Peter Jennings

As another artist and inventor who has transitioned from hyperphantasia to partial aphantasia over recent years, I really relate to your story. For me, up to age 70, I could image anything perfectly and, exactly as you said, use it to imagine the dream I was about to have. This was my instant technique for going back to sleep when I woke up during the night and it was almost 100% effective. I also had lucid dreams, which I have missed for a few years now. For me, I thought it was probably just an effect of getting older, but in my case much older. My hyperphantasia was clearly part of what I did with my life, too. It leaves me with questions. Does getting older make a difference or is that coincidental? Is there a relationship between lucid dreaming and hyperphantasia? Can aphantasics lucid dream? What relationship is there to short term and long term memory of this change that is happening? I guess it is time to start googling and AI asking.