[ SECRET POST #4120 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4120 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[Smallville]


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03.
[Reqiuem (British miniseries also on Netflix)]


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04.
[Kristin Kreuk]


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05.
[Final Fantasy X (infamous laughing scene)]


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06. https://i.imgur.com/evx15Dk.jpg
[Jessica Jones, OP noted: sex, but a consensual scene]


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07.
[Crimson Peak]











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Comments

Face blindness or...?

[(Anonymous)]

I sometimes think I have minor face blindness. Looking online, it must be a minor version because there are people who can't even watch movies. Mine - if it exists - isn't that bad.

But for instance, I had two coworkers start in my office around the same time. Both had black hair and really pale skin. That is where their similarities ended. Their faces were completely different shapes, and even their hair itself wasn't that similar. But it took me MONTHS to tell Courtney from Rachel. Another time, I made conversation with a classmate, only to realize it wasn't her (and probably confused her in the process). The girls actually DID look a little similar, but not that similar. They both had darker hair and glasses.

I also thought Tina Fey and Megan Mullaly were the same person. I thought Tina Fey must be one helluva good voice actress.

It's also led me to being mistaken for being racist, unfortunately. :/ But the thing is, it's not a "all Group X look the same" issue. I literally have trouble with ANYONE who has vaguely similar features.

Is that possible face blindness, or am I just bad at paying attention?

Re: Face blindness or...?

[(Anonymous)]

Does this happen with everyone, or just those few instances?

Re: Face blindness or...?

[(Anonymous)]

Do you only have trouble with women? Because that was the case for me but it only started in my late 30s about five years after a brain injury. I brought this up to my doctor and he took me seriously. I had to do a lot of tests with a neuropsychologist and sometimes they hooked me up to a machine for them. tl;dr I can't recognise many women's facial features beyond their cosmetics and it's primarily when they use the cosmetics to alter the shape of their features, like with eyeliner. Which has been very popular since about 2012. It was popular in the 80s too and I had trouble in the tests with recognising women in the photos they showed from that time.

Re: Face blindness or...?

[(Anonymous)]

I have fairly severe face-blindness. I heard a BBC radio programme that suggested being born with the cord around the neck is a factor, and my jaw just dropped because that happened to me. I can take a stab at someone's identity if I see them in context, but not always. Like, a bloke I worked with every day came in with a perm and I wasn't sure if it was him.

So it isn't just women by any means. And I hear you on being mistaken for racist because skin colour is one thing even I can't fail to recognise.

Oddly enough I can recognise voices straight away. In the first ep of Game of Thrones I failed to recognise Sean Bean, Roger Allam and Iain Glen until they spoke, then I knew them immediately.

Re: Face blindness or...?

[(Anonymous)]

Without knowing how often this happens it's hard to know whether this is a real neurological thing with you. I think it sounds like it would be worth it to check it out with a neurologist if you can. In the meantime, a way around it could be to try to focus on aspects other than facial features and hair to tell people apart, e.g. Courtney has a deeper voice than Rachel/ Rachel has pierced ears/ Megan Mullaly is shorter and bustier than Tina Fey. If you get into the practice of noting small details about people lime tbat it might make recognition a bit easier.