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Those first 3 traits are all true of me but I can imagine images quite vividly. I don't think those traits are as rare as the condition.
Imagining a pot around a lid is useless because your mental image can scale.
can confirm because i have jackshit visual imagination but really good spatial imagination, and thus no such problems.
ironically, I think my spatial awareness is impeccable because of my aphantasia. Put me in a small area for ten minutes and I'll instinctively know where its safe to move and where stuff is. Also really know how to gauge effective distances in the video games I play. HOWEVER, ask me to assign a value to all this and I'll completely blank out.
So when learning routes, do you turn the corner and think, “Oh, yeah. This is here.”?
Pretty much hahaha. I'll get a lightning bolt realisation that I'm actually somewhere I know, especially if I'm coming in from a different route / angle.
Thanks for sharing this. I was aware of the condition, but never really thought about it or could think about how it could make life difficult for a person.
This was really interesting to read. I’m guessing their are no treatments for it. I’m going to have to read about this more.