Just realized I have what Brad Pitt says he has. It’s called Prosopagnosia & the Daily Mail has a big article from which I copied these questions. I feel better now I know there is such a thing.
The very last one - no. 20 - is what I have. It’s so bad sometimes that people have to tell me who they are. On at least 2 occasions I have interacted with a woman who knows me, but, to this day, I have no clue who she was. Two separate women & I still wonder who they were.
This is so embarrassing! So tired of saying “Sorry, do I know you?”. A woman recognized me yesterday after many years of not seeing me. I had absolutely no clue who she was, but, when she explained how we knew each other, I did remember her. She was thrilled to see me again she said, but, to me, it was another embarrassment.
DO YOU HAVE FACE BLINDNESS? TAKE THE TEST TO FIND OUT
The following statements inquire about your face recognition abilities.
For each item, indicate how much you agree or disagree by choosing the appropriate numbered response on a scale of one to five.
One represents you strongly agree while five represents you strongly disagree.
Read each item carefully before responding and answer as honestly as possible.
1. My face recognition ability is worse than most people
2. I have always had a bad memory for faces
3. I find it noticeably easier to recognise people who have distinctive facial features
4. I often mistake people I have met before for strangers
5. When I was at school I struggled to recognise my classmates
6. When people change their hairstyle, or wear hats, I have problems recognising them
7. I sometimes have to warn new people I meet that I am 'bad with faces'
8. I find it easy to picture individual faces in my mind
9. I am better than most people at putting a 'name to a face'
10. Without hearing people's voices I struggle to recognise them
11. Anxiety about face recognition has led me to avoid social or professional situations
12. I have to try harder than other people to memorise faces
13. I am very confident in my ability to recognise myself in photographs
14. I sometimes find movies hard to follow because of difficulties recognising characters
15. My friends and family think I have bad face recognition or bad face memory
16. I feel like I frequently offend people by not recognising who they are
17. It is easy for me to recognise individuals in situations that require people to wear similar clothes (e.g. suits, uniforms, swimwear)
18. At family gatherings I sometimes confuse individual family members
19. I find it easy to recognise celebrities in 'before-they-were-famous' pictures, even if they have changed considerably
20. It is hard to recognise familiar people when I meet them out of context (e.g. meeting a work colleague unexpectedly while shopping).
The very last one - no. 20 - is what I have. It’s so bad sometimes that people have to tell me who they are. On at least 2 occasions I have interacted with a woman who knows me, but, to this day, I have no clue who she was. Two separate women & I still wonder who they were.
This is so embarrassing! So tired of saying “Sorry, do I know you?”. A woman recognized me yesterday after many years of not seeing me. I had absolutely no clue who she was, but, when she explained how we knew each other, I did remember her. She was thrilled to see me again she said, but, to me, it was another embarrassment.
DO YOU HAVE FACE BLINDNESS? TAKE THE TEST TO FIND OUT
The following statements inquire about your face recognition abilities.
For each item, indicate how much you agree or disagree by choosing the appropriate numbered response on a scale of one to five.
One represents you strongly agree while five represents you strongly disagree.
Read each item carefully before responding and answer as honestly as possible.
1. My face recognition ability is worse than most people
2. I have always had a bad memory for faces
3. I find it noticeably easier to recognise people who have distinctive facial features
4. I often mistake people I have met before for strangers
5. When I was at school I struggled to recognise my classmates
6. When people change their hairstyle, or wear hats, I have problems recognising them
7. I sometimes have to warn new people I meet that I am 'bad with faces'
8. I find it easy to picture individual faces in my mind
9. I am better than most people at putting a 'name to a face'
10. Without hearing people's voices I struggle to recognise them
11. Anxiety about face recognition has led me to avoid social or professional situations
12. I have to try harder than other people to memorise faces
13. I am very confident in my ability to recognise myself in photographs
14. I sometimes find movies hard to follow because of difficulties recognising characters
15. My friends and family think I have bad face recognition or bad face memory
16. I feel like I frequently offend people by not recognising who they are
17. It is easy for me to recognise individuals in situations that require people to wear similar clothes (e.g. suits, uniforms, swimwear)
18. At family gatherings I sometimes confuse individual family members
19. I find it easy to recognise celebrities in 'before-they-were-famous' pictures, even if they have changed considerably
20. It is hard to recognise familiar people when I meet them out of context (e.g. meeting a work colleague unexpectedly while shopping).
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