Greetings Sharon: I am aphantasic and 63 years old, and my aphant sister is 66.  I also have a hyperphantasic sister who is 68.  We always thought that "mind's eye" was a metaphor, until I discovered the VVIQ research about 10 years ago. My oldest sister reads 700-800 wpm, while we aphants process reading by internal vocalization and are limited to 200-250 wpm.  We just thought we were stupid. Another odd thing about we, aphants, is we both received tetracycline as children and are victims of tetracycline staining of our adult teeth.  You are in the age range where you may have experinced that, too.  Did you? Welcome to the forum, and I hope you discover useful things. Warmest regards,Rich

Hi, I also just discovered this about myself.  It is so strange to hear people all your life say "visualize" something and they really were expecting you to. I bet I would have read more books when I was younger if I could have imagined visually the characters and scenery.