could aphantasia be linked to trauma?
I realized I had aphantasia a few years ago. I was doing a guided meditation and it was prompting me to visualize different things and i was like confused and it made me go down a rabbit hole. it was really eye opening because having aphantasia causes me to have a really bad sense of direction because i can’t visualize the “bigger picture” when it comes to the layout of a town, it also effects my ability to recognize and remember faces. i even think it plays a role in my time blindness when it comes to remembering history because it’s hard to map out a time line when you can’t visualize it and even in day to day time. that aspect is hard to explain but maybe you guys will get it. however i have always felt like there was a time where i could visualize things. i used to have dreams as a kid, i know i could see things in my head. fast forward through adulthood i could never visualize things and i completely stopped remembering my dreams. i haven’t dreamed in years. i was in a pretty toxic, terrible relationship for most of my adulthood, i’m 33 now. i got out of it about a year ago and have been doing a lot of healing. last night i had a super vivid dream! and i felt like i could see things in my head. i feel like it’s somehow linked to my mental health and nervous system.