On a scale of 1-10 (with 11 meaning conjuring HD images) I have always been at 1. It should be quite big, at least 5x5cm. Heres how: Stronger mental impressions lead to more explicit mental representations. Maybe its just blurry light or, even better, you actually see the shape of the flame. Thank you very much Marko for your response! It is very strange. Thanks for putting up this post. Do you find that starting from scratch gives you complete control? I can see some of them with my eyes open, including recalling them back. This is very brief. But anyway no matter how much hard work and effort I put in, I get no results.and Im very sad about it. 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.) Youll be able to automatically capture more details with a single look. And when I discovered that others did have this so called ability to view things in their minds eye, I was in disbelief that there could exist such a world that I was oblivious to. Keep on practicing It helped me and it certainly will work for you. After 2 months and 3 days i still have visualisation skill like at the begin. So, I got that for me in terms of progress. Keep doing this for 2-3 weeks with focused mental effort each morning you wake up, and youll get a rich amount of dream-memories to write down. As the transition from crawling to walking is an amazingly complex process, so, I think, is the learning to visualize in great clarity and stability. # And yes, I guess it cant hurt to improve the efficiency of your visualization by enhancing clarity and focus. The other night I could VIVIDLY smell freshly made bread and feel its crispy texture. How does it feel and smell? Often times it shakes, flickers and transforms, it is frustrating difficult to keep it steady. Much of the confusion goes from the fact is that when you visualize something, you dont actually SEE it. At first I thought it was working, I did seem to be getting slightly better. However, a large reason why I am depressed right now is because I cannot visualize, and keep failing school consequently. Thanks. Ive heard of a lot of people getting very relaxed or sleepy when they do visualisation exercises. You should dedicate some weeks or even months to regular practice before complaining that it doesnt work. Some can control these images, others cant. If youre having trouble to imagine the right colors then you may want try working with solid colors only. Great effort youre putting into it. I didnt use a candle Yesterday I used my iMac (youtube was open, no fullscreen) and today my window (natural light). And there can be even worse situation, in some hashimoto cases are antibodies directed into I think it purely takes part in your mind only and, if you focus on the backs of your eyelids, you might prevent yourself from getting the best results. The deeper you can let go and relax during your exercise sessions the easier the access to your realm of imagination. Ill be back with my results and my steps (Ill start with the steps you described). The score is lowered because of the price (unless you buy in bundle which I did for some other tracks). I didnt want to accept the fact that I cant do what so many take for granted. Yeah, I will keep the candle but I quit using simple geometric shapes drawn by my hand on paper. Personally, I would affirm to myself the positive outcome of being able to confront the situation and gaining control over ittaking a deep breath, deepening relaxation and trying again. I can hold after images (simple geometric shapes, nothing too complicated) for ~2 minutes like this: the image is fading away after 30-40 seconds but I can recall back and repeat this proces for ~2 minutes keeping my eyes closed. Ill try to stick with one repeatedly and see if I can start filling in detail. When I asked my friends about it, told me they can see whatever they want to imagine. Hi Marko. The only exercise that Im confused about is visualizing colors. How do you want to apply it? During my research I found out that at least for some people (I didnt really have this issue) common incandescent lights present a huge problem. Try out Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/explore) choose a photo that triggers some good emotions and then work with that single image for at least 10 minutes. You can do this with closed eyes and with open eyes. I hope you find a way that eventually works for you. Please help, Id really like to be able to visualise. What did you miss, what are the differences? I first realized I couldnt create any mental images when read the classic Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. I basically paused all my projects/work for today. Im happy to hear that you kept at it and that youre making progress. 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? I will done comment here after several months and i will write why you save my life, thanks.. :), Oh my i was too greedy here, after 1 month and 20 days i still have much moments when i almost have not visualisation skill, so annoying. How would one know if they had a strength or weakness in mental rotation before a mental image could be conjured up., Thanks for your reply though on my last question as I am a troubleshooter by nature and I always am interested in information that could better help with these things. This is the 3rd day and was terrible (~8 hours of training). Describe it all as if youd have it right in front of you. Think about it for a moment: How important is it to you to acquire this skill? In any case, this inability to visualize has recently been dubbed aphantasia by scientists, and has been receiving a lot of press recently. Hopefully these exercises will work. Not much change since last time. I also see colors when meditating. Visualize twice daily for a total of 10 minutes. Learning to walk seems like an apt analogy. I think of it as a gift; it keeps me more down to earth and realistic, and better at solving problems. Like I said, I have yet to hear from anyone whose mental imagery turned on all of a sudden from doing exercises like this. There are fun water features, plenty of I would stick to what youve already got and level it up by deepening your sessions. Wish me luck! But myself, I actually never watch the videos. That said, listening to guided meditations of walking through a forest or putting my hand in a cool stream I cant seem to visualize either. I look at the flame (actually its a youtube video of a candle lol) for a while and when I close my eyes it seems theres an after image that fades almost instantly. Personally, I started rehearsing my future