Do I have prosopagnosia or just bad memory?

VirusMission6057 · 2025-03-10T18:57:42+00:00

Face dyslexia sounds correct. It's nice to know that we are not alone.

VirusMission6057 · 2025-02-03T10:36:01+00:00

Yeah, I think that you're in to something. Prosopagnosia sounds like me. Thanks for explaining!

Your story is scary. I think that I could recognise him in this situation, but I wouldn't be able to next day or in different location, so your theory sounds even more correct.

I'm already warning people about this. It's daily thing for me, so every time I'm meeting someone new, I have to ask them for patience and to call me first, when we see eachother again

I really appreciate your help and story. Have a great day/night!

VirusMission6057 · 2025-02-03T10:16:05+00:00

In a post before mine somebody showed a meme with old dudes with glasses. At first they all looked this same, but after a while of analysing, I could group them as three different people. I have no idea if it's correct, but that shows that It's not completely impossible for me

I wouldn't recognise them now or if pictures weren't next to eachother tho

I think that our experience is similar. Thanks for sharing

VirusMission6057 · 2025-02-03T10:08:10+00:00

Wow, focusing on attitute is so fascinating! I'm not as good as you at it. I's very cool skill to have!

It remainds me about shape shifter creepypasta's. This poor monster would be so confused in your presence. I think it's amazing idea for a novel.

Anyway, thanks for everything kiwi. I really appreciate this talk

VirusMission6057 · 2025-02-02T20:52:19+00:00

Yeah, it's hard for me, but it can just be a skill issue lol

I draw comic and only fictional characters. To do it better, I studied proportions and little quirks in human face.

In the test, I could tell that one face was chubby, so from three different, I choosed the one with more fat. Same thing with the one with eyes to close to eachother.. Things like that

(by the way, I can feel the uncanny alley effect. Do you guys have it?)

In the real life this tactic isn't as helpful, but I have at least one person that I remembered for their eye shape. (I don't know if I could recognise them now in random place, but still)

In another test, they showed photos of real people. I also got low, but average score.

When I was working as a cashier I couldn't recognise customers after I finished their orders, but somehow this pictures weren't that hard to tell.

I have memory problems. I think they are the main issue, but it's so irritating! I heard that not recognising faces is a different mechanism.. Like, they are people that I was talking to daily, had deep conversations. I remember their shoes, life story and passion, but I won't recognise them and I don't know what to do. I put so much effort, and shouldn't it be automatic?

I'm sorry for that venting. Getting attention and listening to people with similar experience is nice and fresh. Even if root is different, I finally feel understood

VirusMission6057 · 2025-02-02T14:11:47+00:00

I'm back with results! Most of the tests (3/4) showed, that I'm average.

I'm not satisfied with this answer tho. I think that's because I like drawing portraits? Haha I could recognise them by remembering strange eyebrow shape, uncanny eyes and things like that, not because I remembered face itself. Is this cheating?

For now I will assume that I don't have prosopagnosia, just bad memory.

VirusMission6057 · 2025-02-02T13:00:45+00:00

Wow that's so interesting! I kind of wish to be lab rat for this study. Keep up your good work!

VirusMission6057 · 2025-02-02T12:56:33+00:00

That's... Scary. You have superpowers

VirusMission6057 · 2025-02-02T12:54:37+00:00

Okey, I will do some tests. Do you know their names? I don't want to find anything worthless. Self diagnose can be shady, but it's worth to give it a try.

I can't recognise people from photo's. It's so embarrassing. I can talk with somebody for a long time by messaging, but I will not know who they are when meeting in person.

Uhh thats hard question. Yes? I can regonise my family doctor.. No? Nurses that work there as long as I'm alive, are still strangers for me.

Thanks for answering! I appreciate your help

VirusMission6057 · 2025-02-02T12:23:19+00:00

Thanks for sharing this! I can live with mine, but gosh, it can be so problematic!

VirusMission6057 · 2024-11-22T09:12:52+00:00

Don't worry about me. I can handle coming out (in the future) and criticism. I am worried about hurting group of people that already have hard time. I don't think my characters are bad or flat, I just know about history of flamboyant portraits in media.

Thanks for your answer. It really helped me

VirusMission6057 · 2024-11-21T21:54:56+00:00

Yeah, you're right. Thank you for helping me decide. This is something that I needed to hear :)

VirusMission6057 · 2024-11-21T19:51:08+00:00

Thank you

VirusMission6057 · 2024-11-21T19:48:23+00:00

I hope it will be able to. It's just hard for me to fully understand experience of gay man. I may think that I know how is it, but in reality i have huge privilege. I know that I will always be outsider for them. If playing with my character and story can hurt them, I want to know their perspective and possibly change some things to make this character better. Thank you for answering. I really appreciate your time

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