Close your eyes and picture a house. What color is the house? Now picture a dog? What kind of dog is it? Now picture a member of your family, a scene from your favorite novel, and the last meal you ate. When you closed your eyes, could you picture those things? If so, congratulations. You have just done what everyone can do. Well, not everyone can do that. I can’t. When I close my eyes, it’s all just black. No pictures. No mental images. I can’t picture a house or a dog or anything else. I … [Read more...] about Living with Aphantasia