I think I'm pretty far out on the aphantasia spectrum. Mostly the spatial and abstract qualia of a scene, not like seeing. Even an afterimage of a strobe is mor

I think I'm pretty far out on the aphantasia spectrum. Mostly the spatial and abstract qualia of a scene, not like seeing. Even an afterimage of a strobe is more visual than my imagination. I can't really picture faces of loved ones, though I can sense strong recognition and/or anticipation of features or mannerisms when seeing an actual person. But I have a variable audio and proprioceptive imagination that is something in between, like many people have described above for visuals. Not like a hallucination or waking dream with perceptions equivalent to real senses, but with way more qualia than just an abstract idea. A distinct category of simulation that lies somewhere in between. So, I can believe that others have things more like this, but visually. And I have observed mentally ill people with full on hallucinations and delusions, and can also believe that there are other stages along this spectrum, more vivid but still distinguishing self-generated from sensory-generated perceptions. For imagery, I have the most tenuous topological or spatial perceptions that, if anything, connect more to my proprioceptive sense. Like as if I could imagine myself being some sort of tentacled animal and reaching all over to feel a complex structure in an instant. Or at times of extreme focus, I can almost feel myself as an amorphous charge spreading out (breadth-first) through a complex graph or maze.