Talk:Don't Know You from Adam/@comment-27162460-20151105015228

Figured I'd weigh in as someone who actually has prosopagnosia.

It's actually a very common condition. The idea of it being rare comes from a time when the only people diagnosed were people who developed it later in life (usually as a result of a brain injury) because those of us who are born with it often don't realize there's anything wrong with how we see people. I just thought I was really stupid as a kid because everyone else was able to recognize each other and I couldn't tell people apart. I thought it was a rote memorization trick that I hadn't figured out, like the other kids were memorizing where everyone sat in class.

That being said, for people saying this creepypasta is scary because it could actually happen - I think it's unlikely. But it's not impossible. I'm skeptical about the idea that she wouldn't notice any differences once he got naked. Just like no two faces are alike (I'm told), so are no two bodies alike.

I do understand why people enjoy the story, though. Although I usually dislike stories that make disorders into a spectacle. This one is pretty well-written and the author seems to have a good handle on the realities of prosopagnosia. I wonder if the author has the condition as well, actually. The experience of mis-identifying a stranger as someone you know for a few moments is a common but very unnerving part of my everyday experience. There's something very upsetting about moving physically close to someone, opening up to them, as someone that you know and trust, and then very suddenly finding out that they are a stranger that you don't know in the least.