Literally crying watching this. I cannot recognise my own face, my family, friends, my wife. It's so impossible to try to explain to people, and so embarrassing on a frequent basis.
Ee Fsss I’m so sorry man. Things will improve. Try to push through it and find another strategy. Wish there was a cure for this shit no one deserves that.
Dude, one time I walked up to my sister at school to hand her her lunch. It wasn't my sister. One time my girlfriend came up to me having done her hair and makeup and such. She wanted to impress me. I asked what her name was again. She cried. My brother came home from the military. I picked him up at the airport.... couldn't recognize him.
This is one of the best videos on prosopagnosia. My father, my sister, and I all have moderate prosopagnosia. My sister and I will watch movies together and stop the video at every scene and make guesses as to who we think the different characters are. We take notes on small characteristics that will serve as hints. Watching movies with anyone else is too frustrating for them. I'm a college teacher and I take notes on seating charts of features I can use to try to identify students. My office desk faces away from the door so people have to speak, which is another way I can identify people. I can learn the faces of most close friends or coworkers in about 4 months. For people I only see every week or so, it takes years. I let most people I have repeated contact with know about it, but it's hard for many people to imagine. The embarrassing blunders I have made are too numerous to mention. Well done, Lucy. This is really good.
Thanks for your story. I'm writing a script for a short film about a girl with prosopagnosia who falls in love with a boy but can't recognize him. I was thinking of showing faces from her perspective as a blur to represent faceblindness. What do you think and do you have any ideas for the film?
@@jonathanflores2302 I'm sorry I didn't see this comment and questions. To me, faces aren't blurry; faces just aren't that special. In other words, all brown haired blue eyed boys of approximately the same age look the same to me. I have to pick out little imperfections to distinguish people with similar characteristics. Hair, teeth, moles, etc. are features that often differ-- I focus on them, not the whole face.
I have it to some degree. For some reason I didnt recognize my father in law a few times. People who change their hair throw me off too. My husband finds it amusing. I get certain celebrities confused.
11:09 the trick is to watch only animated shows, character design is diverse enough(and sometimes facial features are exagerated or stylized enough) to tell everyone apart just fine! Any other people with facial blindness give it a shot and lmk if it works with y'all too.
yep, I like it how they usually have defined characteristics and style of clothes. But if they change the character design ever so slightly they are a stranger to me again.
@@daniele_93 Not really. It was a terrible example they used in the video - he had this cheesy grin that you never see in real life, just photos. If they just showed a normal plain expression, it would be a fairer test. I'm so far from having prosopagnosia, but even I was second-guessing.
Fun fact. Those with prosopagnosia usually also have car blindness and other visual memory issues. I’ve almost accidentally gotten into so many random people’s cars in my life!
That's not true, people with prosopagnosia can tell if a face is beautiful/more beautiful than another. Also they can tell age, sex, race, emotion etc. from a face. It's just that they are unable to memorize it.
@•ItzJustPastel• Well I don't have severe face blindness, but as far as I know there is also a form of prosopagnosia (not sure if there is another medical term for it) where people actually cannot tell if what they are looking at is even a face AT ALL or e. g. a bowl or a balloon. This form is not congenital, but associated with strokes, severe head traumas etc. But this obviously is not the case with Lucy, since she draws portraits.
It's a very common disorder frequently found in people who owe you money. Most people who borrowed money from me started to suffer from Prosopagnosia. This is often accompanied by Amnesia. I have decided not to lend anymore until they find a cure for this disorder.
Okay seriously wearing headphones 1:03 will actually scare the shit out of you I just jumped it sounds like some dude is suddenly standing behind me on the right
8:30 is perfect. Mine is pretty mild but sometimes I use noses, voice, skin color or height to help me remember. It feels like a foggy mirror at first. But after a couple seconds of mind processing it's like someone wipes the mirror and BOOM you're like "oh yeah, it's you again". Its embarrassing sometimes. I remember I walked past my friend named julia and she gave me the biggest smile and that "I like you" look while I walked at her direction. I looked at her and made a "huh?" Face and just decided to not say anything and keep walking. It wasn't until I thought for a couple minutes I was like "oh shit that was julia" I remembered because she always had wierd colored blonde hair. But by then it was too late. I never saw her again but then again i probably did but simply forgot. I didn't really like her that much anyway but sometimes it hurts knowing that it happens here and then.
I have face blindness... The host talks about it like It's so scary "everyone's a stranger". No?? It's just life. We can recognise people by things like voice, relative height, and clothing style. I don't get how people can recognize faces, they all look the same individually. Like those two pictures next to each other at the beging I could tell them apart, but if you gave me one and then the next in an order I wouldn't be able to if they didn't have hair
I'm glad there're others who think the same. It's weird to watch people act like face blindness is this scary thing where we see blurred spots instead of faces. Maybe it is scary if it's really really severe, but not always.
