Research has linked the ability to visualize to a bewildering variety of human traits—how we experience trauma, hold grudges, and, above all, remember our lives.
I’m towards the hyperphantasic side of the spectrum and I’ve also noticed that it influences quite a lot of things.
Perhaps the biggest factor is that I don’t have the same drive to visit places or people. I could travel to a castle to look at it, or I could do so in my mind. I could meet back up with an old friend, but as I think of them, my desire to see them again is satiated. This does mean I’m terrible at maintaining friendships and socializing in general.
I’m towards the hyperphantasic side of the spectrum and I’ve also noticed that it influences quite a lot of things.
Perhaps the biggest factor is that I don’t have the same drive to visit places or people. I could travel to a castle to look at it, or I could do so in my mind. I could meet back up with an old friend, but as I think of them, my desire to see them again is satiated. This does mean I’m terrible at maintaining friendships and socializing in general.