What if the very condition lauded as a shield against trauma is, in fact, a cage that magnifies it? My research dismantles the myth that aphantasia—the inability to create mental imagery—offers protection from the wounds of abuse. • Flashbacks are the mind reliving the past. • Fleshbacks are the body never stopping its presentation of agony. #Aphantasia #TraumaResearch #CPTSD #MentalHealth https://open.substack.com/pub/cristinagherghel/p/the-proof-that-aphantasia-magnifies?r=6bmg7x&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true