April

A few months back (I'm 59 yo) my adult daughter explained to me that she has synesthesia. She said that she tried to tell me years ago that when she looks at people, she sees their colors, and sometimes a shape to go with it, and that I dismissed it as nonsense. So when she told me this, I told her that I can't picture things in my mind. She gave it a name -- aphantasia -- and blew my mind. I always thought I just had a horrible memory for certain things. It is reassuring to put a name to the cause.