Mark C. Amos
@amos-family.com
Long distance hiker, reader, author, progressive, antifascist, atheist, husband.
Boomer. Straight but not narrow...
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I’m the same way (aphantasia and SDAM)
It was a real eye-opener when I found out - a lot of odd conversations became clearer…
It was a real eye-opener when I found out - a lot of odd conversations became clearer…
December 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I’m the same way (aphantasia and SDAM)
It was a real eye-opener when I found out - a lot of odd conversations became clearer…
It was a real eye-opener when I found out - a lot of odd conversations became clearer…
I'm the same way. I do long distance hikes every year and take lots of pictures. Every day, I post the pictures of the day with a written essay about the day, what I learned and what I saw. It's the only way I have to remember these hikes...
December 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I'm the same way. I do long distance hikes every year and take lots of pictures. Every day, I post the pictures of the day with a written essay about the day, what I learned and what I saw. It's the only way I have to remember these hikes...
I'm aphantasic as well. I had a dual major in college (psychology and philosophy) but ended up with a career in IT. Logic and words get me going.
December 1, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I'm aphantasic as well. I had a dual major in college (psychology and philosophy) but ended up with a career in IT. Logic and words get me going.
It's a bit like how people use their fabricated god to justify and organize their bizarre belief systems.
November 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It's a bit like how people use their fabricated god to justify and organize their bizarre belief systems.
They should all be in the TidyBowl parade…
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
They should all be in the TidyBowl parade…
I think most people are harder on themselves than they deserve.
I know I am…
Sometimes, all you can do is acknowledge the fuckup and try to get through it.
I know I am…
Sometimes, all you can do is acknowledge the fuckup and try to get through it.
November 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I think most people are harder on themselves than they deserve.
I know I am…
Sometimes, all you can do is acknowledge the fuckup and try to get through it.
I know I am…
Sometimes, all you can do is acknowledge the fuckup and try to get through it.
My wife and I have the same dynamic - she’s hyperphantasic and I’m aphantasic.
I have SDAM and she’s hyperthymesiac.
Makes for interesting conversations…
I have SDAM and she’s hyperthymesiac.
Makes for interesting conversations…
November 28, 2025 at 11:06 AM
My wife and I have the same dynamic - she’s hyperphantasic and I’m aphantasic.
I have SDAM and she’s hyperthymesiac.
Makes for interesting conversations…
I have SDAM and she’s hyperthymesiac.
Makes for interesting conversations…
That and apophenia are words that just I learned in the last ten years or so.
I’m aphantasic but I’m actually pretty good at seeing patterns and faces - even when they’re not really there…
I’m aphantasic but I’m actually pretty good at seeing patterns and faces - even when they’re not really there…
November 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
That and apophenia are words that just I learned in the last ten years or so.
I’m aphantasic but I’m actually pretty good at seeing patterns and faces - even when they’re not really there…
I’m aphantasic but I’m actually pretty good at seeing patterns and faces - even when they’re not really there…
I’m in the same boat… I just recently realized that what I thought was a memory from my childhood was actually the memory of a photo from when I was a kid.
I’ve learned to trust my wife’s memory more than my own (she remembers what color her dress was at her fifth birthday party….)
I’ve learned to trust my wife’s memory more than my own (she remembers what color her dress was at her fifth birthday party….)
November 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I’m in the same boat… I just recently realized that what I thought was a memory from my childhood was actually the memory of a photo from when I was a kid.
I’ve learned to trust my wife’s memory more than my own (she remembers what color her dress was at her fifth birthday party….)
I’ve learned to trust my wife’s memory more than my own (she remembers what color her dress was at her fifth birthday party….)
I'm aphantasic and also antifascist.
I have hypothesized that people with aphantasia are likely more critical readers and thinkers, because words are all we have.
We make the most of them by using them critically and purposefully.
I have hypothesized that people with aphantasia are likely more critical readers and thinkers, because words are all we have.
We make the most of them by using them critically and purposefully.
November 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I'm aphantasic and also antifascist.
I have hypothesized that people with aphantasia are likely more critical readers and thinkers, because words are all we have.
We make the most of them by using them critically and purposefully.
I have hypothesized that people with aphantasia are likely more critical readers and thinkers, because words are all we have.
We make the most of them by using them critically and purposefully.
I'm the same way - even typing, i hear the letters as I type them. When I read, I hear the words but don't "see" anything.
Strangely, I can't tell if a word is mis-spelled unless I see it written/typed. Then, it's obvious, but if someone asks me to spell a word aloud, I often mis-spell it...
Strangely, I can't tell if a word is mis-spelled unless I see it written/typed. Then, it's obvious, but if someone asks me to spell a word aloud, I often mis-spell it...
November 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I'm the same way - even typing, i hear the letters as I type them. When I read, I hear the words but don't "see" anything.
Strangely, I can't tell if a word is mis-spelled unless I see it written/typed. Then, it's obvious, but if someone asks me to spell a word aloud, I often mis-spell it...
