poor lady, why make her feel guilty for not being able to recognize her daughter... maybe they didn't mean to but that seemed quite cruel and mean-spirited.

@angryunicornproductions2633

4 жыл бұрын

bettiepagebombshell ur right

@abdelhaksaouli8802

4 жыл бұрын

lol

@leono7380

4 жыл бұрын

It´s cruel for the daughter!

@andreamorgan111

3 жыл бұрын

that's what I thought...why make her sad? no empathy, diplomacy, common sense, judgement, wisdom.....I could go on

@erikbayerhr

3 жыл бұрын

She looks like jim carry when turned upside down

It's kind of funny listening to her sound so shocked as they describe my life. A couple of days ago we took my 22 month old son to the barber, and we cut off his very very long, shaggy hair, and give him a shaved little boy cut. I remember the exact moment in the cut when I could no longer recognize my own son. Days later I still feel weird because my brain keeps rejecting the idea that my son is here, and it's making me sad. Once when my husband shaved his head I'd walk into the room and see him and be startled, like who is this stranger?? Oh, yeah, it's the guy I married.

I think the whole daughter thing was almost cruel...

@lexi219

8 жыл бұрын

+Kerotan Sam Especially since she didn't recognize her own daughter when the professor did the experiment on her. Rude as hell.

@claralopes5598

8 жыл бұрын

she almost cried, I felt so bad for her

@KleWdSide

4 жыл бұрын

No, this condition is cruel

@MiyahSundermeyer

3 жыл бұрын

The whole experiment is and to pass it off as entertainment?

@erikbayerhr

3 жыл бұрын

She looked like jim carry upside down

1:34, lol she says, " just don't ask him to Identify any faces." and then she shows him a bunch of faces and asks him to Identify them. :p

its not that im face blind its that i dont know shit about celebrities and thats why i didnt know most of them

@vbozo

7 жыл бұрын

How dare you talk about Will smith my dude

@boogiespoogie1144

4 жыл бұрын

@@vbozo ,lol I only know him haha

@vbozo

4 жыл бұрын

@@boogiespoogie1144 bro I posted that comment 2 years ago

@snicklesentertainment7169

4 жыл бұрын

@@vbozo this is too funny😂

@chip5892

3 жыл бұрын

Yep.

I had 9 roommates at this boarding school I when to (all the new kids had to room together). I sat next to a girl in class with long black hair and her name was Wendy, and we hung out a little bit. After about 2 weeks I noticed one of my 9 roommates also had long black hair, so I asked her her name. She said, "I'm Wendy, I sit next to you in class!" ...... -_-' I had to explain my face blindness to her, but that was really awkward.

I always knew I was bad with faces, to the point that I'm afraid to initiate talks, scared to have recognized the wrong person. After seeing this, I realized I've been using the same tactics as the artist: registering characteristics such as cheek bone, forehead, chin, and nose. So whenever I see someone with similar facial characteristics, I find them strikingly alike though others don't "see" it. I had to rely on a lot of deduction, such as A girl is in this class and B girl isn't thus it has to be A. It's such a relief to know I'm not the only one with this struggle.

@nataliamahoney4099

6 жыл бұрын

Me too! Always something I've struggled with, to the point where I'm unable to recognize my own family. So glad to know I'm not alone!

@MitchPalabrica

6 жыл бұрын

we're not alone :D ahaha XD recognizing them to their clothing and hair style and sometimes you will recognize them once they talk to you... XD

@tasmaniandevil6750

6 жыл бұрын

We all use context clues to a certain extent. Seeing someone you know in an unexpected place will take longer to recognize

@its_lucky252

2 жыл бұрын

👨 👨‍🦳 find the difference

@BlackSeranna

2 жыл бұрын

One time, at my brother's wedding, I didn't recognize my cousin. It hurt her feelings, and she never acted the same toward me since then. The truth is, I had memorized the way she used to look, and after around fifteen years of not seeing her, she didn't look the same at all. It's so frustrating.