@@SARACLELIA Ikr? I'm really intrigued by this phenomenon. I just couldn't imagine living never seeing the same face in my whole life. It really is an interesting perspective to think.
@@SARACLELIA well no, you see although we can't recognize faces we can still tell apart other body features pretty well. So it is easier to differentiate that way. Also, it takes months of close interaction for me to actually recognize them. But if they change their hairstyle/color, clothing style, or makeup, they are strangers again. To us we can recognize facial features its just that we cannot identify them. Features such as acne can be recognized. It also made it really hard to tell what gender people are, which is a reason why I hated k-pop as all of them looks exactly the same, boy or girl.
Ultimate Law thank you for sharing your experience. What I meant though is: if you only get to see close-up of faces of people (of your favorite gender), are you able to instinctively tell the attractive ones from the not attractive ones? Where for “attractive” I mean what you personally find desirable.
I think I've got some mild form of this. 5:23 is a perfect description of what I experience, I just can't imagine what someone looks like at all. If I were to witness a crime and get a good look at the perpetrator's face, I'd be absolutely useless to the police sketch artist. At my last job, there were people that I worked with for almost 10 years and while I'd get to recognize them pretty well so long as they didn't change their look much, sometimes after someone got a haircut or major style change I'd really struggle to know who they were. And the fact that my current job requires so many layers of gowning and PPE that literally all you can see is their eyes, really doesn't help. But at least now everybody else has about as much trouble as I do! One thing I've found that really helps though, is that voices are pretty much unique. It seems like nobody else notices this, but voices are almost like a fingerprint. There's been so many times where I saw someone and think "this person looks vaguely familiar but who is it?" and once I hear them say two words I instantly know "oh, it's so-and-so, duh!", or "no, I've never met this person before". So much easier to recognize voices than faces. And the best part is, they hardly ever change! Even if they have a cold or try to disguise their voice, it still has certain characteristics that don't change much.
@@peacelove4002 I have facial blindness, if I was attracted to someone based off their facial features I would know in the moment they were attractive, and once I looked away I remember the fact "they have a nice face". That's how it is for me
I recognize people by voice too! As well as relative height and haircut. Once someone I've know for years was slouching, wearing his hair in a ponytail, and doing a diffrent voice and I had no idea who it was. That's just the way it is.
I have it like that too, i focus on a specific look, a eyebrow, a hairstyle, a uniform or type of clothing but if i meet the same person in a different environment with different clothing and hair i will have no clue who they are unless they have a very distinctive look. People i have known for years i have a hard time, the worst part of it is that people take offense, they get mad at you as if you are doing something to insult them in some way.
i thought i was just stupid this whole time, like i cant tell my husband apart from others when hes in his uniform, im very social so alot of people on base know me and greet me everyday but i never know who anyone is especially out of uniform. this whole time i thought there was something wrong with me, like i was slow or something. . . its nice to have a name for whats going on. ive always used hair to tell people apart, hair and height. like my husband has pretty blonde hair and is a little taller than me, but his face is, well, he has no features that stand out i could tell him apart from any other sailor if he puts his cover on. . . thats embarrassing to say, sad even, but now i know what it is.
I'm glad this is finally becoming known. I can't recognize anyone and rely on hairstyles, voices, and body language. I don't recognize my own kids and if it has been a long times since I've seen them they have to wear name tags. It's made relationships difficult and people become offended thinking that I choose to not remember them (which I do) I just can't recognize them. I have self esteem issues and can't look at myself in the mirror or in pictures because I don't see "me", I only see a very unattractive person.
Lucy's art is beautifully intriguing. Also I cringed when they hugged and shook hands. Covid-19 has changed me for now. I hope I get back close to my normal.
I dont have this, but I struggle to recognise people at times more then what I suspect is common. Like I see someone and im aware that it may be them, but at the same time im like im really not sure? And half the time I get it wrong tbh, so I end up saying hi to people IDK and blanking people I do know. FML
Lucy, I just came across this tonight. I have face blindness too. Your talent in drawing faces is deeply moving to me! I can really relate to what you are saying. I cope in the same ways...
I feel like I have a more minor for. of face blindness. Even my friends and family have said so before I even thought about it. I use most things but faces to tell people apart. Hair, body shape, voice, ect. Some times eye brows if they are the same shape, or colour. I can't picture faces either. Just blank slates.
I noticed I have this a little. Working in sales for a while, I realized that within a day or so of selling someone some equipment, I might not recognized them. We use to have a governor that was at the opposite end the spectrum. He recognized my dad, his name, all the names of the family members without missing a beat, though over fifteen years had past between their first meeting. He was in the right business
I have a version of this. I have figured a way around it. I can't picture faces as a whole, but I've found that I can remember one or two features. Hair is a big one, so beards and mustaches. What kind of nose they have (big, small, pointy, round). Context of where the person is helps. I'm sure you can see where it will break down. Like if someone straightens their hair or cuts their beard. It sucks, but it's the best I can do. Maybe this is why I like anime so much. They all look different.
