Lara Banks

I feel like I had / am having a similar experience Josh. In the last few years, I’ve found out that I have aphantasia as well as face-blindness and object-blindness, and it’s hugely knocked my confidence. I’ve started to question how I experience the world, and what life would have been like if I hadn’t had these conditions. Funnily I also associate the word ‘superpower’ with people who have a typical ability!  At work, I worry more now that I’ll underperform, and while I am happy telling my manager / colleagues about the condition, I’m concerned about it becoming my ‘identity’, especially since it’s a new job.  I think it’s important to explore one’s own feelings towards discovering differences in the ways we experience life, and whether those feelings are positive or negative or a mix, it’s all valid. I generally have a positive outlook, but this has definitely been a struggle for me. Reading your comment was reassuring to be honest, as a lot of opinion articles etc I’ve read have been overwhelmingly positive and I was starting to wonder if it was just me that felt a kind of sadness or loss for the things I hadn’t experienced. I’m obviously not happy that you’ve gone down a similar unhappy line of thinking, but in a selfish way I am reassured it’s not just me!