I'm new to the community so I apologize if this overlaps another discussion!
Growing up I have always grappled with body dysmorphia — the image of my body has never existed as one thing to me and I have alwasy struggled with "seeing" myself as I really am or as others see me. I tend to have vastly different ideas of what my body looks like day to day, mood by mood. It varies from surprising myself with how good I look in a mirror to actively avoiding reflections because it looks like a stranger staring back I am realizing as I age that my aphantasia and consequential inability to visualize myself likely exacerbates my experience of dysmorphia.
Is this something others in the aphantasia community can relate to?
Do you think aphants have a different relationship with oursevles and our physical bodies compared to those who can close their eyes and see themselves clearly?
