Prosopagnosia, face blindness

More about Prosopagnosia, face blindness

Imagine you attend a business dinner. Entering the room you see yourself in the mirror, but all the other faces are unrecognizable even though you know every person. Imagine wherever you go, no one you encounter is ever familiar. Imagine acquaintances around you in the community growing to dislike you because you never acknowledge them, not realizing you can't recognize them. You are not blind. You see everything else clearly, so your inability to recognize faces is completely hidden from others and misinterpreted.

Prosopagnosia is permanent brain dysfunction resulting from head injury, encephalitis, or stroke; or from a congenital abnormality. It doesn't generate further physical health issues, but it can lead to a serious mental health decline without strategic management. In its milder forms, it can go undiagnosed, creating isolation and misinterpretation of behaviors.

There are two forms of prosopagnosia:
With apperceptive prosopagnosia you can’t recognize a person’s facial expressions or other non-verbal cues.
But with associative prosopagnosia you can’t recognize a person’s face even if you’re familiar with them. You can still recognize them by other means like their voice or the sound of how they walk. At its most severe, associative prosopagnosia can even include not recognizing yourself in a mirror.

To read more about it:
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23412-prosopagnosia-face-blindness