@catherine64
Joined almost 3 years agoApproaching 60, born 1964. Always knew I thought differently as if I was on the edge of the mainstream or in a parallel universe but a year ago discovering I had aphantasia, explained much of my life to date.
Your last sentence is something I have thought of too.
Two days ago, I listened to The Curious case of Rutherford and Fry on BBC Radio 4 about Aphantasia and had a dawning at 59 years of age that "that is me". It explains so much in my life but I never realised that the majority of the population see in vivid glorious technicolour images but believed everything was a figure of speech and they all see in black outer space like me!!It has been a revelation. I often said to people "I know I think differently to other people" trying to explain me but now I know why. I am quite creative in photography, painting etc but also very logic and mathematically orientated and it explains why family, friends and a specific ex would be frustrated at my descriptions of directions or where something was. I've checked with two of my three adult children and they do not have the condition to their amazement and my relief and they wondered how like many people on here I hadn't realised at my age.I'm looking forward to furthering my knowledge on the subject, finding and speaking to someone else who has it. After the initial dawning, a little sadness that I have missed out, the euphoria of an explanation of why I have always seen things rather differently there is relief and now I am part of a rather special minority.