Brendalee Lennick

@mrssapiencejxk6m3

Joined 4 days ago

I grew up in Minot, ND. Left shortly after graduation (1976) for Army boot camp (NDANG). In 1979, I decided to go full-time into the military and went to Navy boot camp. I spent a total of 22 years in the military. Retired in 1999 to Milton, FL, and after a separation in 2008, I moved to Tallahassee, FL to be with my daughter. I have one son (42) and one daughter (34), three Grands, 10, 9, 4, and 4, with another on the way. Eventually, my son and his family of 5, helped us buy a house, and we have been living together since 2018 to make finances easier for all of us.

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Brendalee LennickComment3 days ago

How did you first discover aphantasia?

Hi Tom and the group! I found out when I recently received an email from Ted Talks about the subject. I had no idea there was a name for it, or that there were others like me. Made me feel some relief! I'm not sure how I acquired mine, but I read a TBI can be one cause. My TBI was at the age of two, so I can't say whether that was the cause or not since I obviously wasn't aware until I was at the age of "imagination" and verbal skills. That's when I started noticing I wasn't like everyone else. It did make some things in life difficult and frustrating for me, like when you are asked to use "minds eye" (like group meditation). I am taking my own family polling, so far my daughter and SIL's internal eye work fine. More polling and research to do ;)