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> I have never been formally diagnosed, but I cannot even recognize the faces of my own family members to save my life.

And I thought I had this disease. I think root of my issue most likely is that my brain is assuming that most people I see on the street or during parties I will never see again so it immediately forgets faces and names and only starts remembering when I encounter them few times.

I would imagine the most famous people who were diagnosed with prosopagnosia probably have something closer to what I have than you.



But not recognizing faces of people you see at parties is different from not recognizing your own family. Do you have the latter too?


LOL, after editing the comment I cut out the important part. What I meant to say is that I thought I had that disease, but after reading the comment I doubt I have it.

I also suspect that many celebrities who claim that they have it probably just have a bad memory. They are normally meeting a lot of people so it's not easy to remember faces.




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