Sara,
I have had such a problem all my life. I have got used to the embarrassment of not knowing where I am, especially in big parking lots, and was always asking for directions at gas stations before I got gps. I still get disoriented in familiar places easily. What have you found out about this? No doctor has ever explained this to me, but I also have dyslexia, depression, anxiety, adhd, epilepsy (legally cured since 1976), and other things that I forget. My frequent memory loss, especially of names of even familiar people, is another thing I have had to get used to.