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Are people with aphantasia less effected by PTSD?

From my limited understanding, aphantasia sufferers are incapable of picturing images in their head, be it a memory or a fantasy, they just can't do it. So if PTSD sufferers suffer from "flashbacks" to their traumatic event, would somebody with aphantasia just not experience that?
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Flashbacks often involve people, places, and events.  Part of the flashback is the association of the people, place, or event with the trauma.  For example, a car backfiring can remind a military veteran of gunfire.  A mental image is not required.