Aphantasia Is Not an Advantage in Long-Term Abuse
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On the Trauma of Fleshbacks and the Myth of Coping and Defense Mechanisms. It establishes the concept of Panmodal Aphantasia—a total absence of simulated mental representation, including the inner voice (Anendophasia) and auditory recall (Anauralia). Through a longitudinal auto-phenomenological analysis of long-term abuse, it demonstrates that without the mind's representational buffers, trauma is concentrated entirely within the somatic system, transforming the philosophical concept of Cartesian dualism into a lived, physiological torture.
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