I complained to my T about being unable to recognize and remember people's faces. She expressed the theory that it might be social anxiety. I have had her use that phrase more than once.
I decided to do a project at school about it and she darn near fell all over herself trying to help me with my homework by suggesting a book to me and offering to let me borrow her copy. This puzzled me because she has only named a book to me three times. One time it was a book on self-esteem which I couldn't get my hands on. The second one she named to me but did not go so far as to write it down and give me the paper. I have been talking to her since February. So it seems odd to me.
Is it possible that my face recognition problem is social anxiety? Does any of you with social anxiety problems have trouble recognizing and recalling people's faces?
As a way to test some information that I found on-line, I tried to write up a social anxiety hierarchy. Have any of you done that? What do you do with the anxiety hierarchy? What do you do in therapy when working on social anxiety? Do any of you do group therapy or attend a support group? What is that like? I attended an anxiety/panic group earlier this week. It was very interesting. But, I don't feel that I worry myself silly anymore. I just get nervous about what people think of me at work. I am not sure if I was a good match for the group. I might try to find a depression and anxiety group.