Discovering Aphantasia, Hidden Superpowers & A Story of Manifestation

Hello and welcome to another episode of Aphantasia Experiments. Thank you so much for joining me. I'm so excited to have you here. This is hopefully going to be a really quick episode. I just have a couple things I want to share. One thing's aphantasia related and one thing's a story about manifestation.

So. First thing. Aphantasia. So when I discovered I had aphantasia, first of all, I found out because I was doing a test online to see how powerful my third eye was or something like that. It was like a psychic ability test. I thought, but it wasn't. It was just to see if I could visualize this. And that's how I found out I had aphantasia.

Like, I forget what the title of the equation was, but in my head, it was about psychic abilities. I don't know where my head was at, but I was always like, I got psychology, psychic abilities, I'm going to rock this test. And then it was all about like picture a horse. And I was like, what the, what the hell? So that's how I found out I had aphantasia.

And after that, it was like, I had a couple moments in my life where I kind of get like this weird tunnel vision. Like, I don't know. It's a weird thing where like the whole world kind of caves in and it's like the only thing you can think about. And that happens, that's happened to me when a couple of people have died. And then in this moment, so I was like, weird. I was like, holy shit. Everything is not what it's what it seems. Everyone's brain works differently than me.

Like I'm reading, how it only affects a certain amount of people and I'm like, holy crap, how have I worked my entire life designing, being extremely creative, and not having any sort of inner visuals? Like, it just felt like, I felt like I was shot in the heart and soul and brain all at once. I don't know. It was a weird feeling. And then I was like, from that moment on it, it was like a journey of self-discovery and like learning why.

Learning I still don't fully understand. And I do, I feel like I have a better understanding of the why. But I also feel like part of being on this earth is continuously learning that why, right? So.. I always think about that moment in how scary it was and how hard it was and how, over the last few years, I've discovered so much about myself and how I'm a really cool person. And I love myself. Like I've really dove deep into me, gotten to know me, and I've gotten to know my own superpowers. I've learned so much about the brain.

Anyway, so, where am I going with this, Robin? Get to the point. I wanted to develop something something different for people with aphantasia that would kind of like show them, okay, yeah, you might not be able to visualize, but guess what? You also have heightened abilities here kind of thing.

So, for me, like I have heightened intuition. I have like the ability to make connections really, really quickly. I like, see synchronicities, be open to people. There's like a lot of different things. And my husband, who also has aphantasia, were very, very different. So I feel like we all have different superpowers.

So I took like a whole brain approach and I developed a quiz for people with aphantasia. I mean, you can do it if you don't have aphantasia because there's questions about visualization and stuff in there. And it'll spew out your results at the end to help you kind of see where your strengths are so you can better show up in the world for yourself or others and understand your true gifts, Chris.

It's important to know that where you lack, you often excel somewhere else, right? And when you get, you know, harping on all the lack, it sometimes diminishes your, your, your good qualityalities. Like you, you ignore them and you, you, you don't play into them. You don't live like an alignment because you're only thinking about what you don't have instead of what you do, right? It's like, it's a gratitude thing.

Anyway, so what I suggest, what I suggest. This is what I did. I made a quiz. If you want to try it, I suggest, you go to my website. It's free. It's AphantasiaExperiments.com. It's on right on the main webpage. You just scroll down a bit. It's right there.. Like, maybe I'll redesign my website at one point and it won't be there. But I'll leave it on my website somewhere. I'll put like a quiz button.

I believe this quiz will constantly evolve because I keep reading and I keep learning. And the more I discover, the more I want to like add to this. But I feel like I gives a good kind of gauge of our brain and our incredible gifts that we have and that you might not be aware that you do have. So, uh check it out. F&D Experiments.com. It's free again. Not asking for anything. I really just like care.

This is that like, I started this podcast, like I needed to. It was like being guided, being pushed to do this. I've always had this like weird feeling, what, what's going to come of this? What am I I doing this for? Like, I have a bunch of like business ideas, whatnot. But the main thing is, like, I want to help people understand that they're more than inability to do something, you know? and acantasia is just like that. It's that stepping, it's that, like finding out I had Aantasia was that moment that like made me discover so much more about myself that I want that to be for you, that I want to help you with that, you know?

