People used to tell me I had a great imagination, but honestly I’m more on the aphantasia side of things.

It’s difficult for me to hold mental images in my head. Like if I imagine an object it’s like it’s in my minds eye for a single frame and then black. It takes serious effort to visualize things in detail and keep them in my head for more than just a flash of detail.

However, I’ve realized that the raw data of the thing im imagining is still there. I might not be able to see it but I can experience other imagined senses. I definitely get lost in maladaptive fantasies a lot. I can imagine a story, I can imagine a universe, I can know how it feels to be in a different place or even a different body than my own, I can’t imagine the proprioception and tactile sensation of different limbs, Imagine emotional scenarios far beyond my personal experience, all of that… but I can’t picture the face of someone I know.

Brains are weird