Eli5- how do people with aphantasia experience rem sleep, when they don’t have a mind’s eye?

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Is it still visual? If yes, how does one without the ability to visualize in their heads, visualize during the REM state?

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I don’t know if I have aphantasia, but I definitely don’t have a minds eye the same way other people do.

My dreams are mostly feelings or events. I don’t see people really,, but I instinctively know if they are present in the dream. 
Similarly I know where I am, what is there, what is happening, even it it is not visual.

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