my grade 4 class (raised in canada) used to do mental imagery to help us relax, which was fine, i just checked out.... when they made us DRAW what we saw though, that was the opposite of relaxing... everyone else could do it and i didnt know why.funnily enough, when more information on aphantasia started coming out, so many of my childhood friends contacted me to tell me as they recognised me in the narrative.

for me, i connect with ideas. like they say in Chess, "i get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine". i may or may not have ADHD (one of my children does and i certainly relate to the way that he thinks more than i do my other kids) so its hard to tease out what is what

my grade 4 class (raised in canada) used to do mental imagery to help us relax, which was fine, i just checked out.... when they made us DRAW what we saw though, that was the opposite of relaxing... everyone else could do it and i didnt know why.funnily enough, when more information on aphantasia started coming out, so many of my childhood friends contacted me to tell me as they recognised me in the narrative.

for me, i connect with ideas. like they say in Chess, "i get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine". i may or may not have ADHD (one of my children does and i certainly relate to the way that he thinks more than i do my other kids) so its hard to tease out what is what