for me, when I meet someone, rather associating them with textures and sounds, I associate them with past experiences

example: the name lisa is my mother's name and she was an abuser.

so now when ever I see a lisa, or meet a lisa I think.. right, her name's lisa, stay away.

or maybe michelle.. I might say last time I met someone called michelle, she shouted at me and was angry towards me- so now I meet another michelle, she's going to be the same (maybe she is, maybe she isn't), but that's how I see it.

I do associate smells with names though.

like for example, my grandmother beryl always wore this lavender perfume, so now when ever I meet a beryl, I imagine she will wear it too (and I can smell it, even though she might not be wearing it at the time)

this is how it goes for me, and from my point of view it's sort of natural it happens that way.

question: what would be your first peace of advice you give to someone just diagnosed with D.I.D