I will do my best to explain how my neurodivergent mind is limited visually. Besides having limited visual memory, I have limited finer motor skills. Both may be related in some way.

It can be very frustrating to try to find good information on my visual memory disabilities. I do have good vision with glasses, just am nearsighted. I do have aphantasia: meaning I can not visualize much at all with my eyes closed. I do not remember practically anything visually beyond on a very basic level. But I do know the names of an awful lot of things in this world I live in and have a good concept of what they are how they function and about whether they function well or are attractive. I may not remember a lot of details, but can remember if a scene is beautiful and remember it’s general features(water, river, mountain, cliff, rocks, trees, etc, but without much detail unless something got my attention that my mind made a special mental note of it. I can not hold a real picture in my minds eye to remember anything. I have to remember with very limited visualization.

I do dream at night and do remember basic plot, emotional impact, and some key characters at times, but practically nothing visual is remembered. Action happens in my dreams that are similar to waking experiences to quite a degree, but do not remember them visually. I can recognize things and remember them often by their name and some of their characteristics, not by a visual image.

I am not a good eyewitness, but can often figure out what went wrong and right in a situation and who was at fault. I may not be able to describe a person, other than by context through what they were doing or basically communicating. I might notice one person was big in size or was muscular. Might remember by making a mental note hair color or if they are well dressed. Just no smaller details at all.

I can not drive safely because I can not keep track visually of everything I need to in order to avoid making dangerous mistakes at times. I often make mistakes in my daily life keeping track of things if I do not focus an awful lot on not making them. I really must focus on not making costly mistakes.

I find that this world is extremely ignorant when it comes to understanding compound or complex visual memory disabilities.That they only deal with them separately as using a search engine on the Internet demonstrates. My great spiritual expertise I have developed does help me a great deal to compensate for my limitations.

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