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Some thoughts about having aphantasia, the inability to create images in your mind. https://rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2024/04/21/on-having-no-visual-memory/
@rachelandrew have you looked into any of the research that’s being done on aphantasia (people like Dr Joel Pearson)? It’s fascinating that there’s now more awareness of it, I hadn’t encountered another aphantasic person at all until maybe 15 years ago and now it’s much more widely discussed
@heresiarch I've read a few things, there was an article about 10 years ago that had me and a bunch of people I know suddenly realizing this was us. We all work in tech. I'm super interested in whether the things I'm good at, are in fact the flipside of not being able to visualize.
@rachelandrew I guess one thing which really surprised me was the degree of variation that exists amongst us aphantasics. Your description of your experience, for example, was very interesting and different from mine. Thanks for writing it!
@heresiarch Yes, I learned recently that some aphantasics can't recall smells, touch, and tastes, whereas smell is very tied to memory for me, as are physical things, such as feeling the roughness of pointe shoes in my dream. It's super interesting!