The Simple Test You Can Try To See If You Have Aphantasia

TikToker @sweetbabyjosi, who creates short videos about her experiences living with aphantasia, shared a quick and easy test to see if you might have the condition. She recommends first closing your eyes and then picturing an apple, a familiar object that most can easily visualize. The TikTok creator explains that many people don't even need to close their eyes to "see" an apple in their mind. However, those with aphantasia can't visualize an apple — instead, they only see mental darkness.

@sweetbabyjosi says in her TikTok video that people with the condition may finally, after some struggle, be able to visualize an apple, but MindBodyGreen clarifies this, explaining that even being able to see an outline or vague image of an apple indicates that you likely don't have aphantasia. And likewise, only seeing black when you try to picture an object in your mind's eye doesn't automatically guarantee that you have the condition.