I’m 71 years old and realized 2 days ago after reading an article that I have hypophantasia. I’ve been very involved in meditation since I was 18 but have always been extremely frustrated by the fact that visualization was extraordinarily difficult, impossible most of the time. Aside from my frustration with visualization during meditation I don’t think it affected my life negatively. I’m an avid reader but don’t visualize when I read, rather I build a non visual three dimensional perception of what I’m reading. I have an excellent memory but have always struggled to remember people’s names, I don’t know if that related to hypophantasia.

I’m 71 years old and realized 2 days ago after reading an article that I have hypophantasia. I’ve been very involved in meditation since I was 18 but have always been extremely frustrated by the fact that visualization was extraordinarily difficult, impossible most of the time. Aside from my frustration with visualization during meditation I don’t think it affected my life negatively. I’m an avid reader but don’t visualize when I read, rather I build a non visual three dimensional perception of what I’m reading. I have an excellent memory but have always struggled to remember people’s names, I don’t know if that related to hypophantasia.