IMPORTANT: If you're going to remember one thing from this AMA, I hope it's this:

"... the last thing anyone needs is to have uninformed people lecturing them about the need to let go of their trauma, when in fact what they're experiencing is because of a physical scar." https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/14k34en/comment/jpsz3pa/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

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I have prosopagnosia, or "face blindness". My only proof is my Twitter account, in that I've discussed it there, for years. https://twitter.com/Millinillion3K3/status/1673545499826061312?s=20

The condition was made famous by Oliver Sacks' book, "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat." More recently, Brad Pitt identified as prosopagnostic in 2022.

Background info here: https://www.businessinsider.com/some-people-cant-recognize-their-own-face-2013-1

Downside: We're much worse than most, at finding faces familiar. "That's Sam!"

Upside: We're much better than most, at comparing two faces. "Those noses are the same!"

To me, it's like magic, how people recognize each other, despite changing hairstyles, clothes, etc. And I imagine it's like magic, to some, how prosos pick out details. (That doesn't make up for the embarrassing recognition errors. One got me fired! Nonetheless, it's sometimes handy.)

Ask me anything.

UPDATE JUNE 28: It's about 9:30 am, and I'm still working through the questions. Thank you so much for your interest! Also thanks to all the other people with proso, or similar cognitive issues, who are answering Qs & sharing their stories.