Jesus every time they interviewed these people they put them on display and shamed them. They made the artist essentially do a quiz, and the poor old woman, making her feel bad about not recognizing her daughter, then talking to her about the friends she’s lost. Then saying it’s “funny” to be faceblind. Like wot

@blusafe1

3 жыл бұрын

No

She looked so devastated and frustrated when she didn't get her daughter

I feel so validated. After 47 years I finally discover that what I have is a thing.

This is me. I will send this clip to friends and family in hopes that they will have a better understanding of what I go through. Face Blindness seems impossible to most I've tried to explain this too. They will see something from 60 Minutes as legitamite. Thanks for doing this piece.

When I was young I taught it was normal to be forgetful even to the point of not remembering your own friends or family outside in the public streets...as I got older I began to doubt myself, even more, when I couldn't even recognize my own mother and sibling..my family thinks is stress and what not and I taught so too because I can remember everything else like equation, names, and stories.A guy I work with "who treats me so well and always gives me small gifts here and there with his male partner" I couldn't recognize him after seeing him helpless in the streets my mind told me to ignore him because he might be a crazy homeless or something but my heart told me to help him..and when he saw me he was so happy to see me and even hold my hand as if we knew each other for a long time, I couldn't recognize him at first but as soon as his partner arrived a few moments later I was able to fit in the missing puzzles, I was so shocked and embarrassed that I couldn't recognize this person who has treated me so well for so long it broke my heart.. after they left I broke into tears... I told my family about my struggles and we saw a doctor after that

I'm not even 1 minute in, and this coverage is already so bad. Prosopagnosia has been under the scrutiny of scientists for at least 20 years - so it isn't an unknown disorder. Also, I understand that they wanted to illustrate that the person couldn't recognise the faces... but having them sit there like 'nope, don't recognise them' repeatedly was such a patronising way to do so. Also, showing the woman her daughter's face and implying that she really should recognise it was so cruel. Yes, it emphasises how problematic the disorder can be, but that point could have been demonstrated without the attitude. SO DISRESPECTFUL

@katiealessandra

7 жыл бұрын

On a lighter note - the work of Chuck Close is really incredible. Worth a google!

@paigejohnson9201

2 жыл бұрын

agreed. she treated it like a game. it could have been purely educational and she could have had interviews with people who experience it but this was just cruel and with bad taste in my opinion. i mean it was several years ago but still

@stevezelaznik5872

2 жыл бұрын

Did they get the science wrong? I agree that it was needlessly cruel to put that poor woman on the spot like that.

It's a very common disorder frequently found in people who owe you money. Most people who borrowed money from me started to suffer from Prosopagnosia. This is often accompanied by Amnesia. I have decided not to lend anymore until they find a cure for this disorder.

I have faceblindness too. It's hard to make friends at my middle school because I can't remember them and when I have to ask them their names it gets awkward and they don't want to talk to me anymore :(

@michaelrobinson6059

8 жыл бұрын

What about hair?

@redireland3006

8 жыл бұрын

Michael Robinson Depends on how unique their hair is.

@susannemoseidbryhni9898

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelrobinson6059 same

What a wonderful piece of information. Thank you, I've learned so much.

I’ve found being open and honest and explaining my face blindness helps a lot, especially since im a camp supervisor. My most helpful tool is telling people how I recognize them - the specific hair, the clothing choice, a very specific or notable feature (maybe they have really strong cheekbones or a strong brow). Like the artist, Im also very driven to draw faces. I don’t really like drawing much else. Some people I can come to visualize in larger pieces or nearly whole if I see them a lot or they have a number of really strong features (a polish employee has really distinct features and I really just can’t imagine the tip of the nose down. The more the think the less I imagine). I don’t feel like who I see in the mirror is me.

I clearly understand them. I do feel bad too. When my friends, classmates, co workers approaches me and can't recognize them. I though to my self that I'm really insensitive and do not value the times that we have together. Now I know. Thanks to this I won't feel that way anymore.

Thank you!!! I've always been embarrassed when I think I know a face then find it was a good friend I just passed by without saying a word. I think that's why I have so few friends. Actually none. I'm 64 years old and didn't know why everyone knew me so quickly but they had to remind me who they were. Very embarrassing. I hope they find a cure for this, for people in the future, so they don't have to endure the same affliction, or a life without friends.