Oh I have this and only recently realised what it was... Watching this makes so much sense lol... I can't watch home and away, because I always bug my husband asking who everyone is... In a crowd I can't find my family unless they wave at me... I can't recognise someone if they change their hair lol Never was a problem really, but I do feel people thought I was being rude sometimes!
I suffer from what I always thought was "mild" face blindness. After watching this video, realizing that I possess the same symptoms as all these people, I think I have a more severe version. I never watch tv or pay attention to any pop culture because the faces mean nothing to me!
I still recognize faces upside-down. I do feel sorry that people are navigating the world of faces in darkness. People love being remembered and recognized. I also love drawing/painting faces, it’s my favorite art subject. I hope they are able to be honest with the people they meet so they will be shown empathy and understanding.
“The way they move, the way they laugh, little expressions they make.” Oooohhhh my gosh yessssss same. Expressions are super helpful. A lot of the time people have really particular expressions that I match to them. Or they’ve got a voice. And for some reason I can remember their face shapes really well, which isn’t apparently what normal people remember? Like big foreheads, round face, pointed face, bulging eyes. Usually I remember one or two distinct features but can’t remember the small details or complete face. It’s like having a bunch of pieces to a puzzle then seeing if they fit the person you see
I have a really weird thing where I can't recognise faces easily, e.g. I can't tell a character in a film apart from another who looks a tad alike, I can't tell it's the same person when they've changed their clothes yet I can easily tell identical twins apart?!? It's so contradictory I don't understand it.
With identical twins, you may be focusing on some tiny difference and not the whole face. What you experience is actually fairly typical with prosopagnosia.
my family thinks I might have face blindness my memories of people are always blurry and like how you described You explained this video so well but if I do have it then it sucks
@@Badcompany6969... I feel this, its hard for me living with extroverted parents that almost all people in the village recognize you but you dont know any of them (or their face). Some of them are the guest that visited our house, my elementary school classmates, my distance family but I dont remember any of them. I feel uncomfortable when people in the village greet me in public because I mostly wont recognize them even if they knew me or speak with me before.
I think I have it. Just realized something going on because lately everyone looks familiar. I think I’m filling in their faces with ones I”be known from the past
Reminds me of Kurt Vile - Pretty Pimpin' "I woke up one morning, didn't recognise the man in the mirror, then I laughed and I said "oh silly me, that's just me" and I proceeded to comb some stranger's hair"... "then Saturday came around and I said "who's this stupid clown blocking the bathroom sink"? But he was sporting all my clothes, gotta say pretty pimpin'".
I think about that a lot. If I needed to point out a criminal in a police lineup I absolutely couldn’t. If I came face to face with a victim that I just saw a missing persons article on, I would never know it’s them.
I think I do have the same problem. But its not severe. I cant remember the face of people easily (and forgot their face in a short amount of time). Heck, I even forget the face of my classmate for a year after I change classes. I probably wont remember any stranger face unless I spent more time with them.
i have prosopagnosia... when I am not wearing glasses. seriously... i was at the gym staring at a guy and didn’t realize my friend so later he came up to me and said whats up and I felt retarded
I have a mild form. I cannot recognise anyone on TV. I did not recognise any photos. The only one I could get was Marylin Munroe but it took a while. I have to get someone to identify my son in photos when making albums up. I use clothing and situations as cues. I I can recognise anyones voice on the phone. One conversation and I have it locked away.
I remember people by other things,body type, hair colour,A dog,clothes or location.Changing anything make it harder.Putting on sunglasses,changing your hair colour will throw me. I only see people if they are where I expect them to be.If they are out of context I have no idea who they are. I do recognse movie stars and tv stars because they are in context.Take any of them out of context the they are just somebody who looks like somebody I know.
it's like looking at a group of giraffes, each one is unique as a fingerprint, but good luck spotting the same one twice. I've got a light version, and ADHD, not fun, but I get distracted and don't care anymore
Joaquim Neto I grew up only watching animated shows because shows with actors were too confusing, still to this day non animated films are difficult to follow along
question, if you dont recognize faces, how do you relate to human concept of beauty, even if it is subjective.. do you appreciate some facial features more than other? or do you think the world is superficial? can you tell emotions from face? also if it is genuine or not? sorry i just curious..
