I developed full aphantasia at 16 after being put under for a heart procedure.

My minds eye was somewhat diminished after a procedure at 11 when they put me in a twilight instead of fully under.

I have a sister younger who is 6 years younger, we used to play imaginary games all the time, few years ago she asked why we just stopped playing games and it was because I couldn't see the characters anymore.

I eventually recovered like, idk, a faint outline of my parents faces from before the surgery that I can kind of conjur.

It's not semantics.