Actor Shenaz Treasury has revealed on Instagram that she has been diagnosed with prosopagnosia. She also said that she used to have issues remembering people’s faces but remembered them by their voices. In her Instagram Stories, she wrote, “I have been diagnosed with prosopagnosia 2. Now, I understand why I’ve never been able to put faces together. It’s a cognitive disorder. I always felt ashamed that I couldn’t recognize faces. I recognize voices.”

In another slide, she wrote, “Signs and symptoms of face blindness/prosopagnosia. 1. You have failed to recognize a close friend or family member, especially when you weren’t expecting to see them. Yes, that is me. Takes me a minute to register who the person is. Sometimes even a close friend I haven’t seen in a while.” Treasury is known for playing the role of Alisha in the 2003 film Ishq Vishk, opposite actor Shahid Kapoor.

She added, “You have difficulty recognizing neighbours, friends, co-workers, clients, schoolmates. People you know expect you to recognize them. Failing to recognize someone might make you seem aloof. Many sufferers report losing friends and offending co-workers because they have failed to recognize them. This is me.”