Aphantasia Experiments

Hi, Im Robin.

Author: Robin Caitlin

Hi, Im Robin. I began this podcast exploring life with aphantasiathe absence of a minds eyebut the journey has expanded far beyond that. What started as an attempt to fix myself became an exploration into creativity, consciousness, and the hidden ways we experience the world. Along the way, Ive uncovered connections between aphantasia, emotional intelligence, psychic abilities, and intuition. Even without inner pictures, there are other ways of knowing: heightened senses, deep inner guidance, synchronicities, and a kind of embodied wisdom that goes beyond imagination. This podcast is about following those threadsthrough personal experiments, spiritual practices, and big, curious questions. From resilience to intuition, from psychic exploration to everyday emotional intelligence, I share what I learn in real time, with the hope it sparks something in you too. If youve ever wondered how our minds, hearts, and spirits connect, or if youve felt theres more beneath the surface of everyday life, youll find a home here.
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Aphantasia, Brain Mapping, Trauma, MS, and Sound Healing: Unexpected Connections Between Two ‘Unrelated’ Books
Episode 58
Monday, 22 June, 2026

In this episode of Aphantasia Experiments, we look at how two seemingly unrelated books collide in the same place: the human brain, trauma, and consciousness. First, we dig into The Mind Mappers: Friendship, Betrayal, and the Obsessive Quest to Chart the Brain by Carl Zimmer (about Wilder Penfield, William Cone, early neurosurgery in Montreal, and the birth of modern brain mapping), reflecting on how recent our understanding of brain regions, memory, speech, and consciousness really is. Then we jump to Christina Applegate’s memoir You with the Sad Eyes, exploring her experiences with childhood trauma, breast cancer, dense breast tissue, MS (multiple sclerosis), and the mind–body connection, including visualization, spirituality, and self-healing practices.Across these two very different books, we draw connections between:Aphantasia, non-visual memory, apraxia, and neurodiversityTrauma, chronic illness, MS, and possible links to the nervous systemSound healing, meditation, and somatic/spiritual approaches to healingThe huge gaps in neuroscience, neurology, and standard medical careThe privilege and potential of repeated brain scans and self-experimentationIf you’re interested in aphantasia, brain mapping, trauma, MS, consciousness, alternative healing, and how personal stories and “random” reads can illuminate the limits and possibilities of the human brain, this episode is for you.