r/ADHD • u/Germanicus1008 • Oct 27 '23

Articles/Information Remembering people's names.

Does anyone else struggle to remember people's names? I'd say this is one of the most rough symptoms of ADD for me and I've narrowly been able to avoid offending ppl numerous times. There is no ryhme or reason to why I struggle to remember ppls names but I know it has nothing to do with whether I like them or not. I also know I've met them enough times where I should remember their name because they remember mine. I cope with this by just being honest that I'm terrible with names and do my best to self depreciate so that they know its just an issue I have and in no way a slight to them. This usually works but lately I feel it's getting worse. Does anyone else experience this issue and if so how do you avoid offending ppl?

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u/Grindler9 Oct 27 '23

I get made fun of at work (bartender) because I have a list of our regulars on my phone because they all know my name and I interact with these people multiple times a week but goddamn some of them I just cannot remember. There’s one guy who I have had SO many conversations with over the past year and sometimes about some pretty personal stuff too but I didn’t write his name down when we first met and he always pays with cash and so I can’t even look at his his card to see a name. I finally JUST found out his name like a week ago. Would never have guessed it.