If you lack a sense of smell you may be deficient in zinc. You can get zinc tablets or buy herbal tea with zinc. It can take a couple of months but your sense of smell should come back.

It also explains why people can be so descriptive in their writings. It would be so simple to describe and come up with metaphors for something that you can actually see. Especially when you can bring up a number of pictures at the blink of a thought.

I just found out today May 03 2021 62 year, female I saw a youtube video then I did an internet search and found this site. Aphantasia...that explains why I barely remember a movie I have watched the day before, why one month after a holiday it feels like it´s been 1 year already, it explains why I easily get lost in a building, it explains why it´s such a big effort for me to keep in touch with people who I don´t see on a regular basis. I am going to start looking at photos, of the people in my life and of holidays I´ve taken, a lot.  I feel cheated somehow.  It´s like there is a whole dimension of sight that I am blind to.  I do dream in colour.  So I imagine that thinking for non-aphantasians is like having controlled dreams while awake.  I imagine it´s like throwing your thoughts onto a computer screen.  I feel like I am missing out, big time, on something wonderful. I´ve been around for over 60 years and never heard of aphantasia.   I think the percentage of people with aphantasia is a whole lot more than you think because people who have it don´t even know about it, therefore can´t talk about it and can´t be counted.    

If you lack a sense of smell you may be deficient in zinc. You can get zinc tablets or buy herbal tea with zinc. It can take a couple of months but your sense of smell should come back.

It also explains why people can be so descriptive in their writings. It would be so simple to describe and come up with metaphors for something that you can actually see. Especially when you can bring up a number of pictures at the blink of a thought.

I just found out today May 03 2021 62 year, female I saw a youtube video then I did an internet search and found this site. Aphantasia...that explains why I barely remember a movie I have watched the day before, why one month after a holiday it feels like it´s been 1 year already, it explains why I easily get lost in a building, it explains why it´s such a big effort for me to keep in touch with people who I don´t see on a regular basis. I am going to start looking at photos, of the people in my life and of holidays I´ve taken, a lot.  I feel cheated somehow.  It´s like there is a whole dimension of sight that I am blind to.  I do dream in colour.  So I imagine that thinking for non-aphantasians is like having controlled dreams while awake.  I imagine it´s like throwing your thoughts onto a computer screen.  I feel like I am missing out, big time, on something wonderful. I´ve been around for over 60 years and never heard of aphantasia.   I think the percentage of people with aphantasia is a whole lot more than you think because people who have it don´t even know about it, therefore can´t talk about it and can´t be counted.