Hello there! I have pretty severe blindness and I do appreciate people’s features because I can physically see the details in another person’s face. But I don’t compare the person I am admiring to another person because I cannot remember what that person looks like (unless they are side by side). As a result I involuntarily focus on people’s personalities rather than their looks when I first meet them. But that doesn’t really help identify them so I focus on the way they walk, their hair, etc. Hope this helps! - H
never mind sure thing! Also I just realized I said “I have pretty severe blindness” It was a typo, meant to say “face blindness” just wanted to clarify 🌿
Me too. Probably because I have the most bland face. I've had enough of waving to people, only to have them not recognise me. These days, I remind myself of how many years since I've last met a particular person, and to not acknowledge them first if I have no confidence in them recognising me. It's fine if they forget me, but I'll never forget most people I've been acquainted with.
I hope you didn't travel the middle east thinking it would be okay. There are stories of a few other women that did that and were brutally beaten, killed, and worse.
Lol, I can't remember any of my friend's car & car number plate. And my bad eyesight means I can do nothing about smearing man waving hands at me 50m away and a shadow behind tinted windshield. If you are evil man, you could give me a good honk. Or wave your hand 5 terrace houses away and walk away from me. My brain will overclock for guessing potential candidates for this arse holiness.
This is not really face "blindness" you are able to recognize a face, humans are hard wired to recognize faces it is why babys laugh and look at faces. The problem seems to be that you are unable to apply what you see to your memory, or else to retain memory in your facial recognition process of the occipital lobe. Basically one part of the brain isnt talking to the other.
Ah prosopagnosia....the unforgivable condition. You should be ashamed because you clearly don't care about people or think they are irrelevant. Well it's a good thing Prosopag knows ya...cause I don't have a clue who you are.
Literally crying watching this. I cannot recognise my own face, my family, friends, my wife. It's so impossible to try to explain to people, and so embarrassing on a frequent basis.
Tom Clarke :( sorry
Well, at least you're not blind. Blind people can't even see faces.
Ee Fsss I’m so sorry man. Things will improve. Try to push through it and find another strategy. Wish there was a cure for this shit no one deserves that.
You are not alone
Dude, one time I walked up to my sister at school to hand her her lunch.
It wasn't my sister.
One time my girlfriend came up to me having done her hair and makeup and such. She wanted to impress me.
I asked what her name was again. She cried.
My brother came home from the military. I picked him up at the airport.... couldn't recognize him.
We never know how lucky and fortunate we are until we see these things!! always be greatful for everything you have
This is one of the best videos on prosopagnosia. My father, my sister, and I all have moderate prosopagnosia. My sister and I will watch movies together and stop the video at every scene and make guesses as to who we think the different characters are. We take notes on small characteristics that will serve as hints. Watching movies with anyone else is too frustrating for them. I'm a college teacher and I take notes on seating charts of features I can use to try to identify students. My office desk faces away from the door so people have to speak, which is another way I can identify people. I can learn the faces of most close friends or coworkers in about 4 months. For people I only see every week or so, it takes years. I let most people I have repeated contact with know about it, but it's hard for many people to imagine. The embarrassing blunders I have made are too numerous to mention. Well done, Lucy. This is really good.
PatJ61 Thanks Pat. I tend to tell people as soon as I meet them. I've "snubbed" too many people not to!
Thanks for your story. I'm writing a script for a short film about a girl with prosopagnosia who falls in love with a boy but can't recognize him. I was thinking of showing faces from her perspective as a blur to represent faceblindness. What do you think and do you have any ideas for the film?
@@jonathanflores2302 I'm sorry I didn't see this comment and questions. To me, faces aren't blurry; faces just aren't that special. In other words, all brown haired blue eyed boys of approximately the same age look the same to me. I have to pick out little imperfections to distinguish people with similar characteristics. Hair, teeth, moles, etc. are features that often differ-- I focus on them, not the whole face.
I have it to some degree. For some reason I didnt recognize my father in law a few times. People who change their hair throw me off too. My husband finds it amusing. I get certain celebrities confused.
I like superhero movies for this reason. Costumes make it so much easier.
11:09 the trick is to watch only animated shows, character design is diverse enough(and sometimes facial features are exagerated or stylized enough) to tell everyone apart just fine! Any other people with facial blindness give it a shot and lmk if it works with y'all too.
yep, I like it how they usually have defined characteristics and style of clothes. But if they change the character design ever so slightly they are a stranger to me again.
The first picture honestly didn’t look like him
Well, then you and the 5 people that pressed like might have a mild prosopagnosia 😀
DannyMeteora 😂😂😂😂
Yes it did
I agree man
@@daniele_93 Not really. It was a terrible example they used in the video - he had this cheesy grin that you never see in real life, just photos. If they just showed a normal plain expression, it would be a fairer test. I'm so far from having prosopagnosia, but even I was second-guessing.
Fun fact. Those with prosopagnosia usually also have car blindness and other visual memory issues. I’ve almost accidentally gotten into so many random people’s cars in my life!
