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.

With that said, here’s a couple of parting tips to help you on your visualization journey!

1. Pack as many senses into your visualizations as possible.
2. Try practicing with your eyes closed and open.
3. Be mindful and pay attention to the sensory information you take in during your everyday life.

How to Visualize Clearly: 7 Tips For Success

1. Don’t Stop At The “Visual” Far too many people think that “visualization” is about seeing clear pictures in their minds.
2. Have a Written Vision Statement.
3. Mind Map Your Vision.
4. Create a Treasure Map.
5. Do a Visualization Meditation.
6. Journal Daily.
7. Plan Your Action Steps.

It’s still not clear if people with aphantasia can improve their ability to make voluntary mental pictures. The best treatment options have also not been established yet. In a 2017 case study, researchers examined a 31-year-old who had aphantasia since birth.

How common/rare is Aphantasia? Aphantasia is not very common, and it is believed that only about 1 to 3 percent of people have aphantasia, however, there are also some neurologists who believe that approximately 1 in 50 people or 2- 5% of the population are non-visual imagers.

Close your eyes, try to imagine and “see” a tomato in your head, in your mind’s eye. If you can see anything at all, even dark shapes, you do not have Aphantasia. If you see complete darkness, the void as I like to call it, then you have Aphantasia.

VVIQ, the Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire (VVIQ), measures the vividness of your visual imagination. It is proven to be an accurate test of the vividness for which you can imagine people, objects, or settings in your mind. But how did it become the most widely-used test for aphantasia?

People with Aphantasia do dream; but our dreams may be different than more visual dreamers and can even vary within the Aphantasia community. Some people dream visually but are unable to do so while awake. Others dream with the knowledge their doing something or experiencing something, but without a visual element.

Many people have had aphantasia since birth, but others have acquired it following a brain injury, or sometimes after periods of depression or psychosis. Some individuals don’t dream in images, like Zeman’s first patient, but others can, even though they are unable to visualise while they’re awake.

In a nutshell, your shyness or social anxiety stop you from living the life you want, which causes you to get stuck in your head, which just makes it harder to overcome your shyness or anxiety.

Method 2 of 3: Improving Your Focus and Concentration

1. Change up your routine. You may be most likely to fantasize when doing mindless tasks, like washing the dishes.
2. Redirect your attention when your mind wanders.
3. Practice mindfulness meditation.
4. Take breaks between activities.
5. Avoid multitasking.
6. Get enough sleep.

Fantasy prone personality (FPP) is a disposition or personality trait in which a person experiences a lifelong extensive and deep involvement in fantasy. This disposition is an attempt, at least in part, to better describe “overactive imagination” or “living in a dream world”.

Fantasy and pretending are not wrong in momentary useage, but in prolong use are potentially harmful to your mental state and overall well being. Fantasy and pretending are not wrong in momentary useage, but in prolong use are potentially harmful to your mental state and overall well being.

Escapism is mental diversion from unpleasant or boring aspects of daily life, typically through activities involving imagination or entertainment. Escapism may be used to occupy one’s self away from persistent feelings of depression or general sadness.

Paracosms are thought generally to originate in childhood and to have one or numerous creators. The creator of a paracosm has a complex and deeply felt relationship with this subjective universe, which may incorporate real-world or imaginary characters and conventions.

Most of what we know about paracosms comes from writers who described the worlds they created when they were children. But in a paper forthcoming in the journal Child Development, Prof. Taylor shows that paracosms aren’t just the province of budding novelists. Instead, they are a surprisingly common part of childhood.

Most daydreams are self-soothing and for sexual arousal. In addition to some of these aspects, fantasies have to do with future goals and dreams. That is why fantasy is so crucial to how we lead our lives. We are really infused by our fantasies, they can help establish goals and provide motivation to strive for them.

What Is Schizotypal Personality Disorder? Schizotypal personality disorder is one of a group of conditions informally called “eccentric” personality disorders. People who have these disorders often seem odd or peculiar to others. They also may show unusual thinking patterns and behaviors.

Schizophrenia involves a range of problems with thinking (cognition), behavior and emotions. Signs and symptoms may vary, but usually involve delusions, hallucinations or disorganized speech, and reflect an impaired ability to function.