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12546 Stephanie
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May 21, 2012
4:01 pm
... When I was in college, a guy came up to me and started talking to me. He then said, you have no idea who I am do you? I looked him up and down and he...
12547 Mr. Barry Wainwright
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May 21, 2012
4:09 pm
My Eureka moment came (at the age of around 50) when I listened to a New Scientist podcast which looked at Prosopagnosia. I immediately recognised myself in...
12548 Bonnie
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May 22, 2012
4:47 am
[question] When did you figure out that perhaps you were face blind and most of humanity was not? [answer] Jr High School. I asked my mother and my best friend...
12549 anon
saar42 Offline Send Email
May 22, 2012
6:25 pm
It looked like identical faces to me, but with big creepy eyes. Is this what it looked like to everyone else? For those of you who saw nothing, what I did was...
12550 anon
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May 22, 2012
6:31 pm
I thought: "Wow, this makes sense. OMG, this totally explains the time I ignored Steve and why I didn't even see him. [[note: me ignoring my friend Steve...
12551 Sandra O'Connor
sandra6417 Offline Send Email
May 22, 2012
6:40 pm
That's right, you saw exactly what I saw. When you stare at the cross the faces should become horribly distorted. My husband said the effect was drastic, like...
12552 bellkurve Offline Send Email May 22, 2012
8:36 pm
It wasn't like a lightning strike, OMG I'm BLIIINNNDD! sort of thing. I grew up with it. Just like I noticed I don't tie shoes as well as my brothers, I...
12553 Deena Larsen
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May 22, 2012
8:58 pm
Actually, the first time I had a EUREKA moment was when I was at an electronic literature conference. Elit is a very small field, with maybe now max 500...
12554 anosmommy@... Send Email May 22, 2012
9:17 pm
So, along the lines of your AHA moments, would you all recommend we TELL our son he's faceblind one day (obviously in a kinder, more explanatory way), or leave...
12555 bellkurve Offline Send Email May 22, 2012
9:36 pm
I don't know. My parents were totally oblivious of all things. They didn't even bother with report cards. I would have found anybody telling me what I could...
12556 Marcyshamb@...
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May 22, 2012
9:48 pm
I kept looking for the cross I was supposed to stare at but didn't see it, so I just gazed at the middle. What I saw was faces changing. I wasn't noticing...
12557 Marcyshamb@...
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May 22, 2012
9:52 pm
I identify with all of your recollections but that when I watch a movie since knowing I am faceblind, what I used to do automatically, without thinking, as in...
12558 dmstier@...
dmstier Offline Send Email
May 23, 2012
12:00 am
An amazing sense of relief, and that I am not making it all up. I stopped worrying "Don't I know that person?", when everyone looked alike, and realized that...
12559 Bonnie
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May 23, 2012
3:43 am
My opinion: Why, why would you wait to give someone an explanation that would make their life better? <<So, along the lines of your AHA moments, would you all...
12560 Malcolm
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May 23, 2012
8:58 am
"would you all recommend we TELL our son he's faceblind one day (obviously in a kinder, more explanatory way), or leave him to his right moment?" Not sure how...
12561 Marcyshamb@...
marcyshamb Offline Send Email
May 23, 2012
10:18 am
I would add to that my own experience with my children in other areas... Kids have their strengths and weaknesses and how we approach/deal/react to THEIR...
12562 Malcolm
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May 23, 2012
11:12 am
If they are the sort to understand satire, explain the good side is that not being human means you can disclaim the blame for what the normal types do. (LOL) ...
12563 bobkat
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May 23, 2012
1:27 pm
... From: <Marcyshamb@...> Subject: Re: [faceblind] Re: How do you process the puzzling idea you are face blind? ... **How lucky your kids were/are to have...
12564 Joni DaNerd
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May 23, 2012
2:12 pm
I finally figured it out. It's kind of like the Magic Eye illusions, it depends on stereoscopic vision, which not everyone has. Also, to see it, you need to...
12565 Steena Chamberlain
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May 23, 2012
4:02 pm
Hmm, interesting. I am able to see the distorted faces of this particular illusion. However, I can't see Magic Eye illusions - I've tried several times, for...
12566 charles_w_2000 Offline Send Email May 23, 2012
5:31 pm
... I'd be inclined personally to leave him to his right moment. To me, there is a big difference between a correct label and an incorrect one. If it's very...
12567 charles_w_2000 Offline Send Email May 23, 2012
6:15 pm
... To see Magic Eye illusions correctly, a person is able to naturally relax parts of one or more pairs of cranial nerves in the brain stem and have enough of...
12568 Bonnie
bonnieinthemist Offline Send Email
May 25, 2012
6:18 am
This survey of coping mechanisms was taken on another face blind group. The numbers are the number of people who use that method: facial features (big nose,...
12569 Annette Ferguson
indigomagic1 Offline Send Email
May 25, 2012
6:23 am
Where is this group bonnie?? Yahoo? Facebook?? Annette :) ... From: faceblind@yahoogroups.com [mailto:faceblind@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bonnie Sent:...
12570 Bonnie
bonnieinthemist Offline Send Email
May 25, 2012
8:06 am
It's called Face Blind Book on Facebook. ~Bonnie - - - - - Where is this group bonnie?? Yahoo? Facebook??...
12571 Annette Ferguson
indigomagic1 Offline Send Email
May 25, 2012
8:09 am
Thank you Bonnie. Another 'open' group :( I don't really like my comments being open to the whole world. Annette :) ... From: faceblind@yahoogroups.com...
12572 Marcyshamb@...
marcyshamb Offline Send Email
May 25, 2012
8:53 am
Someone else already asked about where the survey was taken, but I am more curious about how it was set up. Was it a pick one of the above? In that case folks...
12573 Annette Ferguson
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May 25, 2012
9:03 am
I just joined the group, and it was a facebook poll format, you could only pick one, but there was a conversation thread below where people discussed what they...
12574 Bonnie
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May 25, 2012
9:33 am
I posted the survey because I thought it would be interesting to hear what others like us are saying. It was a "pick one of the above" kind of thing. Other...
12575 charles_w_2000 Offline Send Email May 25, 2012
11:00 am
... Coping mechanisms - some assorted thoughts Topics like prosopagnosia can be difficult to discuss (my view) since prosopagnosia falls into the areas of...
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