Mooncat that’s a thing?!?! I have that!!!!
I did this yesterday! People constantly tell me I waved at you and you didn't even look at my car.
Who came here because of the Kdrama "The Beauty inside"??
Hahaha meee... watching it right now
Me 🙋♀️ actually i have met Dr. Carl before.
Nope, just watched “Faces in theCrowd” with actress Mila Jovovitch
me - ep.13
John Leo Turbanada I came here bc of the new drama The secret life of my secretary’ 😂😂
*Trump's photo*
"Prince Charles?"
*Trump’s photo*
“Boris Johnson?”
The worst part is that Lucy won't be able to recognize how beautiful her own face is. What a stunner and what a great smile.
Yes! Its so sad!
That's not true, people with prosopagnosia can tell if a face is beautiful/more beautiful than another. Also they can tell age, sex, race, emotion etc. from a face. It's just that they are unable to memorize it.
@•ItzJustPastel• Well I don't have severe face blindness, but as far as I know there is also a form of prosopagnosia (not sure if there is another medical term for it) where people actually cannot tell if what they are looking at is even a face AT ALL or e. g. a bowl or a balloon. This form is not congenital, but associated with strokes, severe head traumas etc. But this obviously is not the case with Lucy, since she draws portraits.
It's a very common disorder frequently found in people who owe you money. Most people who borrowed money from me started to suffer from Prosopagnosia. This is often accompanied by Amnesia. I have decided not to lend anymore until they find a cure for this disorder.
Okay seriously wearing headphones 1:03 will actually scare the shit out of you I just jumped it sounds like some dude is suddenly standing behind me on the right
I thought mine were broken.
8:30 is perfect. Mine is pretty mild but sometimes I use noses, voice, skin color or height to help me remember. It feels like a foggy mirror at first. But after a couple seconds of mind processing it's like someone wipes the mirror and BOOM you're like "oh yeah, it's you again". Its embarrassing sometimes. I remember I walked past my friend named julia and she gave me the biggest smile and that "I like you" look while I walked at her direction. I looked at her and made a "huh?" Face and just decided to not say anything and keep walking. It wasn't until I thought for a couple minutes I was like "oh shit that was julia" I remembered because she always had wierd colored blonde hair. But by then it was too late. I never saw her again but then again i probably did but simply forgot. I didn't really like her that much anyway but sometimes it hurts knowing that it happens here and then.
I have face blindness... The host talks about it like It's so scary "everyone's a stranger". No?? It's just life. We can recognise people by things like voice, relative height, and clothing style. I don't get how people can recognize faces, they all look the same individually. Like those two pictures next to each other at the beging I could tell them apart, but if you gave me one and then the next in an order I wouldn't be able to if they didn't have hair
I'm glad there're others who think the same. It's weird to watch people act like face blindness is this scary thing where we see blurred spots instead of faces. Maybe it is scary if it's really really severe, but not always.
I am intrigued, does this mean that you find everyone equally attractive?
@@SARACLELIA Ikr? I'm really intrigued by this phenomenon. I just couldn't imagine living never seeing the same face in my whole life. It really is an interesting perspective to think.
@@SARACLELIA well no, you see although we can't recognize faces we can still tell apart other body features pretty well. So it is easier to differentiate that way. Also, it takes months of close interaction for me to actually recognize them. But if they change their hairstyle/color, clothing style, or makeup, they are strangers again. To us we can recognize facial features its just that we cannot identify them. Features such as acne can be recognized. It also made it really hard to tell what gender people are, which is a reason why I hated k-pop as all of them looks exactly the same, boy or girl.
Ultimate Law thank you for sharing your experience. What I meant though is: if you only get to see close-up of faces of people (of your favorite gender), are you able to instinctively tell the attractive ones from the not attractive ones? Where for “attractive” I mean what you personally find desirable.
Mark sent me down a rabbit hole of face blindness videos.
I think I've got some mild form of this.
5:23 is a perfect description of what I experience, I just can't imagine what someone looks like at all. If I were to witness a crime and get a good look at the perpetrator's face, I'd be absolutely useless to the police sketch artist.
At my last job, there were people that I worked with for almost 10 years and while I'd get to recognize them pretty well so long as they didn't change their look much, sometimes after someone got a haircut or major style change I'd really struggle to know who they were.
And the fact that my current job requires so many layers of gowning and PPE that literally all you can see is their eyes, really doesn't help. But at least now everybody else has about as much trouble as I do!
One thing I've found that really helps though, is that voices are pretty much unique. It seems like nobody else notices this, but voices are almost like a fingerprint. There's been so many times where I saw someone and think "this person looks vaguely familiar but who is it?" and once I hear them say two words I instantly know "oh, it's so-and-so, duh!", or "no, I've never met this person before". So much easier to recognize voices than faces. And the best part is, they hardly ever change! Even if they have a cold or try to disguise their voice, it still has certain characteristics that don't change much.
