Do people with prosopagnosia, or a cognitive disorder of face perception, recognize the character of the person they love? If they do not recognize the faces, would they fall in love with the same person’s character over and over again?
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Maybe it’s not to the extent of face blindness, but, I do acknowledge that I can’r seem to remember people’s faces very well, especially those that are introduced to me- whom I met only once or twice. When I talked to friends of both gender, female friends showed more inclination to understand how I feel. The guys almost never felt this way.
I had this problem since i’m a teen working in F&B line- I can’t recognise my regular customers.
Now, I can’t recognise my students’ parents well- I just try to remember details like hair Color, dress style, tattoos etc.. so as to differentiate them.
But it’s really embarrassing when people remember u and u dunno who they are.
PS: dun have the problem with children though.
Hmm… hair color seems a little tricky unless it’s not the usual black or brown.
I can understand the problem with parents though as I, myself, had some parents greeting me when I don’t remember who they were during the time I was helping at a sports class for children. Only when I see the kid do I recall =\ but the consolation is that it doesn’t happen much.
There are also times that people remember me and I don’t remember them as well as the other way round. But the funniest was when I ran into this guy in uni and I know I definitely know him in person, but I didn’t remember his name nor where we met. He ran up to me, called my name and ask, “Do you remember me? I’m DY.” And I replied apologetically, “Yes yes, I do remember that we definitely know each other but I can’t remember where we met.” DY very confidently responded, “SISPEC!” And a confused me went, “Er… I didn’t go SISPEC.” Then his face fell into a confused state too. Lol. Though I eventually recalled that we met during my 3 months in JC.