Do you ever feel overwhelmed when meeting someone new and forget their name as a result?
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December 17th, 2009
I learned about this in psych 101 a while ago… do you ever experience this? How do you get over or past this? I feel like it’s probably pretty common so I’m curious as to how many of you find this to be a problem (if you even consider it a problem!).
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Yes, and it doesn’t help being horrible with names anywho.
Nervousness can cause alot of mistakes…..
I don’t even try to remember peoples names the first time I meet them. It’s only if they crop up a second or third time that I start to try to remember names.
I forget everyones names, I require meeting them on numerous occasions before I remember. Maybe 10–20 times.
There are exceptions though, some names stick in my head, like common ones that I can associate with.
Everyone seems to remember my name though, but I do have a easy name to remember “Paul”. :)
Yes, especially if I don’t think I will ever see them again and won’t need to remember their name. This has come back to bite me on the butt a few times, because I end up seeing the person and they have remembered my name, but I don’t know theirs.
Nothing to fret about. “Sorry, remind me again what your name is?” No one gives a flying fig.
I’m always so concerned about “reading” a new person that I don’t pay attention to their name. I know that’s just silly, but it’s how I am.
the trick is to repeat the name many times during the intial conversation to aid in remembering their name
@Gossamer : that’s what i’ve learned to do, it’s hard to initially remember it though
Yes, that happens to me a lot, because I get nervous when meeting new people.
I sometimes get so overwhelmed when meeting new people, I forget my own name.
It’s happened to me constantly over the years—especially when I bumped into the person in another context, like at a restaurant. It used to make me worry, but nowadays I just make a joke, “You know what Bette Davis said, ‘old age isn’t for sissies” or “Damn, I must be losing my mind—I can’t remember you name”—anything to take the edge off for me and the other person.
Sure. But what’s actually worse is when I forgot my own last name.
I was so tired and I’ve had 3 last names so I forgot my present last name. She looked at me sort of puzzled. I Must joke about this, I must !!
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