Omg someone with face blindness?? I had this for about a month when my dad died. It was cr...

I would get face blindness when I was younger whenever I had super strong anxiety attacks or panic attacks. My doctor told my mom I was making things up for attention (said the same thing about my back hurting, turns out I have scoliosis). It is super hard to explain. I knew people by voice, clothing style, or smell, but it was like everyone was wearing paper bags over their head or something. It freaked me out so I would refuse to look at anyone's face. I haven't had that happen in a long time, I also don't have anxiety like that any more, but I do still carry the habbit of not looking at people's faces when I'm stressed out. Idk if it's a learned behavior at this point or if I'm worried that I'm not going to be able to recognize who I'm looking at

Really? Are all faces the same?Always or sometimes?

Sorry to hear that :/ that sounds tough to deal with especially because not a lot of people experience it. People can be assholes sometimes when they just dont wanna deal with things they dont understand. Happy it doesnt happen often anymore tho!

Mine was probably because of lack of sleep + being cooped up with my dad at the hospital for months lolol

Also omg fellow scoliotic girly here

Mine was because I was in the hospital with my dad for so long. I could recognize faces I knew pre hospitalization but anything during and after that was a complete blur.

Like the faces were censored or smth Even if I try to remember their clothes and hair, it got so overwhelming so it I'd still feel lost and id have to ask the person who they were several times lol. Basically they just looked like their faces were blurred/censored. Like you were seeing them through your imagination and not through your eyes

Oh dear.I'm sorry about your father. It's really hard to have something like this. When I read this manhwa, I couldn't believe that something like this existed. I hope you're always in a good mood and happy and free from stress.

You are so sweet. I am all better now. ^-^ it wasn't the worst thing ever once I learned some ways to work around it.

I am sorry about your dad. That is never easy. I pray you are doing better now.

My doctor was not great. How do you look at a kid who's complaining about back pain and go "attention seeking behavior!" When a quick feel of the spin would have easily shown scoliosis?! He should have checked just to be safe or to humor me. I hope yours doesn't cause too many problems

Not the same. It's like, there is no face. Like, you can see a face, but you cant processes what you are seeing at all and you can't remember what any face looks like. It's like trying to imagine something you've read in a book looks like when you've never seen the image before. It's startling.

I was at home and wasn't sure if the woman standing in the kitchen was my mother or not. Had the same shape as her, clothing, and voice, but I don't know what her face looked like so I couldn't be 100% sure that it was her. At the time I couldn't remember what her face was supposed to look like, let alone know what her face did look like to me.

Like in a Manga, when a character can't remember what someone looked like they knew as a child, they drawn that person only showing a bit of their mouth so you can read the expression, but the rest of the face is in shadow.

Omg. This is very scary. Are you better now?

I'm all better now ^-^ It was pretty scary at the time. I don't think it's something you ever fully get used to.

Thank God. I hope you are always well. Take care of yourself.