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I have a lot of difficulty recognizing faces, to the extent that it's occasionally inhibited my life. I also just assume other people don't recognize faces either, and won't recognize me, and I'm always shocked when someone recognizes me online from something they saw years ago.

Aella

@Aella_Girl

May 9, 2020

like I understand that other people have better facial memory than I do, but I haven't really realized it on a gut level, and I have an ongoing sense of feeling as though I'm faceless, like my face doesn't exist in anyone else's minds.

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Like you are just bad with faces or you have Prosopagnosia? That’s a fascinating thing.

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I don't know? I'm good at recognizing faces for people who are regularly near me, but bad if it's irregular or new. For example I met a homeless guy who invited me to go spray painting. I ran back home to get stuff and when I returned to the street I didn't know which one was him

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or i met up with this dude once, we had a long dinner and talked for a while, and then three weeks later we met up again - but i was meeting him in a public place and i didn't recognize him. he walked up to me and i thought he was just asking me to move.

7:04 PM · May 9, 2020

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Wow that’s so interesting! I’m sure that must be very frustrating for you. It’s been known to cause great social anxiety in people. I think there are other cognitive cues like focusing on specific traits like ears or hair or height and voice rather than the whole face.

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I’m not sure but I believe there is facial recognition ability with relatives and people seen consistently in people who have Prosopagnosia. It might be attributed to knowing their mannerisms and voice etc.