Shenaz Treasurywala, an actress and social media influencer, revealed on Tuesday via her Instagram Stories that she has been afflicted with prosopagnosia. She admitted in the post that she had trouble recalling people’s appearances but could recall them by their words.
The Ishq Vishk (2003) actress turned travel blogger continues to post about her trips on social media. Prosopagnosia, often referred to as face blindness, is a condition that makes it unable to recognise people by their faces, according to Shenaz. “I have prosopagnosia 2,” she remarked in one of her Instagram stories. I now get why I have never been able to match faces. It is a mental illness. Being unable to identify faces has always made me feel humiliated. I can identify voices.
The actress from Delhi Belly has a sizable following on social media. The indications and signs of the cognitive illness were described by Shehnaz. Face blindness and prosopagnosia symptoms. 1. Particularly when you weren’t prepared to see them, you failed to spot a close friend or relative. That is, in fact, me. It took me a while to recognise the individual. even a close buddy I haven’t seen in a long time sometimes.”
She stated on another slide that you have trouble recognising your neighbours, friends, coworkers, clients, and schoolmates. People that you know anticipate your recognition of them. If you don’t recognise someone, you could come out as distant. Many people with the condition say they’ve misplaced pals and offended colleagues because they can’t recognise them. That’s me.
“So you misinterpret fictitious characters in movies or tv more than actual people?”, she said. True, I do. If two individuals have the same height, physique, and hairdo, I can’t see any difference.
“Now, just understand that I’m not being conceited or snobbish and that this is a severe condition.,” she said. On the work font, Shenaz appeared in a number of other films, including Luv Ka The End, Radio, Aagey Se Right, and Umar.