Aphantasia and Alexithymia

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I have both of these conditions:

I'm wondering how many other people here have them?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantasia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexithymia

Aphantasic and score moderately high for Alexithymia.

Where did you take that test?

You can do the test here https://www.alexithymia.us/alexithymia- ... nline-test


I have Alexthymia but don't think I have Aphantasia

Well.
I didn't think i had this.
But...

I scored "clinically positive" for Alexithymia on my ASD assessment, as well.

Here's a helpful resource. ^

It is common.

And I got neither of those.

My scores are more to do with emotional vocabulary (low VIQ), sexual disinterest (asexuality), then the atypical emotional processes and preferences then it's interactions with others (just being asocial and autistic) in general than an actual trait I supposed to have along with autism.

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I have something around those lines. My positive emotions are muted in a vast majority of the time. My negative emotions are always amplified, I actually need medication for that. Also they all feel similar; without contextual clues, I won't know what I'm feeling.

I definitely have problems with Aphantasia but I was also born with a rare low vision disorder so that may be some of it. Having both problems is worse than either would be individually. I can look rite at something I can see OK & not realize it's there at 1st.

I think I have problems with Alexithymia as well & according to the quiz I do.

As I've mentioned in other threads before, I have hyperphantasia, which is the complete opposite of aphantasia. However, my visualisation does have its limits. For instance, I usually have to meet with someone at least twice to recall their face in detail. Also, imagining exact numbers tends to destabilise my visual. I can't imagine fifteen boxes because I have a poor number sense. However, if I imagine a non specified number then I have no problem imagining the boxes. As long as I don't try to count them. Two boxes (for example) are fine, but once you go into two-digit numbers, my brain decides to quit. I can't imagine something being a certain number of miles or yards away either, mainly because I don't understand measurements all that well.

Regardless, I find aphantasia to be fascinating though, I'm especially interested to learn about artists and designers who have it. Personally, when I'm brainstorming ideas images flick through my mind as I speculate on what I could do for my projects.

Sometimes at the strangest of times. I was once stuck for an idea, so I gave up for a while. Then, when I was making a pizza and was only partly thinking about the project, I suddenly found myself struck with visual concepts. Everything started to flow together, so I quickly got a notebook, jotted a few notes down and very quick draft sketches of the images that had just flicked through my mind. Nothing impressive, but just enough to capture the general idea so I could get back to it once I'd finished making and eating the pizza.

Well...
I got a 115 on the Alexithymia test. I would consider that a yes.

I already knew I had Aphantasia.

Then, as someone else mentioned I might as well add that I am aromantic and asexual.