darkshine

Did you ever do any of those dumb challenges you asked about either weeks or months ago?

Taxing

Yeah

Warp

Yeah

Violate

Psyche

That made me laugh my head off

Clever boy, learnt to use the computer all by yourself did you?

Part of my question did allow for having guests As I see it this stuff explains a fair amount of why I get absolutely knackered in social situations as well, and that's without even accounting for other types of anxiety or stress!! As a kid I've ran up to the wrong person and called them dad before and then stood there thinking "wait a minute you aint my dad" lol It causes some interesting scenarios!!

That's something I asked someone once and they never answered me, I said but can you pick out your own kids? And got no reply lol I guess like everything there are varying degrees of this. The example of the train station is something that I've had happen with both friends and loved ones - but I'm still uncertain how much of this stuff is actual face blindness and how much is due to processes due to external stimuli, and stress, anxiety, other things within my mind, and I also think that when there's a mass of people its a hell of a lot worse for me than when a place is empty with just the one person I am waiting for - because when a place is busy a person can do as LancsLad says and they can literally be right in front of me before I figure out who it is - but if the station was empty I'd see and recognise them sooner, but it is a process. 1. Male or female? 2. Right height? Build? Size? 3. How they move - are they moving in a way I recognise? 4. What clothes are they wearing? (assuming I know what someone will wear and clothes/hair are important factors in me recognising people) 5. Are they looking at me as though they know me? Or looking around like they are looking for someone? 6. If all the boxes are ticked I start to recognise who a person is. But that is only for people I know really really well - so like 3 people. And I know that its easier if they are the only person in the street, building, station etc. Especially if I am there to meet/pick someone up because logic dictates that the odds are higher that the lone person there is likely to be the one I'm after, but I still have to think it through. So I think external stimuli is a factor too cuz if a place is noisy its harder, if its busy its a nightmare, if its dark or too bright etc.... I also think that because I tend to not spend that much time looking at people's faces that it is a factor. But how many of you recognise your children, partners, family, friends when they are in your home with you? Do you walk out the room come back and have to go "woah, who the hell are you?" or not?

Maybe its cuz you stopped asking him

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If this forum was voice/sound based I wouldn't have ever joined it

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Deface

It's late, I'm at a loose end, I fancied having a go, I scored 5

Sometimes a low mood needs to lift by itself and other times we can actively do so - the reasons you have stated for your low mood sound valid enough, its not great having someone on your back moaning, and a heavy work load can be difficult if you are tired or run down, so acknowledging you had a stressful day is important cuz its a fair point you know? Tomorrow is another day as they say

My earliest memory is when I was about 2 and got given a toy outside of argos, I can remember being handed it and the pushchair I was in at the time, it was cold.

I find it difficult to understand people with certain accents until I tune in, and hearing is a funny thing because my netbook on sleep drives me nuts as it sounds a very quiet and high-pitched alarm - and yet I listen to music really loud - I don't hear when people call my name in the street because I'm concentrating on other things, yet I am aware of the sound of my footsteps. All fun stuff

Tear

I was supposed to meet someone earlier today, I don't know where they live as I've never been round their house and they said call me when you are close, I had the address so I got a lift and went that direction, I wasn't sure where I was going other than having a map in my head and the map didn't have the location I wanted only the road names - so I said to my mate "pull over and I'll ask that person there" and so I go "Excuse me mate? Do you know where....." and then they laughed and said "hello" and I realised it was the person I was supposed to be meeting - even I have to admit that it was pretty damn funny and I'm glad I can see the funny side despite the initial embarrassment