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I was a 5 before my head injury, now I think I'm a 3 if I close my eye and really focus on it.
But also? I've liked adult literature the entire time. "Visualization" is overrated.
you can visualise better coz of a head injury?
I couldn't visualize even slightly before! Total aphantasia.
Now if I focus really hard I can briefly see images and memories. It still doesn't come naturally but the difference is staggering.
Wow, care to tell more about what that was like? I'm aphantasic, and the idea of suddenly unlocking the ability to visualize is fascinating to me.
It's like, sometimes, if I really focus on a memory then I can start to fill in 3D space and contrasts of light/dark and especially faces. I can't visualize color or really texture, but everything else comes to me. It takes a lot of focus and doesn't come naturally though!
I still mostly don't visualize stuff, but sometimes a vision will strike me out-of-the-blue when I'm reminded of it. Weird.
I have a similar story, but I attribute it to Vyvanse and external hormones. I couldn't visualize anything, meaningfully or not throughout my twenties, but gained the ability again ( had it as a kid ) later on.