Thank you Charles, I think your experience is similar to mine (except for dyslexia/bad spelling) and I agree with your approach on this. I just realized I have had aphantasia all my life, but I prefer to think of it as an inability and a superpower, not a disability. Just think, you and I can't do what most other people can (visualize images), but instead of considering it that way, I try to instead highlight all of the benefits I gain. Without being burdened by an abundance of imagery, I am more freely able to make abstract connections and categorize information. Instead of feeling like I cannot do what others can, I am realizing more and more ways that almost noone can do what I can.

I am coming around to the idea that 'aphantasia' is another word for illusionism. I was part of a PhD's study group testing tendency to perceive illusions and was one of a small group who do not perceive even the most commonly accepted illusions. In other words we see things as they truly are. I am also a published writer and now wish I had never heard of aphantasia asit now seems to be regarded as some form of mental deficiency rather than just plain different with benefits.

Thank you Charles, I think your experience is similar to mine (except for dyslexia/bad spelling) and I agree with your approach on this. I just realized I have had aphantasia all my life, but I prefer to think of it as an inability and a superpower, not a disability. Just think, you and I can't do what most other people can (visualize images), but instead of considering it that way, I try to instead highlight all of the benefits I gain. Without being burdened by an abundance of imagery, I am more freely able to make abstract connections and categorize information. Instead of feeling like I cannot do what others can, I am realizing more and more ways that almost noone can do what I can.

I am coming around to the idea that 'aphantasia' is another word for illusionism. I was part of a PhD's study group testing tendency to perceive illusions and was one of a small group who do not perceive even the most commonly accepted illusions. In other words we see things as they truly are. I am also a published writer and now wish I had never heard of aphantasia asit now seems to be regarded as some form of mental deficiency rather than just plain different with benefits.