I recently realised that my aphantasia wasn't a constant throughout my life - and it's kind of changed the entire way in which I experience my own life.

It makes a lot of sense. At some point during my abuse (CPTSD sufferer here) my brain decided to shut off the ability to recall things visually, and gave me the ability instead to simply...disassociate. Since I don't remember a lot of the time surrounding the trauma, it was hard for me to come to this conclusion, but after talking to my grandparents - they brought up my avid reading, my imaginary friends and how I used to stay up late into the night maladaptive daydreaming about carebears or strawberry shortcake. I remember bits of it, and it's very strange being in this position now.

I suppose this means I can have a cure now? Maybe? I would like to have that back someday. Does anyone else have a similar experience?