Overcoming Obstacles: I didn't know everyone else had these superpowers with government scientist, David Payne

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Secret Life of a Graduate Student

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Megan interviews newly minted government scientist David Payne about his undocumented condition called aphantasia. David didn't know until after graduating from his PhD that he didn't have a mind's eye. It was like discovering that everyone else had superpowers. He talks about how he found ways to subconsciously cope with his differences, and how post-PhD the effort to cope is much more mindful.