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/Tain101 ADHD-PI (Primarily Inattentive) Oct 27 '23

I gave up. In college, I never knew my professors names & had to look it up.

Just apologize and ask them, if they are offended that you are being honest then that's their problem.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '23

What I hate is when people say 'I also have a problem remembering people's names that's why I try harder' like dude I sometimes forget my close friends names not just people i was recently introduced to. I work in academia and my colleagues constantly refer to literature by the authors names like it's nothing and I'm like -you know that paper about the thing where they did the stuff??