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I go through the same process, for me the worst offender is names. Faces I’ve got down, but the connection to a name will always be fuzzy. I can’t recall names
by mroche 6y ago
I go through the same process, for me the worst offender is names. Faces I’ve got down, but the connection to a name will always be fuzzy. I can’t recall names for the life of me on the spot, but two days later out of nowhere it’ll come to me. Doesn’t particularly help during conversations, but I’m patient with myself.
- leobakerhytch 6y agoI realized in the last year or two that I was never really bad with names, I just didn’t give myself the chance to be good with them. For someone I’ve just met, it takes a little effort to use their name at least once or twice soon after I learn it, and it’s much more likely to stick. I’m also much stricter with going through the slight awkwardness if I didn’t catch the name first time (even asking to spell it out to be 100% sure). Then afterwards, I’ll write down the name in Notes with something memorable about the person, and where I met them. 99% of the time, I never look at this again. Just like that, name remembered. Then, I’ll manage not to use a person’s name next time I see them, even when I know it. Oops.
- PikachuEXE 6y agoFor me the first thing I forget (or never remember) about a person is name More precisely it's the connection from "person" to "name". i.e. If given a name I might be able to fetch the "person" memory but the other way around would be much more difficult. Don't ask why I don't know :D
- spaetzleesser 6y agoI also have a problem with names. I remember people by face and body posture pretty well but names I will forget quickly. I also don’t notice eye color which annoys my girlfriend.