Crown Princess Victoria: – Lives with rare disorder
The Swedish Crown Princess Victoria (44) is the next to take over the throne of the Swedish royal family. The 44-year-old has been among Europe’s most popular royals for a number of years, and many have followed her life ever since she seriously entered the royal spotlight as a teenager.
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The heir to the throne has previously been open about having dyslexia and eating disorders, but not everyone knows that she also suffers from a rare disorder.
The Swedish Crown Princess has prosopagnosia, also known as facial blindness.
Do not remember faces
Prosopagnosia is a developmental disorder that results in an inability to recognize faces.
– I have a very hard time remembering names and faces, and that is a big disadvantage in my work, because of course I meet an awful lot of people, Crown Princess Victoria said back in 2008 to the Swedish magazine Foraldrakraft, according to Danish BT.
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– I really tried to learn names and faces, but they just do not stick, she added.
This was the first time she opened up about the relatively unknown disorder.
There is no treatment
Before the Crown Princess was diagnosed, she thought something else was wrong with her. As mentioned, Crown Princess Victoria also has dyslexia, and this was related to the difficulty in recognizing faces.
Randi Starrfelt, professor of neuropsychology at the Department of Psychology at the University of Copenhagen, explained last year above Vi.nr that it is estimated that between two and two and a half percent of the population suffers from facial blindness. This corresponds to approximately 100,000 Norwegians.
Transfer KK Starrfelt has previously stated that facial blindness can be a result of brain damage, but what is called facial blindness is most often congenital. Furthermore, she explained that it is called a developmental disorder because the ability to recognize faces does not develop normally. In these, no brain damage is the cause of problems.
The disorder can not be treated, but there are still some strategies to make something easier in everyday life. One can focus on remembering the way people walk, vote or their hairstyles, according to Danish BT.
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– Felt stupid
On several occasions, the Crown Princess has talked about how dyslexia has affected her upbringing. In an interview with the magazine Må bra, reproduced by Expressen, she revealed that dyslexia was discovered at an early age.
– I had problems keeping up with the school, and think, for example, that it was very difficult when the teacher asked me to read something aloud in front of the class. It was some of the worst I knew, and it became much later from my classmates, and from myself, because sometimes it was completely absurd, she told me at the time.
Crown Princess Victoria however, is not the only one in the Swedish royal family who suffers from reading and writing difficulties. King Carl Gustaf (75) and Prince Carl Philip (42) also have dyslexia.