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▲ 8 r/ants

Accidentally dropped a piece of orange by accident and noticed there were ants. At first they ignored or would walk up to it before walking away, but after a bit of time one did stop and eat??? some and now there are more checking it out.

I’ve always been told that ants don’t like orange? Is mandarin orange sweeter or smth?

Also side note, I saw one that was HUGE. Like a third or half of the orange big and was wondering if they were from the same colony or not?

u/Background-Use-5346 — 10 days ago
▲ 7 r/CureAphantasia

Some background: I have full visual aphantasia. Cannot picture anything, but, I have a very strong internal monologue. Around a year ago I discovered this subreddit and read some posts, tried some stuff, left, and now… I’m back, within this last couple months and have only been mildly trying exercises

In previous attempts of doing the exercises I felt as if I wasn’t getting any. Except for once in a while where I would stare at an object for too long and see the after image of it behind my eye lids.

Today though, I had an experience that I think might be the beginnings of visualization behind the eyelids. I’m at work, not needed, so I was taking a sit down and letting my mind wander. I think I may have accidentally meditated. I hadn’t really been staring at this object very intensely, it was kinda just in the corner of my field of view. I then closed my eyes and at first it was normal, nothing. But then after a beat I got a faint picture perfect version of the object that was in front of me, then faded.

The reason I don’t think it’s an after image is because I would sometimes stare at the object longer and it wouldn’t show up. And when my internal monologue got interested, it seemed to have stopped showing up as well. It also felt different from an after image. Instead of being behind my eyes immediately upon closing them. It would be dark and then after a second it would show up.

Anyways, this is a long winded way of asking if anyone can relate or has any comments on if that was or wasn’t visualization.

Thanks!

TLDR: what I thought was an after image at first might actually be the beginning of visualization. Because it wasn’t behind my eyes immediately and wasn’t consistent

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u/Background-Use-5346 — 19 days ago