C Feiler

I heard a radio program a few months ago about aphantasia and realized they were describing me. I’m 59 and never knew about this. I then started asking people what they saw in their minds eye. Most acted like they didn’t understand what I meant, like “what do you mean, you can’t visualize things?” Some, like my sister, said they visualized things but it wasn’t like watching a movie or looking at a picture, which made me wonder if she was partially aphantasic. I have trouble understanding what others see in their minds eye. Do they actually see a picture in color? How do they do that? What does it look like to them? What have I been missing? It’s frustrating not to know.