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Originally Posted by Willowleaf
Hi, I am a bit of a stranger here but just freaked myself out and wondered if any of you had similar experiences. I had a mild head injury over 2 years ago that left me with real problems. Generally these days I function quite well, but today I went to tidy out a cupboard and don't recognize lots of the things in it. Does this happen to any of you? If so how do you not get freaked out? Thanks
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A I recall, this is called visual agnosia. Some might be familiar with this from the book "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat."
There are two main categories (apperceptive and associative) and a number of subtypes, like inability to recognize faces, inability to recognize landmarks, word blindness, etc... I struggle with the latter and and my neuro-psychologist told me it's due to damage in my occipital and/or temporal lobes.
Is this the first time it has happened to you, post injury?