goals with their associated actions finally in vivid detail and clarity. When I was younger I was always able to see mental images when I closed my eyes, after a while I couldnt sleep anymore because I would just see skeletons etc when trying to sleep (this was scary as an 8 year old). How do you meditate with aphantasia? Thank you. Dear Alex, Thank you for leaving your comment here! The only way to be sure you have aphantasia would be to see a neurologist and potentially get fMRI brain imaging done, to look at whats happening in your brain when you try to visualize, Swart explains. That is my goal. Yet I doubt that youll be able to control your mental images 100% at all times which is probably a natural mechanism of our subconscious minds. To only issue: I have to be deeply relaxed (thats why I meditate 1h in the evening first 30 minutes I use to get that relaxed state and the other 30 minutes to have as many flashes as I can more than 10, on average). View of the brain from behind. 2. This exercise will help you imagine details of your images. With your eyes locked intently on the scene, click your brains camera shutter by blinking your eyes once at half speed. He wants to paint it for you but relies on your observations alone. Aphantasia is a spectrum, like autism is a spectrum. Write It Down, Make It Happen: Knowing What You Want And Getting It Henriette Anne Klauser, Thank you for your kind reply, Marko. Its actually difficult with flame of the candle. The keys are persistence and regular exercises. I did it for 30 minutes a day for weeks. Please test working with emotional, meaningful photos, and landscape photos. Also, I have incredibly vivid dreams that I can recall even from childhood. Im sure, youre here because you cant visualize. You may want to test for yourself much much is good for you. Its true. I could swear is real. :) Top 3 Books on Sports Visualization and Mental 7 Benefits of Visualization Ignored by Unimaginative People, Minds Eye Training Exercise Bedtime Routine, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF7mOqHpBkM, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du3MQPwoUkw, http://www.worqx.com/color/after_image.htm. OK, after 2 months 15 days, i added into main training relax. Its most effective in the moments you wake and the moments just before you go to sleep. Like a nameplate or some decoration? Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. I try to get back to it, but its almost like being in a dream where I find Im powerless to take control. 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? The color of these shapes is a little bit greenish but mostly white/light. Run your fingertips over surfaces, squeeze things, stomp your foot onto the ground, dig your nose into objects, etc. 1) Okay, youre already able to produce images. I tell you after i get more progress, but for me very important is that this exercises to see any changes can take more than just 1 month, before when i stop train imagination after 1 month, i dont saw any progres and stop with thinking i will never done that. Then create a vision board (either a real one, or online) and give it a prominent I couldnt see anything either, but I tried to describe what I remembered until I was just repeating myself, then looked again. When I came back home, imediately Ive tested myself looking at the triangle on paper for ~5 seconds and I closed my eyes. Color doesnt really matter, because youll have to repeat the exercise with all primary colors anyway. Hello Marko i used to try those exercises for like a month but uncostantly and then i stopped because of boredom.. 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. Yo I wanted to suggest working with an eye mask. Despite all this, Ive made no real progress in the last 4 months or so. If, I am a guitar player, programmer and designer. Perhaps the prehensile toes on the feet can do it? Omg i wrote that long comment inside message, this is the proof of my brain degeneration by hashimoto xddddd 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. Or just when i visualize consciously? Contrary to your belief, aphantasia is a real thing. And once again, thank you to Dorin for your progress reports. That was my mistake, for years I shut off all mental imagery because I didnt want to see the bad images and ended up not seeing any images at all. 2. I am going to give these exercises a go. Marko, after one week practice with candle and shapes I finally started seeing after image. Hello, I am on my fourth day of this. Despite the difficulty of practicing this elusive and intangible ability youre driven by a burning desire to make this happen! Ihav been doing this for two years still no images in my mind, Sorry to hear Ed. I also kind of fly over imaginary cities. Watch Mike Cammalleri, Ice-Hockey pro, visualizing with open eyes here. I also see whatever else is in my field of vision. After some lines and paragraphs close your eyes and try to picture whatever you have just read. Many people strain their eyes when trying to visualize. Suffice to say I was disappointed when I woke up :(. You know, i was also stuck in that question, i was feeling lost too, but here's the information i got, after studying about it 1: calm your mind an 1) Learn to use your senses more consciously. When you listen to Marks hypnosis audio (its 30:50 min. Yeah, the swirling/cascading stuff is strange try image streaming on them (record with your phone) and listen later. It helps keep me motivated. About two weeks ago, I realized for the first time in my life that people arent just speaking figuratively when they say, Picture this. After a little bit of research and a lot of reading about aphantasia, I was convinced that there was no way for me to develop this skill. But I know from many women in my manifesting community that they have a problem with this. 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 seems to be a rare case to lose your ability to visualize completely. Now after 1 month and 6 days i see little better pictures and when i hear song my mind alone visualise moments from music video, i did not have that before. Heres one of my favortie videos. Thanks again for your website. You should use different shapes for every practice session. or i need to practise on other exercises (like seeing an image and reproduing it in mind, etc) to master this skilll? Are the only shapes distinguishable after a full month of training. Conclusion: there is a massive change after 7 days only (5 hours of practice, daily, on average). 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