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Best I can tell is that I think I have this. Or at least some amount of it.

But I find it really hard to understand what people exactly mean when they describe their visualization experience.

Like I definitely don't feel like I see anything if I close my eyes and try to think of specific objects.

If I close my eyes and rub them I can see sorts of blobs and sparkles that are usually white or a bit yellowish even though my eyes are closed.

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The sparkles are real, so they don't count. And yes, most people, when they count sheep, do this literally, i.e. imagine a bunch of sheep and count them. I also can't do that, never could. Realized my brain was different when I knew I couldn't do the memory palace thing, even though I'm among the smarter part of the population. /r/aphantasia has more info and other aphants ;)

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