Stephen Somers

Steven - this is Stephen from UK. It's taken me 70 years to identify that I'm also multisensory aphantasic and another 3 years of not understanding it (which is like trying to understand what everybody else has that I can't see/sense) Just last night I launched into this rabbit hole again and I can't imagine (pun intended) where it will take me. It would take pages of typing to speculate what I'm missing - I just don't know. Your article above - with the close cooperation of Meena has opened up new realms of thought. My wife and family always seem so creative - BUT I can figure things out far better than them = 'imagining' tech/mech solutions and options. I'm going to re-read your article about what 'society might gain' from your insights and extrapolations. Above competent at maths and sciences - with zero ability to recall moments/events/places from my past personal life - even if my memory is jogged by others with word perfect recall. My response is to sigh and shrug but it doesn't frustrate me. I figure out how to fix cars - but don't remember for next time - grrr My art side is nil - painting, music, song recall, but now you add other senses then, yep I'm also missing imagination and/or memories of taste, hearing, touch, smell. I'm forever analysing things - structure, faults, methods of working - but not from an ability to 'perceive' a better product. The more I'm pondering the whole subject the more that I feel that I'm sucking on dry