Bex Thornton

@MPSNorthActon please will you think about the wording you choose? Thanks for the good work.

@MPSNorthActon .@MPSNorthActon is this 'lady who might be desperate' (beggar - dehumanizing word - do we even use it in modern parlance anymore?) doing anything particularly unsafe? Or at least any more unsafe than the drug dealing/ burglary that is rife in the area?

(3/3) A beggar along the A40 was issued with a CPN today, this is the second time this beggar has been caught in the area. If she is seen begging again within the Ealing area she will be liable to being arrested. #acton #ealing #snt #communitypolicing #saferlondon #begging

@DrMahim 🥲

@tomebeyer Can I dm you?

@bext_words Tell me more! Did you always have aphantasia? What did you do to regain imagery? What's it like, experiencing both states?

Many people email me looking for a cure to their #aphantasia. I am sympathetic to idea. For a long time I believed it would be the thing that improved my life.  My perspective fully changed when I came to understand two core ideas about mental imagery: 1. Mental imagery is not necessarily what I thought it was from the non-visualizer perspective. It’s not like a computer screen you have full control over. It can be driven involuntarily, and has a very wide range of phenomenology. When I wanted a cure, did I want perfect, crystal clear imagery? What if it was very blurry and hard to see; would I want that? Did I want movement and holding power? Or only quick static flashes like some experience? Did I want to see it internally in the back of my mind or projected into the space around me? It’s easy to romanticize and want something you don’t have, but the lingering thought in my mind is “be careful what you wish for”. There’s so much more to the imagery experience than seeing be not seeing images 2. The desire for a cure presupposes that aphantasia doesn’t have its own unique strengths and advantages that are worth preserving. I am now certain beyond a doubt there are advantages to this way of thinking, and since there is no known cure, best to identify those strengths within us and allow them to flourish. The reality is that human society needs a diversity of talents, skills and perspectives.