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She was diagnosed with prosopagnosia – also known as face blindness

Would you know if you were face blind? Listen and learn more.

Illustration by Maddie Mortell

After mistaking a random man at the grocery store for her husband, Sadie Dingfelder took tests and learned she is face blind.

She has prosopagnosia (what many call face blindness) and aphantasia, which means she doesn’t picture things in her mind.

For decades, she had no idea.

On today’s episode of the Love Letters podcast, Dingfelder explains how she was diagnosed, with help from experts in Boston. She also explains how learning about her brain changed her understanding of herself – and her marriage.

Enjoy this funny and sweet story about how everyone sees the world differently.

Meredith Goldstein can be reached at [email protected]. Send a relationship question to Love Letters by using the anonymous form.

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