Originally Posted by
lalasmama
I have never been diagnosed with it, but I seriously believe I have facial blindness. Why? There are two male doctors I work with on a daily basis. Both men, both the same height/build/hair color/hair style/age. I have to wait for one of them to talk before I can figure out if it's Mike or Tom. I'm forever calling the wrong name, because I cannot tell who is who. I also work with two other doctors, who are female, and, again, look VERY similar. Even worse though, is that their names are both Melissa. I've just told them that I am very sorry, but that I'm likely going to always confuse them, despite working with them each every week, because they are just too similar looking for me to tell who's who. I tend to focus on clothing to help me figure out who is who. But let me tell you, as I have gotten older, it's gotten VERY embarrassing! I mean, here are these 4 people I work with, and I can't tell you who is who! THREE YEARS of these faces, and I can't tell you who is who without other clues.
I try to notice facial clues are different. For instance, Tom is slightly wrinklier in the face than Mike. But if they aren't next to each other, I can't see who has more wrinkles, and I'm thrown off... again.
Now, if people have different bodies/builds, I can easily tell them apart. For instance, one doctor I work with, we lovingly call "The Bald Giant". He's very tall, and bald, and kind of stocky despite his height, and there's no one else at work like that, so I know it's him. Okay, his Superman ties help some too. One of our other male doctors is short and stocky and has curly hair, so I don't have a problem there either, because he's the only one with those features.