AwesomeMcTasty you can test yourself by doing the “famous face test”!... for me it was nice just to know that I wasn’t being absent minded. 🙌
I know it's probably a dumb question but do you find people attractive based on facial features
@@peacelove4002 I have facial blindness, if I was attracted to someone based off their facial features I would know in the moment they were attractive, and once I looked away I remember the fact "they have a nice face". That's how it is for me
I recognize people by voice too! As well as relative height and haircut. Once someone I've know for years was slouching, wearing his hair in a ponytail, and doing a diffrent voice and I had no idea who it was. That's just the way it is.
I have it like that too, i focus on a specific look, a eyebrow, a hairstyle, a uniform or type of clothing but if i meet the same person in a different environment with different clothing and hair i will have no clue who they are unless they have a very distinctive look. People i have known for years i have a hard time, the worst part of it is that people take offense, they get mad at you as if you are doing something to insult them in some way.
i thought i was just stupid this whole time, like i cant tell my husband apart from others when hes in his uniform, im very social so alot of people on base know me and greet me everyday but i never know who anyone is especially out of uniform. this whole time i thought there was something wrong with me, like i was slow or something. . . its nice to have a name for whats going on. ive always used hair to tell people apart, hair and height. like my husband has pretty blonde hair and is a little taller than me, but his face is, well, he has no features that stand out i could tell him apart from any other sailor if he puts his cover on. . . thats embarrassing to say, sad even, but now i know what it is.
I'm glad this is finally becoming known. I can't recognize anyone and rely on hairstyles, voices, and body language. I don't recognize my own kids and if it has been a long times since I've seen them they have to wear name tags. It's made relationships difficult and people become offended thinking that I choose to not remember them (which I do) I just can't recognize them. I have self esteem issues and can't look at myself in the mirror or in pictures because I don't see "me", I only see a very unattractive person.
I am depressed due to my face blindness. It is quite frustrating not being able to recognize anyone, I wanna stop offending people.
Tell people. Explain it to them. And then get the people who are around you frequently to become your advocates and explain it to others.
Gives a whole new meaning to “I’m not good with faces”
Lucy's art is beautifully intriguing.
Also I cringed when they hugged and shook hands. Covid-19 has changed me for now. I hope I get back close to my normal.
I recognise the behaviour of people and slowly remember their features
Thank you. This is very useful to me
I didn't see Mel Gibson upside down. I thought I saw Jim Carrey. xD
OMG me too!
Me also. And Rebecca Gibney looked like Kate Hudson upside-down.
Me too on Jim Carrey. Who's Rebecca Gibney?
me too
Me too
I dont have this, but I struggle to recognise people at times more then what I suspect is common. Like I see someone and im aware that it may be them, but at the same time im like im really not sure? And half the time I get it wrong tbh, so I end up saying hi to people IDK and blanking people I do know. FML
Lucy, I just came across this tonight. I have face blindness too. Your talent in drawing faces is deeply moving to me! I can really relate to what you are saying. I cope in the same ways...
Those two at the end fell in love
I'm quite good with faces and I had a hard time telling it was him at the beginning since he had no hair >:(
That's probably because you've just seen him and not for a long time.
I feel like I have a more minor for. of face blindness. Even my friends and family have said so before I even thought about it. I use most things but faces to tell people apart. Hair, body shape, voice, ect. Some times eye brows if they are the same shape, or colour. I can't picture faces either. Just blank slates.
I noticed I have this a little. Working in sales for a while, I realized that within a day or so of selling someone some equipment, I might not recognized them. We use to have a governor that was at the opposite end the spectrum. He recognized my dad, his name, all the names of the family members without missing a beat, though over fifteen years had past between their first meeting. He was in the right business
I have a version of this. I have figured a way around it. I can't picture faces as a whole, but I've found that I can remember one or two features. Hair is a big one, so beards and mustaches. What kind of nose they have (big, small, pointy, round). Context of where the person is helps. I'm sure you can see where it will break down. Like if someone straightens their hair or cuts their beard. It sucks, but it's the best I can do. Maybe this is why I like anime so much. They all look different.
Oh I have this and only recently realised what it was... Watching this makes so much sense lol...
I can't watch home and away, because I always bug my husband asking who everyone is...
In a crowd I can't find my family unless they wave at me...
I can't recognise someone if they change their hair lol
Never was a problem really, but I do feel people thought I was being rude sometimes!
They said that they think it’s confusing to watch tv, but what if it was cartoons with special characters, like Steven Universe or the Simpson’s?
I suffer from what I always thought was "mild" face blindness. After watching this video, realizing that I possess the same symptoms as all these people, I think I have a more severe version. I never watch tv or pay attention to any pop culture because the faces mean nothing to me!