Strangely, I can't tell if a word is mis-spelled unless I see it written/typed. Then, it's obvious, but if someone asks me to spell a word aloud, I often mis-spell it...
One of the exercises in Drawing on the Left Side of Your Brain has one copying a picture of a person’s face upside down to avoid conscious manipulation of features. Sounds similar…
November 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
One of the exercises in Drawing on the Left Side of Your Brain has one copying a picture of a person’s face upside down to avoid conscious manipulation of features. Sounds similar…
I think it affected my work life/choices. I've always been a high-functioning introvert. So most of my career, I had "individual contributor" jobs - working by myself (deep IT stuff.)
Maintaining relationships with people is def. a weakness. When people are out of sight, they don't exist.
Maintaining relationships with people is def. a weakness. When people are out of sight, they don't exist.
November 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I think it affected my work life/choices. I've always been a high-functioning introvert. So most of my career, I had "individual contributor" jobs - working by myself (deep IT stuff.)
Maintaining relationships with people is def. a weakness. When people are out of sight, they don't exist.
Maintaining relationships with people is def. a weakness. When people are out of sight, they don't exist.
A lot of my childhood "memories" are merely memories of photos that someone took or stories other people told me about my past.
That sort of thing.
That sort of thing.
November 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A lot of my childhood "memories" are merely memories of photos that someone took or stories other people told me about my past.
That sort of thing.
That sort of thing.
Less emotional attachment to the past (not very nostalgic.) I can remember some facts about events of the past, just don't re-live them like normal people. When I plan any kind of work, I use a detailed, task oriented spreadsheet to do it. I can't "imagine" hypothetical or future events....
November 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Less emotional attachment to the past (not very nostalgic.) I can remember some facts about events of the past, just don't re-live them like normal people. When I plan any kind of work, I use a detailed, task oriented spreadsheet to do it. I can't "imagine" hypothetical or future events....
She says she used to think I was hiding things from my past, but when she realized I just didn't actually _have_ many detailed memories, that helped. I think I get over trauma more quickly than most. My friendships are usually relatively short - can't remember shared events...
November 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
She says she used to think I was hiding things from my past, but when she realized I just didn't actually _have_ many detailed memories, that helped. I think I get over trauma more quickly than most. My friendships are usually relatively short - can't remember shared events...
I do that too when I'm hiking. I look at a map every half mile or so and memorize the list of turns (left, right, long left curve, etc.)
November 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I do that too when I'm hiking. I look at a map every half mile or so and memorize the list of turns (left, right, long left curve, etc.)
I take lots of photos on long distance hikes. I keep a daily journal of my hikes with descriptions, how I felt, etc., to go along with the photos.
Helps me "remember" my hikes.
Helps me "remember" my hikes.
November 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I take lots of photos on long distance hikes. I keep a daily journal of my hikes with descriptions, how I felt, etc., to go along with the photos.
Helps me "remember" my hikes.
Helps me "remember" my hikes.
I didn't know I had either of these "conditions" until a couple of years ago. My wife says SDAM explains so much of my behavior.
November 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I didn't know I had either of these "conditions" until a couple of years ago. My wife says SDAM explains so much of my behavior.
Def, only words for me. I can't visualize anything.
November 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Def, only words for me. I can't visualize anything.
I can remember the facts of certain trauma (I can't remember thinking that a book or movie was traumatic.) I don't have any "visceral" connection to memories, good or bad.
November 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I can remember the facts of certain trauma (I can't remember thinking that a book or movie was traumatic.) I don't have any "visceral" connection to memories, good or bad.
I have a similar issue - I have aphantasia and when someone is not in sight, they might as well not exist. Coupled SDAM, my memories are all mostly descriptive data.
Don’t ask me to describe what someone looks like…
Don’t ask me to describe what someone looks like…
November 13, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I have a similar issue - I have aphantasia and when someone is not in sight, they might as well not exist. Coupled SDAM, my memories are all mostly descriptive data.
Don’t ask me to describe what someone looks like…
Don’t ask me to describe what someone looks like…
A couple of years ago I read a book on writing by Stephen King. He said (I think it was him) that one shouldn't spend a lot of time on detailed explanations of what people look like (unless it's important to moving the plot forward.) People can make up what people look like in their own minds...
November 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
A couple of years ago I read a book on writing by Stephen King. He said (I think it was him) that one shouldn't spend a lot of time on detailed explanations of what people look like (unless it's important to moving the plot forward.) People can make up what people look like in their own minds...
I've had some interesting visual experiences with relatively high doses of thc (high for me...) In normal perception, I only see what I see. When I close my eyes, it's just dark... I remember visual hallucinations when I did LSD (50+ years ago.) Still, nothing when I imagine an apple...)
November 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I've had some interesting visual experiences with relatively high doses of thc (high for me...) In normal perception, I only see what I see. When I close my eyes, it's just dark... I remember visual hallucinations when I did LSD (50+ years ago.) Still, nothing when I imagine an apple...)