prosopagnosia and memory as it relates to taking photos and believing in love

[belenen]

icon: "disassociative (a digital painting of a stylized person in profile with wide open screaming mouth and arms up with palms spread wide. Head and hands flow into strands like blood vessels)"The other day I had a terrible depressive crash and I cried from 9am to 4pm, almost solid. The worst point was when I thought to myself that I could feel

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[queerbychoice]

I'm so sorry that you're going through this.

I hope you can explain to your loved ones - maybe they'll understand if they read this entry - why you need such photos. I would think they would want to accommodate such a need. At the very least, if they feel a need for more control over the process than they would have if you take photos of them, I would think they might be willing to take photos of themselves that are specifically meant to express love for you.

[belenen]

*nodnod* that actually has been true -- once I was able to articulate this post and share it, some of my people have been actively supporting me in that.

[lordsauron]

I wish it was generally accepted that having a photo taken is the norm as well. I would really like to work on portrait/model photography but, I have a really hard time walking up to someone and asking "Hi, may I please take your photo?"

That said, the times I've asked...very few...they agreed so long as they felt like their visage wasn't used for malicious or selfish reasons (blackmail, profiting).

Side note: My medical dictionary grew just now.

[belenen]

I understand that difficulty! I have not managed to do that, ever.