Stumbling Through Life

I was diagnosed with Prosopagnosia several years ago. The purpose of this blog has changed back and forth, but for now it is a ProsoBlog.

[prosopanonymous]

ProsoMiracle

I’ve never liked the Twilight series, so I enjoy watching videos like Everything Wrong with Twilight by Cinema Sins on YouTube. One of the characters (Justin? Maybe???) looked familiar to me. Like, WHAT?! And it was bothering me so much, I paused the video and looked it up. IMDB had nothing on the character or who played him, so I was at a loss. I thought he might have played an awkward brother and wracked my brain trying to think of any TV show I might be remembering him from. First one I googled- I GOT IT! Michael Welch was in Joan of Arcadia. But according to the site, he was also in Z Nation, which is actually where I recognized him from. It was just a happy accident I thought of Joan of Arcadia at all, lmao!

[prosopanonymous]

Episode 7: Prosopagnosia in Children

A review of behaviors exhibited by children with prosopagnosia and what parents can do to help. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/prosopanonymous Twitter: h...

New Episode!

[prosopanonymous]

Was treated to dinner tonight by a friend.

The cashier who took our order was super nice but was clearly new and didn't quite know what she was doing which made for a longer than normal interaction as she had to clarify our order to the ones making the food.

While this was going on, I continued to switch between eye contact and looking at her mouth as she spoke, which I do without thinking because it helps me with recognition. However, this had an unexpected complication due to one particular feature of hers. 

To be frank, the woman had a massive underbite and teeth that reminded me of the trolls from The 10th Kingdom. I could tell she was self conscious about it and I did my best to maintain eye contact, but my eyes kept sliding to her mouth every time she spoke because that's where I look when people make sound. Basically, the entire interaction was me doing my best to fight this instinct, and her making a conscious effort to keep her lips over her bottom teeth, leading to a level of awkward that is hard to put into words as we both acted like we weren't each making the other super uncomfortable.

Good news- I feel pretty confident I'll recognize her if we were to meet again in the future. Doesn't stop me from feeling bad for staring, though 😕

[prosopanonymous]

I’m currently watching the DC tv series

But I unintentionally started watching them backwards. Rather than starting with Legends of Tomorrow or Arrow and moving on to Flash and Supergirl, I started with Supergirl. I was happy just watching that one, but then I got to the episodes where the shows overlap. It was fine when Flash was in Supergirl’s universe, but when she disappeared I was curious what happened. That said, I wanted to finish one show before starting another and what it was isn’t referenced again so it wasn’t crucial to watching the rest.

Then she was attacked and the entire issue was resolved in a Flash episode, which drove me nuts, so I started watching Flash. When I caught up to the first crossover, it was then continued in the Arrow, only to be concluded in Legends of Tomorrow. Needless to say, it escalated out of control quickly.

So many characters, so little context provided in each episode to remember them in. One good thing, however, is most of the characters aren’t recognizable to me when I see their origin story, I can’t really predict what is going to happen or who they are in other shows I’ve already seen. Annoying, but also kind of nice since I’m always left guessing. But mostly annoying.

[did-you-know]

People are really good at figuring out strangers’ names based on their faces. Studies show that when given a random face and a list of names to choose from, people guess the right name more often than when left to chance. Scientists think it might be because stereotypes are subconsciously associated with names, and that people unknowingly change their own appearances to fit the stereotype of their name. Source Source 2

[prosopanonymous]

Wonder how well those with Prosopagnosia compare to the control

[ghost-roads]

has this been done yet

[prosopanonymous]

Are these all the same woman?

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Episode 5: Resources

A review of the resources currently available to those with prosopagnosia. It's a bit sparse :( Online tests (not to replace an official diagnosis) http://fa...

Two new episodes up!

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Return of the Stephanie

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Face blindness: All the things I like about having prosopagnosia

Stephanie Chase has a brain disorder which means she is not able to recognise her own face, or the faces of others.

My article was published :) No royalties, but please give it a read

[wonderswoman]

”Why do you need to do this?” ”Because it’s what I’m good at.”

Ocean’s 8 (2018), dir. Gary Ross

[prosopanonymous]

Different ethnicities and only 8 of them? Finally- an Oceans movie I might actually be able to watch

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Subconscious identification like this is so annoying! I try to consciously remember things like accessories and clothing, but when I do, I can’t seem to remember as well as I do when I’m not trying ¬¬

[prosopanonymous]

This Condition Makes You Unable to Recognize Familiar Faces

We spoke to people who have it about how they deal.

I was interviewed by Vice along with 3 others! I think the article makes me sound a bit simple, but the important thing is that it is raising awareness. I'm hoping to participate in future articles :) 

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[zaranephthys]

This is actually kinda creepy like y'all is cousins

[nonchalantrebellion]

Wow everybody got a twin

[chleopatraapaige]

We all are technically 12th cousins so

[badgyal-k-deactivated20190901]

Okay but some of these people could make some serious scammer money

[prosopanonymous]

Probably posted this before, but this is still great :P

[prosopanonymous]

Doctor who?

I'm torn. The 12th Doctor, Peter Capaldi, seems to have prosopagnosia:

Can't read emotion

Can't identify age

Can't remember names or other personal details

Can't seem to recognise people (or at least people who 'don't matter')

But was written by someone who has no idea how someone with prosopagnosia may act, and these signs are purely his personality rather than giving his character dimension with a secondary personality underneath. It would be kind of cool if he was cannon face blind, but at the same time, I would be extremely frustrated by his portrayal of the disorder

[crow-caller]

SO this isn’t that carefully put together, but a short guide to faceblindness, which I have. it’s a thing. Use this as ref or whatever. have fun. I probably forgot some details

[prosopanonymous]

Sharing the love. Not exactly how I would have described it at times, but first-hand experience is hard to argue with :)

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Japan, Short on Babies, Reaches a Worrisome Milestone

Annual births have fallen below a million, and the shrinking population is affecting the job and housing markets, along with consumer and business spending.