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neilContributor
I have trouble imagining object in my mind.
when picture a cat or dog or person, it immediately flade into darkness.
i remember before illness i had good imagine skill and i remember oject very good.
is there any way to get it back? who do i see?
has this happen to you?
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TheVorticonSenior Contributor
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
I think it is a very important point. @neil
I am not a strongly visual person and have to work at it. SOmetimes in a meditation I do visualise things or places or people to help settle and calm me down.
There is also a similar thing in the audible sense. It is a fairly new concept called audiation, but it is about imagining sound and music. It is a skill that can be practised and I often deliberately do that.
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neilContributor
nice idea @TheVorticon. i have try that before, the image flades after few seconds. however i think i have try many time. practice daily.
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neilContributor
Appleblossom, do recall the memory of sound, rather than imagine sound and music. ?
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