Also, as someone with aphantasia, your post heavily discussing visualization was mildly frustrating for me lol. Like, I want to participate!
Often these kind of things can work if you pretend to visualize as well. You can intuitively answer questions about what happens inside the visualization even if you don’t feel you really see it.
Many years ago, I wrote down a list of successive feats I could accomplish to overcome social anxiety:
Say hi to the barista at a coffee shop when I order.
Ask a customer for the time.
Ask someone what they’re working on or reading, then start a small conversation from there.
^I did this over a week and slowly desensitized to meeting and talking to new people. Baby steps got me there.
Also, as someone with aphantasia, your post heavily discussing visualization was mildly frustrating for me lol. Like, I want to participate!
Often these kind of things can work if you pretend to visualize as well. You can intuitively answer questions about what happens inside the visualization even if you don’t feel you really see it.