The same woman who couldn't recognize her own daughter, made a woman who couldn't recognize her daughter feel bad. Wild

yes thank god for this youtube vid!!! will help my friends understand why i constantly walk right past them at school!

i can remember faces but i can't recall names :(

@stellakoga8067

5 жыл бұрын

Me too

@chuntr

4 жыл бұрын

That's just called ADHD. And tons of people have it.

@gracenmoe

3 жыл бұрын

@@chuntr Bruh no it's not ADHD is more than not being able to recall names and being unable to recall names sometimes it's normal a lot and I mean a lot of people have experience it even me

This is awesome topic for my health project!

As someone who has this, I can assure you that NOBODY wants to be THIS unique and special. I worked for 5 years as a chauffeur, and for my regular clients, I had an easier time recognizing them by their luggage or their house or what they talked about than by their face. And that skill applied to irregular clients too-- I'd recognize people I'd only driven once and remember everything we talked about the first time as soon as I saw their brief case for example.

Wow!! I seriously cried when I saw this, a bunch of emotions came over. When the older woman said "I thought I was stupid".. I always thought this myself. I was always made to believe I was and have people think I'm stuck up and offend them when I can't remember them. I feel horrible for it but that's just the way I am. I now tell them "I like you a lot, think you're (kind, beautiful, unique, etc.) just please keep in mind that I'm like dory from the kids movie If i see you later I might not recognize you at all, you'd have to remind me or please don't get offended if I can't remember." They give me a funny face like they don't believe me 😒😞 I never could put a name in it just thought this that was a way of coping with it.. thank you so much for this video. 😍

I never knew this existed until I saw the movie Faces In The Crowd. This is very interesting but also very sad

They didn’t have to put her daughter in there in front of everyone....

I feel like they're completely bypassing the fact that this can occur in various severities. I definitely have this, but I can actually say it's improved over time! I always recognize close family members when I see them, but have a hard time picturing their faces when they're not there. I used to re-introduce myself to people I had already met numerous times, I now assume I know who it is and most of the time, I'm right! I greeted the wrong person a while back, thinking it was someone I'd met the night before, but I don't think that's too bad. The only thing I still struggle with tremendously is that I don't have a clear image of what I look like. I seem to look so different each time I look at myself and each angle I look at myself from.

@jansen7640

Жыл бұрын

Same. This video was frustrating to watch. I'm 19 and I only realized it now. A long while ago a friend invited a girl over. Last week I saw her again, and pretended i knew her because she knew my name. I asked my friend. 'what's her name?' He said her name followed by 'don't you recognize her? We hung out together all night don't you remember' How am I supposed to recognize someone after meeting for the first time I said. Then I realized he was serious. One time I had a new guy at work. He looked so average to me, it took me 3 weeks working everyday with him before I could picture his face in my head. Another time I had a long time coworker quit and met her randomly at a gas station one year later. It took me 10 seconds to recognize if it was her or another girl I knew. I also once refered to someone as a redhead in a conversation with someone else. He said who do you mean. I said 'Mike' (not his real name) He thought I was insane. Some type of Mandela effect. To me he looked like someone else i knew who actually has red hair. If you'd ask someone else they would probably barely find any similarities between the actual red head and 'Mike'. except they were both Big and wear square glasses. My mind mixed them up and it seemed it never corrected itself even after seeing Mike multiple times a week. It all makes sense now. I discovered my ASD diagnosis 2/3 years ago. And I've discovered things that make me different. I thought I knew everything about my disorder. But I was wrong again. I do have difficulty with recognizing my colleagues who i have to communicate with regularly through calling and messaging. Basically dispatch that I contact when I encounter problems in my field of work. I know their names but whenever I see them, usually everyday when I'm done with my work. I feel to anxious to shout their names in fear I somehow mix them up. But at least now I know what causes it.

