I say you have a special angel who looks over you.

Tamehue, I was thinking the same thing. God sent you an angel to let you know that hears you and loves you.

What you share is absolutely lovely...

But why the total disconnect ...completely not recognizing someone I've known for years????????

I like the angel theory. :-)

The angel theory is sweet, no mistake, but I would offer another possibility. I have had trouble like this for a long time, it's called facial agnosia...failure to recognize faces.

My understanding is that it is often associated with ME/CFS. I have gotten in so much trouble with this, I hate having to deal with it. People often bump into me in public and have to tell me who they are. Sometimes I mix people up and mistake one person for another.

These are often people I've known really well for years. I see their faces and they look like total strangers to me. I know it's not logical, but it makes me feel really ashamed. People think I'm self-centered and don't care about them enough to remember them.

I never really identified this feeling before but I think I know what you are saying Serce. That it is scary when you realize you are accepting these "events" like it is normal, but it is not even close to being normal.

My hubby get upset with me because I just laugh off dumb things that I do, or mistakes that I make. Like paying the electric bill twice and forgeting to pay the credit card bill all in the same month. Or forgeting to put the sugar in the brownies.

Now I just laugh it off, otherwise I would probably cry. I is to scarry to know that I am a space-cadet and there is nothing to do to stop it from happening again.

Really good comment, SpaceGirl. Knowing these bad things are just going to happen again, not knowing any way to keep them from happening again...it scares me too.

I have no one to help me, I live alone. When I go out shopping for groceries, I don't really have my wits about me sometimes. I feel like I do, but later I realize that I was in a fog and didn't realize it.

I worry that someone will see my vulnerability and take advantage of it somehow.

I too have poor facial recognition as you Richie & maybe you too Serce, my kids laugh as i never recognise friends when out & about. I tend to recognise people by what the clothes last wore when i saw them last, as i cant place faces.
I too love the angel theory Serce I believe we all have angels, i too have met random people who pep me up/ offer kind words or acts at just the right time when all is dismal. And i often find the odd white feather (angels calling card). Yes there are many earth angels and who intervene in daily life xx

feeling extremely tired so rambling nonsense at mo but yes i recognise people by their uniform/hairstyle/clothing or area they should be in such as work or supermarket .......take care xx

I used to be so good at recognizing people and remembering names. I had this "mental rolodex" in my head to help me. For people I saw less often. I would meet someone and think Carol Ann Thorn, ok CAT, then run into her and think, A, no, B, no, C,hmm, Cat...Carol, yes!

Now I can't find names, but to not remember certain faces throws me, it's not all faces, just some. If she hadn't spoken I wouldn't have known I knew her at all....it feels so random.

Yesterday I had a plumbing problem. I was so foggy, I called for a repair and made the appt. They came right out and fixed it. Today I looked at the bill, it seemed high. So I priced the part and then called 3 area companies. Today I am not so foggy and today is when I should have been steering the ship. Driving through the fog yesterday cost me an extra $100. My normal self always gets 3 bids, my foggy self didn't even think to do that. I make me sad sometimes. The company I called also charge a tsf fee, when I called to ask what that was they said it was a fuel fee. The other companies did not charge that. I need to double my efforts to take care. Especially in light of living with half the budget.....I need every angel that can guide me....and appreciate every one! Hugs!

Just how very special and sweet. What a good experience with all you are trying to cope with.

I have a lot of mental 'fog' but nothing as you describe with people helping that I don't remember.

((hugs)) Patricia

I still go with the angel theory. :)

Often we feel invisible.
Angels reach out and gently remind us we are not.
My angels comfort me and they never ever hug too tight.

The angel theory is lovely I agree.

Serce, maybe it is the other way round from what you thought !

Perhaps it was her that made the mistake, maybe she thought you were someone that she knew.

My mum talks to random strangers in the supermarket sometimes then looks up at them properly and realises she has mistaken them for someone she knows (sometimes they even dont have any similarity). Ok my mums eyesight isnt 20/20 but it aint that bad and mentally she can be a little forgetful, usually names or where she put something down but she is doing not bad for 70+.

So perhaps you looked or sounded vaguely like someone she knows. !

Take care
Jen
xxx

Just a hunch ... But Ive known some older and very gracious people who are very skilled at helping strangers while making it seem like they are an old friend, as if they act that way to make you feel most comfortable. It could be that and not a failing of yours, you know?