I don't want it to be like, oh, crap. Well, I suck. blah, blah, blah. I don't know. And really, Where am I going with this? I'm here. I have no idea what I'm doing. I'm just learning and growing and sharing what I learn and grow with you guys. That's all I love people. I love meeting people. I love connecting with people. I love figuring out like all this connectionsnections that, connect us.

How many times can I say connection? Connect, connect, Connect, connectction, connect for, connect. Yeah, connection. Like, I love, I love making connections. I like, Anyways. That's my advantasia bit. You get flap, that. I just walked into a thing of bugs. Oh, my God, that was so gross. Oh, my gersh. That was disgusting. Oof. Okay, well, anyway, all you wanted to hear about was appentasia. Smell you, you can go now.

This is where I get into story time. I tell a quick little, quick little story about manifesting. Because I believe in manifesting, but I also believe that, like, we're given what our soul kind of needs, right? And if you want to manifest a $300 million house, we're going to live and not learn anything and not grow. Like, what is that? Why? Why would the universe provide that for you? Right?

So when you're manifesting, you kind of always have to ask for, ask for what you want, but then ask for like, if if this is't right for me, like provide something better, you know? And when you're asking for something, have the intention behind it, why? Like, what's the intention? Like, what is the heart intention has to be like, there has to be like a purpose behind it, not just like, I want something, give me, give me, you know?

So, um, my best friend and I, one of my best friends, I have lots of best friends. I like, I love the term best friend because I feel like every one of my friends is my best friend. I love everyone. Anyways. like I always tell my kids, None of you are my favourite. Like, my heart is like, always expanding. So, I always have love, and you're all amazing.

Um. My dear best friend, Sarah, woke you her last name. I shouldn't have even just said her first name, but she moved away a few years ago and I had this feeling when she moved away. I was like, ah, she's not really moving away. Like, it's so weird feeling. Anyway, so she moved away, like two hours away. Well, we kept in contact through voice notes.

So, um, my dear best friend, Sarah, moved away a few years ago and I had this feeling when she moved away. I was like, ah, she's not really moving away. Like, it’s such a weird feeling. Anyway, so she moved away, like two hours away. Well, we kept in contact through voice notes. We just kept talking and talking and talking.

And one day, this is a terrible story about—I was walking, so my neighbour had some issues and had some health problems. One day, I was going for a walk with my dog and there was a police outside of my neighbor's house. And long story short, he had passed away in the house. But I—there was a moment when I was walking down my street. So I went for a walk to deliver my daughter's EpiPen at the school.

And as I was walking back, the ambulance and fire truck were leaving by my street. And as I was walking down my street, like only the police was there. And so it was like I knew. I knew that they got into the house and I knew they had found his body. Like, I knew the guy, and like, we weren't close, but I just… it's so—I don't know. I just felt a lot of things.

But as I was walking down the street, there was like this ripple in my street. And maybe it was a heat wave, I don't know, whatever it was, but I almost felt like my knees kind of collapsed within me. Like I was mourning something, but also like understanding that something huge was about to happen. I don’t know how to explain it. So, such a weird, like, almost like a time warp happening.

Okay, so I'm walking in the street. I remember this because now every time I walk down my street at this angle, I kind of have this weird feeling, like a déjà vu. Anyway, so I get down the street, I talk to the police, they tell me they found him, blah, blah, blah. I say, okay, I'll get the numbers you need to call, whatever, because we had—he had had a couple seizures on the road before. So I had been like, our neighbourhood, we all know each other and we, we like gathered his information so we could call people.

So I went to get that stuff from my other neighbour. It’s like it's a community, right? This was a single guy. He didn't have anybody and we all kind of watched out for him. Felt sad. Anyway. So I get this stuff. And, anyways, and then I'm telling my friend about it, the one who lives far away, and I'm just sharing and sharing and sharing. Like, you know how you word vomit. I'm an over-sharer. Like, I share too much.

And I'm like, oh my God, Sarah, you should move in. Like, it was like a word vomit. Like I was like, Sarah, you should buy the house. Because we have a really nice street. We like—it's just like, no traffic, and it's just the kids playing in the street. It's just the best vibe.

