do it with eyes open, others with eyes their closed. Movement I drawn a triangle on A4 paper using a black marker. 1) After staring at an image on my screen Im now able to see an afterimage for about 20-30 seconds. After some lines and paragraphs close your eyes and try to picture whatever you have just read. Maybe you can do some skull practice when waiting, sitting in a bus, lunch break, etc. # I believe most people use mental rotation to help in driving and eliminate some of the intentional processing that goes on if you dont see the image and rotate it in your head. I want to share my experience here. Sorry if I sound confusing.. 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. you can use and listen to their full hypnosis for 90 days, and then just refund it to get your cash back they wont even ask you for any reasons. Only In Jan 2023 - Rewards and a Lucky Dip @ Science Centre Singapore. Marko, I dont know how to thank you. Ive tried tons of different exerices, read a lot of articles and books. I knew were the knob should be, I could visualize how the know was moved (like pulled off and mounted in the correct position), but then everything was deleted and I had the original image. If everythings ok, then for the next session you increase the time of retention of the image. Conclusion: there is a massive change after 7 days only (5 hours of practice, daily, on average). 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