I don’t often feel pain. But when I do, I usually find it hard to pinpoint exactly where it hurts, and I need to try and use my hand to prick and push until I find the correct location. And I’m not always successful.
I think maybe this process requires visualizing the inside of the body or inner parts?
Proprioception which is our bodies awareness of it’s own position in space is separate from mental visualization, this would be spatial visualization not directly related to aphantasia.
People don’t have many pain receptors in their body so what your’e describing is something that virtually anyone would have issues with.
This would be related to proprioception which we don’t seem to have any particular deficit of at least not according to any study I’ve seen so I don’t believe a connection here is likely.
Also given my back issues I assure you I know EXACTLY where it hurts 🙂
