As someone with Aphantasia it can be a bit of a challenge to get into a book. Unlike that post about staring at paper and hallucinating, they really are just words on a page for me. Despite this, I’ve still managed to maintain my love of reading throughout my life, but I won’t lie, it can be very difficult to choose a book over other mediums of entertainment at times. Does anyone else go through this as well? What do you do to help engross yourself in a story when there isn’t a mental movie to pull you in?
I agree. I’ve been an avid reader my entire life and the lack of ability to visualize what’s being described by words hasn’t been detrimental. Lengthy descriptions of scenery does tend to get pretty tedious though.