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Thanks to this post I just learned I also have aphantasia!
Welcome to the club. In that case you might have SDAM too (hope not!)
https://sdamstudy.weebly.com/what-is-sdam.html
On the plus side we get a boost to abstract thinking, spatial reasoning and speed reading (if you also don’t have an involuntary monologue when reading).
Wow. I do have really good spacial reasoning and reading speed.
I chalked that up to being the only boy with a lot of sisters and doing so much packing/moving. Also reading as a hobby.
We seem to use spatial reasoning to compensate for episodic memory.
If I try and remember something, it’s usually my position in the room I remember first. And instead of remembering a picture of an elephant we store the dimensions.
And the reading is because you don’t have to say it aloud in your head, most people only read as fast as they can talk.