@nutforana

Жыл бұрын

@@jansen7640 It’s good that you’re aware of yourself and are trying to recognize people. Just don’t stress yourself out about it. Everyone you’re associated with (family & close friends) should know about it for safety reasons just incase. Keep up the great work, though! Hopefully, you figure out ways to remember someone :) I know everything I just said is jumbled up, but it’s because I just wanted to tell you that you’re doing great

@franka91

Жыл бұрын

More than your condition “improving” it just seems like you’re adapting better.

1 in 50?? That's way more common than anticipated

@TjPhysicist

9 жыл бұрын

Amelia Lopez I have no idea where people come up with that number tbh. But I DO suspect its more common than "official reports" would indicate (whatever that might be) as it is QUITE easy to just pass this off as "I'm just bad at remembering people" (do note: there's a SUBTLE different between being bad at remember and being bad at seeing...just a subtle one). IDK, at least in my case I had no idea, searched around for YEARS without telling anyone because i thought that I was merely just someone who had bad memory or poor social skills or something.

This has probably existed for all of human history.

I recognized the faces just as easy upside down. Bad example. Interesting video, though. I don't know anyone with the full condition, but I do know a couple of people who have at least a little trouble with faces.

@BOICRAZYTV

9 жыл бұрын

Me too

@skellymom

9 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I recognized all the faces except for the last one, because I have never seen or met this woman. And, I do pretty well with recognizing people just by their eyes (there was a puzzle w/celebrity eyes in a magazine some time ago). But then, I pick up on faces in movies all the time-drives my husband crazy. So, maybe I am hypersensitive. I can do the same thing with voices-pick up in several sentences whose voices in all those Pixar/Disney animated movies.

@BOICRAZYTV

9 жыл бұрын

Wish I had your talent.

@drmantistobboggangonzodr3961

6 жыл бұрын

yep bad example, i thought it was easy too. but i guess they were trying to make you have to look twice at certain features or something to understand how someone with "face blindness" would have to, or to make the point that they see the features but can't put it together in recognition? or it just doesn't get filed the same way in memory like joan said.

@stevezelaznik5872

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe you're one of the super-recognizers. I know I struggled with the upside down faces and I'm assuming most viewers struggled as well.

I teach adults. Very embarrassing when I don't recall them from day to day. For me, taking a photo & studying their faces before class is a great help.

I recently just finishes reading "Holding up the Universe" by Jennifer Niven. It was really amazing. It was centred around this boy called Jack, who had face blindness. I really loved it, a fabulous book.

I'm face blind. I used to think everyone had it until one day I recognized my friends voice on a crowded bus and he asked how I recognized him as his appearance changed over the years and we barely had past interactions. I told him it was his voice and tone that identified him. He was startled and confused as the bus was very loud and we were many seats apart. I've also noticed since then not many people can recognize me by voice alone. Via guess who covering their eyes

As an artist who drawns realistic portraits, I can't imagine my life without being able to recognise faces.

What about knowing the face but not being able to put a name to it? Cause it just happened to me right while watching this it took like a couple of minutes to remember tom cruise's name all i could remember was mission impossible lol

@kayowls24

4 жыл бұрын

I have that lol.. i don't forget faces but i do with names

@quillmorningstar8713

3 жыл бұрын

Same, I forget names but not faces. It's not severe but it is probably abnormal with how much it has happened to me.

I have face blindness ( but not as bad as these people) but I’m even worse with names. I can usually recognise a person if I see them where I first met them. I rarely remember their names, even if they’ve told me multiple times. If I see them somewhere else I either won’t recognise them or I will think there’s something familiar but won’t know what it is. Face masks have made this worse as I rely on people smiling/ recognising me first. It’s getting worse with age and I must come across as very ignorant. I have to really get to know a person and then find something that stands out to recognise them. Ironically I’m good at reading expressions to know what they are feeling

Living with prosopagnisa is difficult And often embarrassing. Watching a movie is nearly impossible because the characters blend into each other. And the fear of trying to recognize your child lost in a grocery store is terrifying.

