Hello!
I wasn't really sure where to put this as I'm not exactly sure what's going on myself, I hope this is the right thread to post in!

So. Starting from my late teenage years (I am currently 21 years of age), I started having these moments where I had a lot of trouble recognizing things, even though I knew what they were. Urgh, this is difficult to describe, it's completely paradoxical. Otherwise I'm healthy (at least I am physically!) and generally well-adjusted.

For example, I saw a friend come through the door; a part of me recognizes this person, but then an overwhelmingly larger half is very confused and has no idea who it is. In my head, it's sort of like; "Oh hello J. WHO IS THAT. It's J. WHO IS THAT I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT IS." It's not just people this happens with; the other day I was trying to identify milk, similar internal monologue. It's absolutely bonkers but it happens. So far, I get the feeling that it happens more with things I am most familiar with; family, pets, every day objects. It doesn't happen often though, so I can't say for sure; once every two or three months would be a good estimate.

I'm not able to afford a mental therapist at the moment, though I do intend to visit someone once I have enough money and time to spare. For now I'm really just trying to figure out if there's a name for this thing; Could anyone point me to a possible category or illness I could look into?

Thanks for your time.