I'm sorry but who are you?

[valeriedl]

My memory is horrible and I used to feel so bad when someone would come up to me and start talking. I have no clue who this person is but they know almost my whole lifes story. I used to just play along and not let them know that I don't know who they are. Then I'll spend a week trying to figure out who they were until I forget meeting them.

I've gotten to the point now where I just come right out and say "I'm sorry but who are you?" It does sound stupid sometimes but at least I'll beable to hold a normal conversation with a person that I know.

 

[Jerrad]

Happens to me all of the time, my friends think i'm just trying to be an asshole to people, but I honestly have a problem remembering faces. in fact, it just happened to me he other day.

you've got more balls than me, i hate the look i get when people realize i have no idea who they are, so I do like you used to, I just play along and ask what they've been up to and sometimes they'll say something about someone else I know and it'll click in my mind who they are.

 

[jyearta]

My memory is so bad TRYING to remember names.

I try(like you) going along with the conservation, hoping the name will come to me. I usually have to admit I have forgotten their name and ask for it again.

I really bad when I have to do this 3 times. I feel like I should explain myself, but I chose not to.

 

[Cint]

I really bad when I have to do this 3 times. I feel like I should explain myself, but I chose not to.

Well, if you feel like you should explain yourself, then just tell them your on drugs that mess with your mind... legal drugs, tho.

 

[jyearta]

I don't mind people knowing, I just don't want petti. (spelling) or think I'm trying to get attention. I have been told by FRIENDS that want attention. This is NOT the situation.

 

[cazzy]

so embrassing..i asked some spell their name they looked at me as if i mad ,said ann felt real fool

 

[valeriedl]

I don't mind people knowing, I just don't want petti. (spelling) or think I'm trying to get attention. I have been told by FRIENDS that want attention. This is NOT the situation.

I don't mind people knowing that I have epilepsy either.

I don't start the conversation off that way. But if it comes up while we're talking, for instance why I don't work or drive, then I tell them why. Also if I can't figure out who the person is, even after they've told me their name and where I know them from, then I'll explain that it's probably because I have epilepsy and my memory is horrible due to it.

 

[AngelwithDentedHalo]

I've never been able to remember names very well of people I don't know well. I have to see them regularly to remember them, even then I don't always remember.

 

[RunningGirl85]

Well, if you feel like you should explain yourself, then just tell them your on drugs that mess with your mind... legal drugs, tho.

Haha, I say it all the time. I have a terrible memory of faces and names as well. And cars. People will come by to pick me up (for like the fifth time), and I can't remember if it's their car or not, so I have to look at their face (I can remember faces if I really know them). It does get really awkward at times though!