I have bipolar disorder 1 with psychosis. I definitely have aphantasia, but my question is what is the difference between a hallucination and a visualization? The only time I see things in my mind’s eye, open or closed, is when I’m seeing things that aren’t there. So if somebody without mental illness sees something that obviously isn’t there what is the difference. I guess this question is more for the people who project their visualizations. I suppose the difference is being able to separate the physical world from the mental world? I’m definitely overthinking it, but just curious what ya’ll think. Seems a little paradoxical. Visualizers are definitely seeing something that isn’t there but they’re not crazy, so… what defines a hallucination then? Not sure if this question makes sense.