Bollywood actress Shehnaz Treasury who had made her acting debut with Ishq Vishk has recently revealed on Instagram that she suffers from prosopagnosia
Prosopagnosia is a cognitive disorder which causes people to have great difficulty in recognizing faces
Known as face blindness, this disorder also affects a person’s ability to recognize objects and have problems in remembering even places and landmarks
People with this type of disorder may avoid social interaction and often face depression
There are 2 types of prosopagnosia: developmental and acquired
Developmental prosopagnosia is a condition which affects a person withoutbrain damage
Accquired prosopagnosia occurs after brain damage often following a stroke or head injury
While accquired prosopagnosia cases are rare, a few of these disorders are reported from birth as it is believed to be hereditary
While revealing about suffering from propopagnosia, Shehnaz said that it is a ‘real brain issue’ and urged them to be kind