I also have (in my case mild) aphantasia, and I'll not that it doesn't say you should picture these things, it says you should think about them. I find that th

I also have (in my case mild) aphantasia, and I'll not that it doesn't say you should picture these things, it says you should think about them. I find that thinking about these things does it for me, and I don't have to picture them at all. And reciting "Don't think, don't think, don't think, don't think, ..." over and over is a technique to help quiet the inner monologue, so that option isn't a "no go", it's a thing to try to assist you.