I still recognize faces upside-down. I do feel sorry that people are navigating the world of faces in darkness. People love being remembered and recognized. I also love drawing/painting faces, it’s my favorite art subject. I hope they are able to be honest with the people they meet so they will be shown empathy and understanding.
“The way they move, the way they laugh, little expressions they make.” Oooohhhh my gosh yessssss same. Expressions are super helpful. A lot of the time people have really particular expressions that I match to them. Or they’ve got a voice. And for some reason I can remember their face shapes really well, which isn’t apparently what normal people remember? Like big foreheads, round face, pointed face, bulging eyes. Usually I remember one or two distinct features but can’t remember the small details or complete face. It’s like having a bunch of pieces to a puzzle then seeing if they fit the person you see
I have a really weird thing where I can't recognise faces easily, e.g. I can't tell a character in a film apart from another who looks a tad alike, I can't tell it's the same person when they've changed their clothes yet I can easily tell identical twins apart?!? It's so contradictory I don't understand it.
With identical twins, you may be focusing on some tiny difference and not the whole face. What you experience is actually fairly typical with prosopagnosia.
I can't visualize faces too
my family thinks I might have face blindness my memories of people are always blurry and like how you described You explained this video so well but if I do have it then it sucks
Me with one ear off at the start: wtf why can’t I hear this?
Ohmygawd same! I'm playing around with my headphones thinking there is something wrong with them but I don't think Its that
Face blindness is only an issue for me for new people
It takes me months to remember a face unless I find a interesting or distinct feature to id them
You might have prosopamnesia
I can meet someone a hundred times and not recognize them. People have conversations with me and I can't remember them. It's so weird
@@Badcompany6969... try looking at tattoos or something it helps
@@Badcompany6969... I feel this, its hard for me living with extroverted parents that almost all people in the village recognize you but you dont know any of them (or their face). Some of them are the guest that visited our house, my elementary school classmates, my distance family but I dont remember any of them. I feel uncomfortable when people in the village greet me in public because I mostly wont recognize them even if they knew me or speak with me before.
I wonder if there is a word for people that can't distinguish between the words "effects" and "affects".
🤣😂 Does it annoy you or do you enjoy opportunities to let people know you can? I wonder if there is a word for that?
Ken Your not very funny. My wife has face blindness you jerk.
Rich Milito how does face blindness have to do with dyslexia like symptoms?
Yes. Illiterate.
@@richmilito5417 the comment has nothing to do with face blindness
Girl with the striped shirt(Lucy I think?) describes almost exactly what I experience.
i search this because of kdrama "the secret of my secretary"....
Lol thank u, for this kdrama, gonna watch it now hh😂
mine, the beauty inside
Is there a name for a similar issue but with places?
sometimes they just learn their hair color, body shape, sound, and how they move
she draws faces way better than me, yet cant recognize anyone. what a wonderful world
Does anyone know the news program that shot this segment? Need it for a citation.
I think I have it. Just realized something going on because lately everyone looks familiar. I think I’m filling in their faces with ones I”be known from the past
Ok so mel gibson looks like the actor from sonic upside down
Is there a coincidence why all of these people seem very artistic? Two of them are in movies and one paints.
Reminds me of Kurt Vile - Pretty Pimpin' "I woke up one morning, didn't recognise the man in the mirror, then I laughed and I said "oh silly me, that's just me" and I proceeded to comb some stranger's hair"... "then Saturday came around and I said "who's this stupid clown blocking the bathroom sink"? But he was sporting all my clothes, gotta say pretty pimpin'".
i’m here after watching the secret life of my secretary
i didn’t recognised him at the photograph 😅 but i‘m diagnosed face-blind, too.
just imagine one of them were involved in a crime scene and the only person who sees the criminal is a person with face blindness. weird....
I think about that a lot. If I needed to point out a criminal in a police lineup I absolutely couldn’t. If I came face to face with a victim that I just saw a missing persons article on, I would never know it’s them.
there is a movie about that. That where i learned about this
@@perfectstorm8204 movie name plz
Faces of people that disgust me, that i haven't seen in very long, i confuse them to those of other people, random . Why does it happen?
I think I do have the same problem. But its not severe. I cant remember the face of people easily (and forgot their face in a short amount of time). Heck, I even forget the face of my classmate for a year after I change classes.
I probably wont remember any stranger face unless I spent more time with them.
Are they able to perched a face, though? Or is that they just can't recognise who it is?
i have prosopagnosia... when I am not wearing glasses. seriously... i was at the gym staring at a guy and didn’t realize my friend so later he came up to me and said whats up and I felt retarded
Aerochalklate I can relate to that!! But I do get better st working out who people are once I’ve known them a while.
rebecca what?
