Microblog Memes

Your understanding of Aphantasia is a bit off, I think the folks in the second group are just stupid. I have complete Aphantasia, and if it was explained to me, I can understand what your plans for something would be. If I was shown a CAD model, it would be extremely clear. The things I can't do is see my wife's face in my head, or picture the last place I left something. However, that doesn't mean I couldn't describe to you what my wife looked like, or that I can't remember where I left something. Also, thinking abstractly is what people with Aphantasia are best at. I can't remember the specifics, but they are significantly more likely to end up in a STEM field where all they do is abstract thought (myself included)

I understand though, it's easy for me to think about how someone who can picture things in their mind would experience things, because I can see things with my eyes. But someone who has a mind's eye can't really understand what it would be like to not have one. Most things that people would think are issues for me aren't, I've just got different ways of remembering and thinking about things that doesn't require needing to see them in my head.