Can you remember/ recall names- faces easily?
What about you- do you feel that your memory isn’t as good as it used to be? Or you can declare proudly that it is as good as it ever was? Do you remember names and faces as well as you used to do in the past?
I will say that my memory is, overall still pretty decent, but I’ve always been bad with matching a name to a face, that is unless you left an impression on my brain to the extent that I cannot forget you.
My memory isn’t where it used to be because I’ve been under a lot of stress, with everyone in the family expect me to remember stuff like usernames and passwords for their various accounts. That was until I told every one of them off, including my mom. I’m not a machine. You can expect me to remember the information for 7 individuals.
I can barely remember my own passwords these days and I think part of it is I’ve grown to rely on apps (like Google Password Manager and Last Pass) too much to remember my passwords.
With that said, I think unless I see you at least a few times, I won’t remember your face or name. I know it’s a lot of blame game but I blame my eyesight on this one. I am typically quite observant but, for some reason, when I look at people’s faces (in real life), I can’t see their faces. It’s like my right eye is focused on the person’s face while my left eye is choosing to focus on something else other than that person’s face.
This has been the crux of why I have trouble remembering people’s names and faces. It takes me quite a while to place a name to the person’s face this way.
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I am finding more and more I need to slow down in order to engage my memory. I think it is the level of activity and the speed I do it with rather than my memory that is the problem.
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I’m the same way. I am finding that I need to slow down and breathe in order to recall memories.
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It is not so bad. Slowing down is helping me. notice many things I never have before.
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I agree about slowing down. It’s helped me in the same way, too.
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Even in my busiest seasons slowing down seems to make me more productive.
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I am too finding it difficult to remember the names , birthdays and yes faces too. I think it’s because of internet digital life; too much work life or just a blame game . Either ways But mostly I saved by my kid or spouse when they call their name and I still remembering their name in my head 😢while standing next to them . 🙃
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It’s weird, I don’t think I’ve blamed my memory. I do blame the internet digital life though. There are all kinds of apps to help so we don’t have to remember things like passwords and phone numbers.
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I think we have too many things to keep track of and that’s why we blame our memory. Thanks for sharing your thoughts my friend
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I agree and I was once again reminded of that last night as I had to help my aunt to enroll in health insurance because I had to search my personal files for her information.
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Take care my friend
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Thank you.
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You’re welcome ☺️
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