Do you feel like you have a bad memory as an aphant?

I’ve always felt that my memory isn’t great. I often struggle to remember faces, names, dates, or even specific details from past events.

Both of my sisters also have aphantasia, and they describe the same experience.

When I’ve talked to people who can visualize, they often say they remember things by picturing them, like visualizing a face, a date on a calendar, or even the route to a place. Since we don’t have that, it makes me wonder if we’re missing a key memory tool.

Do you experience this too? Do you think aphantasia changes the way memory works, or just the strategies we use to remember things?