r/askpsychology • u/not_a_gun • 19h ago
How are these things related? Does aphantasia change how a person is affected by visual trauma?
Had a thought the other day when listening to a couple different songs about accidentally seeing horrible videos in the early internet days. I also grew up in that age of the internet and saw stuff like beheading videos but I don't ever find myself that affected by it. I also have mild aphantasia and can only visualize things in vague, black and white, still images so I was wondering if those things are related. I can kind of picture the general framing of the videos I saw but definitely no detail and its not "burned in my mind" in any way. Anyone know of any studies related to this? Or anecdotal evidence. Thanks!
(If anyone is curious, the songs were I've Seen Footage by Death Grips and Infohazard by Ninajirachi.)