Asperger's Mix Up Faces

[ems]

Example

I mixed up a random image of a woman with Kate Middleton, Princess of the United Kingdom.

It's only when I compare the two side by side that I realize the difference.

But I have to stare hard.

 

[The Midge]

Easily done.

Once I didn't recognise my wife.

 

[Chance]

I can remember faces pretty easy, actually really well it seems (I think in pictures), but crap putting the right name with the right face... Its horrible. Sometimes I just draw a hard blank and I get embarrassed.
I just want to run and hide sometimes.

"Hard blanks" to me is that gut feeling that my brain is not going to let me have the information I need in time... The information is there and I very well know it, and that is why I get so upset. Its like something blocks it right when I need it. Suddenly I get that panicked feeling and then it just goes stupid from there... And people wonder why I don't want to talk to them...

Its not that I don't want too... Its just so hard to get every thing lined up in my head fast enough to have a casual non-logical conversation, but I try and then wish I hadn't. : )

I once found out that saying "old whats her name" was considered rude... But it was the best I had at the moment to replace an old ladies name... blunt, logical, classic A** hole Spectrum Disorder.

 

[OkRad]

I have prosopagnosia diagnosed. Only after my accident, though. It is scary. Someone comes up and says, OKRAD, HI!" and I have to pretend I know them. OR I might see someone and recognize them but not remember if they are safe people, if the last interaction was good, etc or how I know them.

If they are out of context, it is worse. For instance, if I see the librarian I see every single day and maybe she is at Wal Mart, and I cannot place her!

I just have to be nice to everyone so I don't hurt anyone!

 

[Mia]

Rarely remember names, remember faces though. Used to work with two women whose names I confused for years, because they looked similar. Same height, clothing, hairstyle, age, it was embarrassing. Never got it right.

Sometimes I'll mix the first name with someone with the same first name but different last name, and switch them around. So Julia Roberts becomes Julia Styles or Julia Child, but I'm referring to Julia Roberts! Happens quite often.

 

[Judge]

I'm actually being haunted by myself over this issue that happened only a few days ago.

Horrified that I was talking to two persons of my apartment complex's staff, where I referred to someone in the third person when she may have been one of the two persons I was talking to.

Mortifying.

 

[dragoncat16]

To me, people usually don't even look like their photographs, especially if it's an old photo and they have changed their hairstyle. If I am in a room full of people and I have photographs giving their names, I will still not be able to identify many of them (especially guys with nondescript short hairstyles).

I have no ability whatsoever for facial recognition or remembering names. The only way I recognise people is by the sound of their voices, the colour or style of their hair, or the way they move (including their habitual facial expressions, but not the actual look of their faces). When someone comes up to me and knows me from somewhere, I usually have to pretend that I remember exactly where I know them from, and I very rarely know their name. It's so embarrassing.

I do get to know people, but just not by name or face. I remember them by how I feel about them, if that makes sense, and I remember specific things they have told me about themselves (e.g. their birthday, their favourite TV show, or their love of chocolate). Everyone to me is "what's his/her face", because it would take too long for me to remember their name (I often know the first letter but after that it's a blank). I guess that makes people think that I don't care about others, but that is not the case. I know them and remember them in my own way, but, unfortunately, that does not include their name or face.

 

[Bolletje]

I remember faces and names way too well, which leads to awkward situations when I run into someone I met a long time ago and don't introduce myself, while they have no clue who I am.

 

[dragoncat16]

This is how bad I am. Since I saw the first episode of Marvel's Inhumans I suspected that the bad guy (Maximus) was the bad guy (Ramsay Bolton) from Game of Thrones but I wasn't sure. The only clues I had were the colour of the hair, the voice (he had an English accent on Thrones so that threw me off as well), the way he moved, the shape of his teeth, and the way his face formed certain expressions. The face itself was not a clue at all because the facial hair and the hairstyle were slightly different. I just looked it up and found out that yes it is the same actor (Iwan Rheon). I wonder how long it would have taken me if he had bleached his hair or shaved his head for one of the roles. Sheesh!