"Guess what we've done" " I dont know" hahaha

I can't remember people's names or faces. I honestly remember people by their hair or two front teeth. I see people and they say hi, and I have no idea who they are. :/ My parents say it's a part of my brain that's underdeveloped and it runs in our family. But I recognize my family and some friends.

i think i have this...sort of, this sounds like the extreme version of what i have. i can't recognize people i know too but after while it all comes to me. the problem is in public i go pass people i know and after while when i'm meters away i realize i have just passed someone i know. i feel stupid and awkward, and i just keep on pretending i didn't see them. it is very rude. i pass them their eyes locked on me and sometime ago i used to go to the person looking at me and ask them if we know each other or something. but 90% of the time they are strangers. so i dont go asking people if we know each other anymore.

im a place where no one knows what faces look like, welcome to... the twilight zone.

"No one ever brings it up?" I was made fun of for not recognizing people at one of my jobs a long time ago. How can people work as teachers and doctors and have no one bring it up?

@bjam89

9 жыл бұрын

well i for one believed until not that long ago that no one could recall faces, you think everyone has the same world view as you, the same stimulus as you, it wasnt until i started talking about how i experiance the world that i saw just how...different it is for others, bymy reasoning most humans seem blind, i dont use my eyes to find things i focus on hearing and smell, both senses that is excellent in in my case but seeing how my friends sense of smell and hearing is so much more limited then mine it is...strange, so you take things for granted and dont speak about it since you think it is like that for everyone

I am a bit scared of mirrors too. It Always takes me a few seconds to see it's me...

I have this problem (not as bad as the people in this clip) and it's led to some embarrassing situations. To me, most people just don't look that distinctive and fall into a finite number of categories.

When we went to the art museum as a kid, they just said Chuck Close was blind. We didn’t buy it.

After an auto accident resulting in a Traumatic Head Injury (TBI), I was having trouble remembering names, best friends, family, my dogs,... then I realized after a few years that I was dealing with Face Blindness. Not only did people get angry at me, they told me I was faking it. How can one over come this illness without severe depression and PTSD? Have compassion for us, learn more, help us to help ourselves.

@gracieloves356

3 жыл бұрын

Hello, I’m from Philippines, I was trying to make a story with character having prosopagnosia and it was originally about the person with PTSD, depression and suicidal thoughts due to an unfortunate incident.I am doing my research regarding the true to life experiences of people who are experiencing this and I think it will be a good way to make people aware about this condition and be kind enough to understand. I actually had cancer last year and have been advocating for Suicide Prevention and Mental Health since then. I pray for the healing of your heart and mind. You deserve love and you are worth it. :)

I ended up here randomly, what a wonderful surprise to see Oliver Sacks! RIP

I have face blindness, as well as a few other issues with my brain and it is a constant every day struggle

That's weird, the face of her daughter totally stumped me too.

It's easier for me to recognize people I don't see a lot, like pictures of famous people. But with people I've seen all the time, especially daily like my mom, it's impossible.

I've got the same problem but I start recognizing people if I meet them 2 or 3 times. I spent the whole day with someone and I couldn't recognize the guy the next week. It feels so weird. Usually girls are easier to remember because of the different hairstyles.

I use this video in my class. One of my students said, "the only way I can relate to this is when I had my leg in a boot. I had my leg still, but couldn't use it." So sad!!

Hmm it was easy to recognise faces upside down. Except for 2 people I didn't know

"Believable"!? Jesus, I cried when the mother said that, oh my goodness

I asked to embed this clip into a lecture video and was denied. Come on CBS! This is old and it is for educational purposes.

theres a movie caled Faces in the Crowd that deals with this, justt thought id look it up

Heartbreaking Especially that mom/daughter moment

I have it. I’ve even asked my wife who someone was on a picture and it’s my own nephew. I’m 38 and never had brain trauma that I know of.

