I can’t recognise my husband or kids – there’s no treatment for my condition, which affects one in 33 people

ELEANOR Flegg, 56, is an author and lives in Dublin with husband Jasper Wood, 43, a special needs assistant at a primary school.

Here, she reveals her battle with face blindness – which has no treatment and affects one in 33 people.

My struggle to recognise people definitely impacted me growing up Being out with my boys would often mean stressful interactions I didn’t struggle to recognise my sons Vanya, born in 1992, and Turlough, born in 1996 when they were young

Seeing the handsome stranger smiling at me...