Cheryl Dambrowski

I didn't find out I had Aphantasia until I was 70 so I raised 3 children and never told them I had no visuals of the past with them because I didn't know they were any different than I was. Once I found out about Aphantasia, I just asked my family and a few close friends if they could see an apple and explained that I cannot visualize an apple or anything else. Not from the past or present. It hasn't been a problem.

This is very interesting to me because I only found out I have Aphantasia recently and I am 76. Once example for me.... Years ago I went to a craft class and there were different mediums sitting in front of us.... Paint, clay, etc. We were to create a picture using them and I asked where we're the instructions to do this. I was told there aren't any.... We use our creative hearts and I said, I don't have a creative heart. After me sitting there for a bit with absolutely nothing coming to me, the instructor took pity and helped me. 8 thought it was just one more example of how dumb I was. I guess my brain has never figured out a way around not seeing visuals in the art department. I still seem to need to watch over and over what someone else creates and then I can follow their examples. Anyone else like me, artistically?