Cathy Valenti

Thanks, this was interesting from your perspective getting to know an aphantasic. I'm still getting to know me since it hasn't been that long since I realized I have also lived without images in my head. I always had a good imagination though, but would tell myself stories instead of watching them unfold in my head. So weird but I understand it now..

I've good enough with basic math as I've memorized a lot of addition, subtraction and multiplication, but advanced algebra and beyond were so hard for me. I'm also an above average speller. I can't see the word in my mind, but I can tell if it's spelled correctly or incorrectly on the paper.  What Syber said about a one-way connection makes sense with my situation. I can "think" what people I know look like, but can't see them clearly in my head. I recognize faces (although I now realize why I sometimes had trouble later matching people to their names if I met them in a group) but I can't see them in my mind.