Faceblind (202.3)

Jan 11, 2023 22:32


At the end of my first visit yesterday morning to a new physical therapy office, someone in a mask came out of the back with another patient and excitedly said hi to me. I have no idea who she was!

I’ve always been a little faceblind, not always able to connect the face of someone I know with their identity, but it’s sure been exacerbated the last ( Read more... )

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curiouswombat January 12 2023, 19:50:58 UTC
I am forever meeting people whose faces are familiar but I have no idea of their name.

My niece works in a college and meets a lot of students and staff, from not only her own department but others; she has a neat trick where she will look very apologetically at someone and say 'Oh I am sorry I can't remember your full name...' At which point they will either give her it, and she says 'Thank you, I remembered it was XX, but couldn't remember your surname!' or, if they only give her their first name, or their surname, whichever they assume she has forgotten, she says 'Oh, I remembered that bit - it's the other part I've forgotten I'm afraid...'

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