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That is scary mate, and you're thrown in the deep end with an issue you've not experienced. Have you posted in !autism@lemmy.world a lot of members there have memory issues and can give you ideas. Might be some other apps and shit
It's been a few years now, and it's not quite as scary anymore, more of a fact of life, my new normal. I've gotten some good mental tricks down for remembering people's names, and I've had a lot of good practice lately with all the new people I've been meeting. The first time I meet people, I basically just tell them straight up that I WILL forget their name, and I'm sorry, and the next time we meet I'll re-introduce myself, and it will take 3 or 4 tries to get it... And the re-introduction part of it really seems to help. I've been meeting a lot of people from Discord lately, and adding a username on top gives some other "hook" to catch, especially if it's a particularly funny username, which seems to help to add something more memorable to recall.
The places and things part has been relatively solved by me just keeping daily itineraries and lists when I have stuff to do, and long-term lists of things to remember. I'd never had to do that, so once I got over the initial "Well I Shouldn't HAVE to!", it just became part of the routine and works fine.
Nothing seems to be getting significantly worse, so I'm not spiraling down into some hellhole of non-recollection... I kind of see it as similar to losing a finger or something. Relatively minor, changes how you interact with the world slightly, but nothing earth-shattering.
Sounds like you've handled it amazingly! Well done