I've had aphantasia all my life, although my dreams are still visual, as though they're real. The article claims it is more common among academics and computer

I've had aphantasia all my life, although my dreams are still visual, as though they're real. The article claims it is more common among academics and computer scientists, so perhaps it's fairly common here. Perhaps it's helpful for dealing with abstraction, as abstractions don't always map well to visual representations.