And so I was like, she moved away. She had no even thought of coming back, not even a little bit at the time. And this word vomit came out like, “You guys should buy it.” And she, like, responded, like, “I've never wanted to come back to our town… unless it was to live on your street because I love your street so much.”

And it was like in that moment, like everything was like, oh, okay. Well, that got the conversation going. And so long story short, we were manifesting and she was manifesting. We were both putting that energy to the universe because we were like, it would be so good for the kids. It would be so good for us, like that vibe. We know we have the intentions there. Everything's there.

It was so like, yes, yes, yes. Everything was going in the right direction. Once—like everything. And God throwing… I met the brother-in-law, the brother started, and we were in talks. They were in talks with their realtors. And then everything fell through. And it was like, wah, wah, wah, wah.

And, but that had—that conversation, like that whole, everything that, like that, the whole chain of events got them thinking, hey, we actually do want to go move back to be closer to her parents and, and blah, blah, blah. So they ended up still selling their house in the place that they had assumed was going to be their forever place, all because I like word-vomited, right?

And they ended up moving a couple blocks away in the energy of us. And now my son and her son were in the same class last year. Started off great, not great after like week one. And I was thinking, holy crap, what would have happened if they lived across the street from us. That would have sucked.

And we went through like a lot of ups and downs last year with our kids. And yeah, it was like, I kept thinking, like, maybe the universe was right. Like, maybe, maybe that's not what it was right for them. But then I have, what else?? Two doors down from us, not directly across from us.

And my husband and I being like, knows the neighbours. We went to see it, and I was like, this is like, this would have been perfect for Sarah and family. And my husband's like, well, too bad they bought blah, blah, blah. And I was like, yeah, well, I'm going to just text her to tell her to come to the open house.

And she went, and right away they were like, they were like, damn it, that's the house we wanted. Like, this is that house.

So, I'm like, I'm just going to text her. And did I say that already? Shut down? Oh God. I'm not good at editing on the spot while I walk. Sorry, guys. If I said that already…

So, they go and check the house out. This is going to be a ridiculous podcast. I go and check the house out. And her husband, after her, is like, damn it. They're like, oh, like I love it. And I'm just so discouraged. Because you—all the seeds involved in like moving. You can't move probably like, within a year. And we're just going to lose so much money.

And, anyways, I'm like, just have a topic you. All right. Gotcha. That's that. I stopped your don't... This is the universe. It's… I mess up my podcast. Like, they're trying to get you to pay attention, right? Pay attention. This is a big moment.

Anyways, I said, just have a conversation. Have the conversation if you read our seed what'd they say. And so they did. And anyways, my friend was like so great to me because I was like, I didn't really want to know about it, what was happening, because she likes to keep things real secretive about real estate. And she was like, I just not can tell you, Aiden.

So it was like, they ended up buying the house two doors down from us and hadn’t even valued it. Anyways, now they're—my son and her son are like best friends again. But like, it's—it's two doors down is so much better than across the street.

And I can't tell you, like, it was like, it wasn't the right time last year. Her son had to acclimate back into the school. My son had to deal with, like, a lot of stressors in his life. It's the perfect time now. Now they play sports together, like his friends, Fletcher's friends, her son's friends, like their friends have merged together. I can see this like, forever friendship growing now. Or as if it happened a year ago, it just wouldn't have, you know, worked out.

So… I think about that, and I, like, I don't know, like, I always knew she was going to be closer. And, like that, like, ever since she moved, there was like this knowingness of like, she was going to come back. And even when she moved, you know, a couple blocks away, I was like, this is not, not it, you know?

Like, our dogs are sisters. Like, we're, you know, connected anyways. So I just wanted to share that because sometimes you manifest something and you think it's like, oh, you failed, or… and it just comes in a different way. Or like the universe provides you something that you didn't know you needed and you needed it, you know?

Anyways, I just want to share that. Uh, yeah, and go ahead and take the quiz on my site. AphantasiaExperiments.com. Take care and have a wonderful weekend.

The weekend, I think today's Friday. Yep, Friday. Obviously, you could listen to this on a Monday or Tuesday. Possibly a Wednesday. Depends when you listen. Whatever day it is, enjoy your day. And have a great weekend whenever it's the weekend for you.

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