I met someone last week at a party, I introduced myself and said nice to meet you, he said oh we met several weeks back at so and so's place. I said oh yeah right, of course. But honestly, I kept glancing at them and had zero recollection of meeting him or his wife. I usually work hard to avoid those introductions for this exact reason. It's happened to me countless times in my life. I hate gatherings because I'm always like, gee do I know that person, have we met and then I avoid them so it won't be weird. And then people generally think I'm mean or unsocial or angry or stuck up or whatever because I avoid these situations. I don't have this nearly as bad as that first guy. But it's real. I have a hard time keeping track of who's who in movies, I once couldn't recognize my own roommate at a train station, not until she started talking then I put her voice to her face and knew who she was. People close to me though it's usually not a problem. But I do use clues like voice a lot and the way someone walks. But people I only kind of know, out of context it can be hard.

@SanthoshKumar0a1

3 жыл бұрын

I have mild face blindness, I struggle identifying people after first meet

I like how they also tack on Super Recognizers - I think I have met some of them, and it's uncanny how good they are.

am not this worst...but it takes few seconds to remember if i meet them unexpectedly

Now I realize why I have so much trouble in church. And tv shows, where all women have the same styles--- I get lost so easily!

My mum is very good with faces, She recognize all the relatives and my dads relatives and even my old classmates parents and siblings. My dad are not so good and he have a mild dyslexia, maybe it is connected. I had a moment when I met a person in school and he started to talk to me as he knew me, I remember his voice and also that I have seen him before but could not point out where. He is not a student in the school. I first thought he was at a big party I also was at, but no, I met him at a different location.

came here after reading a chapter on perception in my coginitive psychology book...really insane condition

Eheh, I recognized Jennifer Aniston better upside down.

"Just dont ask him to identify faces" *Immediately asks him to identify faces*

When I watch t.v. and movies I often get characters confused.

I am faceblind but I can recognise a lot of famous people because I remember pictures I've seen extremely well. I have a house filled with pitures from family also :) but a new picture makes me look a few times...

I was able to recognize the faces upside down easily

I just wanted to find out what condition I have that I can't recognize new people faces right after talking to them and I get frustrated

@EricDec

5 жыл бұрын

Same for me

What about the less severe cases?

This is so sad condition, It's like someone shapeshifting before your own eyes. I've never heard about this before.

I have this to a lesser degree. I forget the details of my own mother's face or those of the boyfriends I've had thusfar.

I really appreciate that they didn't have a graphic of a person without a face. That's never been the issue. The upside down faces are a much better representation. Like, you know it's upside down and that it's a face, but it's hard to put the person into context.

In high school there were these two girls who both had long curly blonde hair. I never saw them in the same room, and I always thought it was the same person, however, when I would ask their name, sometimes it would be one name and some times it would be another name. But I mix up names all the time, so I always just assumed that I had it wrong and then I tried to commit the new name to memory. Eventually I realized that there were two names being given, so I concluded that this long haired girl was messing with me, finding it amusing that I couldn't get her name correct and that I asked it so often. After over a month of thinking this, I saw both of them in the same room side by side and had to apologies. Seeing their faces next to one another, there really wasn't any similarity, but I had no clue.

Just started reading Rock, Paper, Scissors and went down a rabbit hole.

She really couldn't recognise the faces upside down?

@deanwinchester3356

5 жыл бұрын

I couldn’t. Of course 2 of the celebrities I didn’t know at all. I got Jennifer anniston right

I would equate it to differentiating the facial characteristics of a dog or a cat or a Sparrow for that matter. yeah they have individual differences but they hard to recognize.

I have this problem!

literally a minute ago, i finished the GMM episode mentioning this.

"Missed Connections"..... I wonder how many people I have upset.... I have some tools though. If somebody acts like they know me, I say "whats up buddy?" "hows it going"? "How've you been?"... Acting familiar.... Or I wave, to people that may be looking at somebody behind me. I'm a good pretender, then I pick up on voices, voice patterns, or subject. Deduction, deduction, deduction.... Glad I have a steel trap memory for names and numbers.

I'm a super recognizer, I think. I was able to name all of the people when they were upside down, instantly. I couldn't name her daughter or the older guy on the bottom left, but only because I truly don't know who they are. I can see someone in a movie and, in 2 seconds, say "that's the girl who was in Mighty Ducks 2. Don't you see it?" And the people around me are like, "No. I don't." I google things like this all the time and I'm always right about it.

