Iblis Bane

I read both, but I prefer fiction. I also love, and write, poetry. For me it is the play of words more than any images they may invoke.

All senses.

I've known for 32 years. :D Of course, nobody knew what it was back then. :D I was 10 years old and participating in an extra-curricular program for kids who (I subsequently suspected) they thought might be "gifted," and there was one of those mindfullness excercises that so many already mentioned...the "imagine yourself on a beach" routine.It was while the others present were relating their experience that I realised they were actually experiencing it. Whereas I was simply reciting my knowledge of what being on the beach "felt like" (but what I really meant was "included" or "comprised of").Being of an enquiring turn of mind, I raised the question regularly with people, but I couldn't grasp their experience any more than they could grasp mine.Then a few years back, the only other aphantasic I've ever met, sent me a link to the WSJ article, which led me to the paper, which led to the survey / whatever. I keep tabs on the research every now and then, and that somehow led me here.

Same for me. My memory for text etc. is very good. Can recite reams of poetry etc. if called upon to do so. (Happens surprisingly rarely. ;) ) Faces I have a problem with, until I have met the person many times and "learned" the combination of features that comprises their self. I experience memories as if I were reading myself a page of printed text with the details of the memory. I do have a problem with the passage of time though. I tend to greatly underestimate how long ago personal memories were...if I say "recently" I mean some time within the past year or so. "The other day" is within 3 months usually. :D

I can't draw anything. Stick figures maybe. :D Can barely draw a striaght line with a ruler.

Yeah, that's pretty much how I do it. Break it into easy round-number sums, (often multiple ones) and then do the last minute adding or subtracting for the differences.