I have partial facial blindness which makes it hard to picture faces that aren’t super familiar and I can’t create new faces in my head. I end up picturing faces of people I know and celebrities.

It becomes frustrating when I’m reading as the faces morph constantly into my head. I constantly stop to get the faces right. Sydney Sweeney ended up as 2 characters when I read “Bunny” lol. I also get a biased view of the characters this way. It makes it really hard to enjoy reading nowadays. Any suggestions? Different strategies for picturing or reading without picturing?

  • DasBarenJager@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I love the Stephen King book The Stand and ALWAYS picture the actors from the 90’s movie when I read it, but it’s one of the few times I really picture the characters at all while reading.