Xavier Longoria I thought it was JK Rowling
@@ffi1001 absolutely
i thought my earphones were broken
I have a mild form. I cannot recognise anyone on TV. I did not recognise any photos. The only one I could get was Marylin Munroe but it took a while. I have to get someone to identify my son in photos when making albums up. I use clothing and situations as cues. I I can recognise anyones voice on the phone. One conversation and I have it locked away.
I got scared at 1:03... I shouldn't have worn headphones.
One thing to remember about tom cruise is that he has a center tooth your welcome
Shit this explains a lot of times looking in the mirror and thinking that's not me... but it's only happened a few times in my life
they really seem like normal people to me, it's normal to take a while to connect the person's face
Does that means I'm as handsome as, say Brad Pitt, because I might look similar for them?
7:00 - "not long.. about five years." Five years isn't long in the eyes of a woman?
Millan Ferende she’s being sarcastic
I remember people by other things,body type, hair colour,A dog,clothes or location.Changing anything make it harder.Putting on sunglasses,changing your hair colour will throw me. I only see people if they are where I expect them to be.If they are out of context I have no idea who they are. I do recognse movie stars and tv stars because they are in context.Take any of them out of context the they are just somebody who looks like somebody I know.
What’s up with the monster music and sad dramatic music
This is truly horrifying and sad.
I always mix up face with their name. Is that normal?
This is like a worse version of having really bad eyesight
I don`t now but I started to think how do they fall in love? specially because Lucy is so beautiful
it's like looking at a group of giraffes, each one is unique as a fingerprint, but good luck spotting the same one twice. I've got a light version, and ADHD, not fun, but I get distracted and don't care anymore
How about cartoon faces?
Joaquim Neto I grew up only watching animated shows because shows with actors were too confusing, still to this day non animated films are difficult to follow along
Cartoons have very easy to distinguish features like voice, hair and clothes.
I thought my earphones were messed up. 😂
Seems it doesn't bother her at all, she is so smiling.
Audio warning. Dont use headphones.
Btw, you should’ve chosen way more we’ll known actors, facially. Idk who the woman is and I spent like 3 mins tryna guess.
question, if you dont recognize faces, how do you relate to human concept of beauty, even if it is subjective.. do you appreciate some facial features more than other? or do you think the world is superficial? can you tell emotions from face? also if it is genuine or not? sorry i just curious..
Hello there! I have pretty severe blindness and I do appreciate people’s features because I can physically see the details in another person’s face. But I don’t compare the person I am admiring to another person because I cannot remember what that person looks like (unless they are side by side). As a result I involuntarily focus on people’s personalities rather than their looks when I first meet them. But that doesn’t really help identify them so I focus on the way they walk, their hair, etc. Hope this helps!
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@@harperwolf8745 thanks for taking time to reply
never mind sure thing! Also I just realized I said “I have pretty severe blindness” It was a typo, meant to say “face blindness” just wanted to clarify 🌿
Ex gf: Hey... Remember me?
Me : Face blindness ....sorry
Who is here because of "arrested development"
That woman is on Facebook at work, and on camera.
You can forget my face but I wont forget yours
Me too. Probably because I have the most bland face. I've had enough of waving to people, only to have them not recognise me.
These days, I remind myself of how many years since I've last met a particular person, and to not acknowledge them first if I have no confidence in them recognising me. It's fine if they forget me, but I'll never forget most people I've been acquainted with.
Never forget a face, cannot remember a name for the life of me…
I cannot understand this really
just imagine looking at yourself and every time being shocked cause you forget how ugly you are
Lucy look like Megan Markle
That actually creepy .-.
I thought first one was Jimmy Fallon :(
I hope you didn't travel the middle east thinking it would be okay. There are stories of a few other women that did that and were brutally beaten, killed, and worse.
Lol, I can't remember any of my friend's car & car number plate. And my bad eyesight means I can do nothing about smearing man waving hands at me 50m away and a shadow behind tinted windshield.
If you are evil man, you could give me a good honk. Or wave your hand 5 terrace houses away and walk away from me.
My brain will overclock for guessing potential candidates for this arse holiness.
paper moon king
Are some 999-folks here?
Ronald A Senack Facial Pareidolia in Trees facebook.com/ronsfacesintrees/
9:18 orang man
This is not really face "blindness" you are able to recognize a face, humans are hard wired to recognize faces it is why babys laugh and look at faces.
The problem seems to be that you are unable to apply what you see to your memory, or else to retain memory in your facial recognition process of the occipital lobe.
Basically one part of the brain isnt talking to the other.
It's sickening to watch a british show where they still have to mention the kartrashian name. for fucks sake.
Ah prosopagnosia....the unforgivable condition. You should be ashamed because you clearly don't care about people or think they are irrelevant. Well it's a good thing Prosopag knows ya...cause I don't have a clue who you are.