i don't have the memory issues you do of not knowing who people are, so i cannot relate to that. and i do have the denial and confusion aspect a lot..but i know it is real because it is my experience. it doesn't matter to me if others have similar symptoms or not, it is more a matter of how it affects me and trying to find ways to manage it all.

you just have to learn to trust yourself and also your therapist because that is the only way you will be able to come to a level of acceptance. it also will make things a bit easier on you, though denial and acceptance are common and come and go with this too.