Alexander Kesselaar

I'm 49 Years old from Sydney Australia. I work as a professional Photographer & Videographer (surprise). Last week I was meditating and the instructor on my App said "Imagine a Re Rose in full detail, the petals the different hues of red, etc." And then went on to say "really imagine it like you can actually see it in front of your eyes. Like you can touch it." And I thought surely this is a joke. No one can do that. You don't actually see things when you imagine something. You grasp the concept and have an understanding of it but actually visualising. No way. So I asked family and friends and all of them said that yes they could actually visualise when prompted to imagine a Rose, All of them in varying degrees. Then I described what I am experiencing to AI and asked what's wrong with me and that's how I landed here... Still stumped, but I am slowly wrapping my head around it. A lot of my life and my choices in life make a lot more sense now. Like why I was drawn so much to photography. I'm not really grieving, just absolutely fascinated by it all. I wonder if there are any traits that Aphantasts have in common. Thank you so much for this website, it is a massive help for me in navigating my way through this.