You really put my feelings into words. I often feel so embarrassed at my inability to retain information like many others, especially when it comes to remembering names. I've been working at the same job for almost 3 years now and I still don't know everyone's names. I was walking with another associate when a manager calls me on the phone and asks who I'm with. I go silent, stutter, and hang up on him because I'm so embarrassed I can't remember who was beside me. I'm not confident in calling out someone's name in fear of getting it wrong. And don't even get me started with remembering everything else like dates, paying bills, important events. People act as if it's because I don't care, but the information really just doesn't stick as much as I want it to. I use a lot of repetition and calendars to get past it, but it's not always effective in the way I want. I feel like such a mess!