I kind of lost the habit of reading books in recent years, but would like to read a bit more. I saw this post and thought you guys might have some thoughts to share!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/99587

As someone with Aphantasia it can be a bit of a challenge to get into a book. Unlike that post about staring at paper and hallucinating, they really are just words on a page for me. Despite this, I’ve still managed to maintain my love of reading throughout my life, but I won’t lie, it can be very difficult to choose a book over other mediums of entertainment at times. Does anyone else go through this as well? What do you do to help engross yourself in a story when there isn’t a mental movie to pull you in?

  • Coolbootyjames@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Hey that’s me!

    It’s definitely a struggle, I just got into a big conversation with my partner trying to communicate what it’s like. We decided it was somewhat futile in the end, like describing colours to a blind person