• Tanis Nikana@lemmy.worldOP
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      10 days ago

      Sorry, those are custom-made glasses which help me to interpret my face better. I’ve got a couple of pairs. They’re a medical aid.

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        10 days ago

        This is such an interesting string of words, I hope you don’t mind me being nosey but what does it mean to “interpret your face better”? Like you’re face blind or you don’t recognize yourself in a mirror?

        • Tanis Nikana@lemmy.worldOP
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          Two strokes. One in October ‘23, one a few days after I was born. I’ve got a few disabilities including motor control issues and severe facial recognition troubles, and difficulty maintaining and remembering identities.

          So I make myself as easy to remember as possible, people come up, say “hey Tanis!” And then if they’re cool, they tell me who they are. If they know about my problems and they don’t, they’re dicks on a one-way information exchange.