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Re:How to See Bright, Vivid Images in Your Mind’s Eye by JshWright on Sunday October 01, 2023 @07:45AM (#37724994)
Your experience sounds very similar to mine (even down to once visualizing a color (in my case green), which is what convinced me visualizing is really a thing and I really can't do it).

I describe my "internal" sensory experience as being similar to proprioception. In the same way you can "feel" where your left hand is relative to the rest of your body, that's how my relates to most objects/spaces.

Re:How to See Bright, Vivid Images in Your Mind’s Eye by geoelectric on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @06:17PM (#37758389)
Yes, I've also used the proprioception explanation, terminology and all. It'd be a little obscure here, so I spelled it out. We must have extremely similar experiences.

I was curious: have you noticed any effect on your memory? My autobiographical memory is poor--I tend to remember facts about what I've experienced, but I struggle to recall the experience itself. I can't "mentally time travel" back to the moment and note new details like other people can. I only retain what I noticed then in a disconnected fashion, like remembering an incident in a book or movie.

I've read that people with similar deficiencies (such as SDAM) often also report aphantasia. I've often wondered if the ability to visualize might play a major role in encoding and recalling our experiences.