R Jackson

I'm so sorry you lost your ability to visualise, it must have been so disorientating.  I just want to say, I discovered 3 days ago that I am 100% visual aphasic. Your post above put so much in to perspective - like my dad can return to a place he was DRIVEN to at 3 years old, and I still go the wrong way to a friend's place, despite driving myself there 100 times. Hang in there, your brain will accommodate, I'm sure. Just make sure you are gentle with yourself. 

Oh  my  hat you have just described my home, my teaching classroom and every space I have ever been in. I only discovered 3 days ago that I wasn't just "exaggerating" when I told my mum at 8ish years old that I couldn't tell her what was chasing me in my nightmare, because I didn't see pictures in my dreams... I have only just started the journey of discovery, but i know my sense of touch is definitely heightened. I don't have photos, I have things from people and places, these are my memories, I touch them and I 'know' how it felt to be there/know them. I come home to my chaotic, 'museum of my life', and my soul is happy. It also explains why, despite being very sociable, I let very few people into my home - this is my memory bank, and I don't want random strangers messing with it.  Kids love my classroom, it is always filled with strange and beautiful things, but some colleges just see it as 'messy and undisciplined'.