Self Doubt, Memory [1/2]
Tonight I watched an actor I adore and have seen many times before in a film I didn't expect to see him in. I remember looking at him and thinking he looked familiar... but I didn't get that it was him until the credits rolled.
...I think I might have some form of face blindness? 'cause this happens a LOT to me, even with people I know well. I always feel awful about it.
This opened me up to thinking about my memory and how terrible it is; something I think about a lot.
Self Doubt, Memory [2/3]
I've always had a bad memory for recalling things on my own. I forget names of people I see and talk to every day; I forget words -- and not weird words like antidisestablishmentarianism or cantankerous, but really basic words like fire or bread.
I can't remember major life events until someone can remind me of their contents; then they start coming back.
I'm so frequently embarrassed by my memory that I'll often pretend to remember things I don't. >..<
Self Doubt, Memory [2/3]
@mawr I'm in a sort of similar boat sometimes? I will be unable to remember something that I know quite well until I figure out how to get at the memory. The problem isn't the memory itself, but the link to the memory, if that makes sense. Usually when I'm pretending to remember something, it's a kind of fake-it-until-you-make-it tactic of trying to figure out how to get at the right contents.
So you have my absolute sympathy here. n..n
Self Doubt, Memory [2/3]
@mawr I think it's more common than people let on.