@noman2330

5 жыл бұрын

Erica Melzer you are so smart omagod..lul yo everyone who wasted his time on bazillion of movies can do that

@Petra44YT

5 жыл бұрын

I couldn't name them, but I didn't know them the right way up either. They should have put in Elvis, too.

I have this problem. its not really bad as these people have .. i can only reconize 2 people right off the bat. i meet them 2 years ago. honestly it freaked me out. only my friend and his mom. not his 1/2brother.. otherwise I can only composite, just by how they have their hair, sound of their voice, what they wear. walk. as said in the video. not very accurate. .

I love how they put her daughters picture up there. They were able to show the severity of it. They did a great job on this piece. 👌🏼

Can they understand if a person is attractive or not? Like, do they feel that a face is attractive or less attractive to them? I’m so intrigued by this

@franka91

Жыл бұрын

For example when looking at upside down faces I can kinda see which ones are more attractive because of things like wrinkles, etc, but I cannot really perceive “beauty” or attractiveness. That’s why I’m curious about this

My own father mistakes other people for me and talks to them thinking it's me. I get embarrassed for him.

This is basically me, but with math. I could learn how to figure out an equation, but give it to me to solve, and I have difficulty with it. Ask me to do it an hour later, and I've completely forgotten the steps.

Ive thought that I had this. But honestly what I experience is not that bad. I can recognize people that I meet often (parents, friends, colleagues after several weeks) or movie actors (besides the movie Departed where it took me an hour to realize that these people were actually two different characters) but when I entered a new school group it took me a month or two to remember people and there were always a few that I had issues to distinguish from each other. Especially when one of these took a sweatshirt off during the day or got a new haircut. And talking about my family - I can repeat their description but cannot imagine how they look even right now. But definitely I dont suffer from this.

@gesh92

8 жыл бұрын

+tod4y OMG yes! Had the same problem with The Departed! :D

@michaelrobinson6059

8 жыл бұрын

That's just being bad with names and faces. What they're describing is the inability to recognize somebody by looking at their face. You may be able to recognize somebody after meeting them a few times, but these people can never distinguish people unless they do so by looking at other traits.

@tod4y

8 жыл бұрын

+Michael Robinson I have no problem with names. Just with to assigning them and their voices to the right face.

i’ve been describing facial blindness and not recognizing people, an inability to picture faces in my head, seeing blank slates of faces in every dream, and scaring myself when i look in the mirror becuase i don’t know who i am it’s like i am an alien to myself, since i was 5 years old. turns out i’m on the autism spectrum. scary stuff.

I have this somewhat.

"jo, work on it" That's so fucking rude... the audacity

Wow prosopagnosia is real. Thank you 999

@penguintears825

6 жыл бұрын

Haha I was brought here from Ace too.

@Boyzby

4 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy to see a comment about 999 here, because I didn't actually expect one.

i thought she'd at least be able to recognize upside down denzel

Sinong nandito dahil sa movie "paano siya nawala?"

In psychology class we watched a movie about a lady who got hit in the head & had this condition. It was fiction but it was really good

Reason is: guilt feeling, shame and fear. You prefer remain hidden by not looking at faces. If you dont look straight at faces you cannot record. You didn´t record, you can´t remember. You can release these 3 emotions with mental therapy and revert the situation.

I recognized all the faces except for the last one, because I have never seen or met this woman. And, I do pretty well with recognizing people just by their eyes (there was a puzzle w/celebrity eyes in a magazine some time ago). But then, I pick up on faces in movies and identify them all the time (even w/heavy appliance theatre makeup)-drives my husband crazy. So, maybe I am hypersensitive. I can do the same thing with voices-pick up in several sentences whose voices in all those Pixar/Disney animated movies.

I was able to recognize Denzel, Anniston, and Tavolta. I thought Bullock was Ashley Judd at first.

Did anyone else recognize all the faces upside down? The only 2 I didn't know were the old guy that I don't know in the first place and her daughter.