David Lethe

I'm in the same boat, but perhaps more cynical.  I'm 62 years old, and didn't even know people actually saw images in their heads until maybe a year ago.  I thought the "imagine you are on a beach .. seeing the sunset, blah, blah, blah" was metaphorical. Anyway, it is what it is, i conceptualize. I know what an apple looks like, and am crappy artist.  I have NEVER felt intensely about a character, because if it is fiction, it doesn't matter. If it is non-fiction, I also don't get involved enough to care all that much about how they felt, because it doesn't matter to me.  (Perhaps that is my Aspergers).  I don't bother to even try to visualize aspects of a book unless I feel it is likely to contribute to the plot. I do enjoy a good book or movie.  I read a book like clockwork every 2 or 3 years now.  To me, books are reserved for when I am on a plane or train somewhere and I have no alternatives.  I rather spend my time interacting with the real world than reading. In retrospect, maybe i am totally incapable of getting into a great book as much as people who don't have aphantasia are.  I never gave it much thought.