My father is an imager. My mother raised me but I did more things growing up with my father.

My mother wouldn’t have done any mind image imagine stuff with me. I wouldn’t have gotten any practice. So that could definitely contribute.

Like apparently an imaginary friend is an imager thing?

I played a ton with Lego stuff growing up. I can imagine building Lego sets in my mind, not with images but with What,Where,Why,How,Etc… I enjoyed the instruction manual because in a way it tells a story. But once I built one I could replay building it in my own way with more details.

Then video games probably fried my brain

I was never put in a situation to really need vivid images growing up. I always had movies and video games. I’ve never liked reading, I’m not getting the head movie, it’s just facts I have to remember. A good story is a good story though and there are some I have enjoyed. Flowers for Alegernon is a great read, it’s in an epistolary style.

I never needed an imaginary friend. But maybe if I did I would have developed the skill?