Something leora said prompted this.

[conuly]

I have problems. Seriously, I do.

But I don't ever like mentioning them, ever, because I always feel like I'm whining or exaggerating.

Take the idea of faceblindess. I don't think I'm faceblind. I don't consider myself faceblind. And yet, there's a number of incidents which only make sense if I say I'm faceblind. Most notoriously, there's the time I was about to tell a man with a cute baby "my niece has that same outfit" when I realized that it *was* my niece and brother-in-law, but trust me when I say this incident is not alone in my memory.

Or there's my hearing. I have very good hearing. My hearing is probably better than yours. I can hear the train doors close from several blocks away. But I can't be in a crowded room and follow a conversation. I never used to mention this to people, and just sat through "group work" where I either did nothing or did everything because it was easier than trying to listen to people talking. I still don't like mentioning it to people, because it's just "Well, my hearing isn't bad, exactly, but it's hard for me sometimes, but not all the time, and... um...."

Riiiiight.

Well, this has been my melodramatic post for the day. Djusk' a!

Comments

[wodhaund.livejournal.com]

I don't have a problem with faceblindness, but I completely understand the thing with hearing. I have the same problem, even sometimes in one-on-one situations.

It's really frustrating to have to say "Could you please repeat that?" when my hearing itself is perfectly good. (Just the processing doesn't work? I guess.)

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

I note that, for me, I suspect that it's a combination of trouble separating out different auditory input sources, and having to put quite a lot more effort than is apparently normal in order to _process_ auditory input sources.

(there are also certain visual input sources that I tend to not bother trying to process. Like black and white comics. Or watching any TV/movie in any position other than sitting straight up. I appear to have a severe lack of ability to easily process things when I'm looking at them from the 'wrong' angle, and my ability gets worse the longer I am trying)

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

Huh.

How does color improve your comprehension of comics?

So some of the small angle LCD monitors would really cause problems?

Those seem to go along with direction sense... and just the ability to visualize. I forget, can you draw well?

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

How does color improve your comprehension of comics?

How, physically? I don't know. But I differentiate things with color _far_ more easily than things without. I am very, _very_ color-oriented.

So some of the small angle LCD monitors would really cause problems?

I don't know, because I don't know what you mean by this. Watching TV while lying down isn't a good idea, for example.

Those seem to go along with direction sense... and just the ability to visualize. I forget, can you draw well?

I cannot draw things from the inside of my head. I can draw things that are already 2-D, and with effort, I can bring things from 3-D to 2 in order to draw them.