Comments on: Forget Yourself For Just a Bit

By: allduerespect88

allduerespect88 — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:03:19 +0000

[quote]The Article said: “it appears to be caused by stress or emotional trauma – but then again, what isn’t?”[/quote]

Herpes

By: a1c

a1c — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:45:05 +0000

There’s also “depersonalization,” where a person loses themselves. Not so much amnesia, as experiencing life from afar, like a movie.

By: CosmicFS

CosmicFS — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 19:37:51 +0000

I never, never believed that normal (non-brain damaged people, for example) could get amnesia-- I had always scoffed at Senator "U-boat Commander" Ted Kennedy's story that he had amnesia after he killed Mary Jo Kopekne.

I digress. Anyways, in the early 90's, my wife of over six years, had awoken me from a nap by jumping lightly on my back (I was face down, obviously) and I did not have a clue as to who she was. I knew my surroundings (crap apartment) and even knew the Spanish that she was speaking, but to me she was a total stranger.

After about a minute, the recollection began to flood back in. I still think Teddie is a liar though.

By: nathan

nathan — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:24:43 +0000

My girlfriend is currently taking medication to shrink a tumor in her ovaries. One of the more unpleasant side effects is a TGA type effect. Before the meds kick in she’s her normal, terrific self. Once the meds kick in she’ll often give you this look that you can tell means that she just woke up in a strange place and is looking at a strange person. When she first started taking the meds she would often loose any memory of what happened even a few minutes before, meaning that every minute or so she’d be in a strange place and around strange people again.

I can’t count the number of times that she’s cried because she doesn’t know me and doesn’t know where she is, cried because she wants me to take her to her mom, or been terrified because a strange man just crawled into bed with her, even though she’s lived with me for two years. Most people will never know the heartache that comes from watching a loved one fade in and out of their own lives … be thankful for that.

Someday I hope to have her back … wholly, completely herself.

By: Spirrah

Spirrah — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 19:16:22 +0000

A cousin of mine suffered some brain damage in a car accident several years ago. He has short term memory. He can never remember what he did the day before. Each night before he goes to bed he has to write down every thing of importance to read when he wakes up the next day. Every morning his sister calls to make sure he reads it or tell him anything that he forgot.

By: mudpuppy555

mudpuppy555 — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 23:50:08 +0000

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By: Stuart

Stuart — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 22:24:52 +0000

I know I'm not alone in having a total loss of memory when I get very drunk. In some disturbed way I know its kind of fun to have someone tell you what you did and have no memory of it or to see the a friends expression when you tell them they did something they have no memory of. Luckily this has never included anything too dangerous/disgusting.

Furnace said: "I actually have a short list of movies that I've asked my wife to show me if I should ever get amnesia. I've grown up knowing that Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker's father… and I want to experience that way it was meant to be!!"

If I ever have kids I'm gonna be torn on how to show them the Star Wars films: in the way I grew up loving (4,5,6,1,2,3) or in Lucas' originally intended way. I reckon I'll prob go with the former. If you showed anyone Phantom Menace first I doubt they would want to see any of the other films. Damn you Jar Jar!

By: white_matter

white_matter — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 06:10:32 +0000

Quarter witted, damn you, I was going to use that joke!

You'll rue the day you crossed me!

By: Knives

Knives — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 21:41:10 +0000

My aunt had a TGA episode. It’s pretty amazing how random it is. At first we were very worried, but when it went away all of the sudden, we didn’t know what to think.

By: Daniel Lew

Daniel Lew — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 19:32:01 +0000

daveo said: "I had this same thing happen to a friend of mine when we were teenagers. We were sledding and he got a "boot to the head" with a combat boot. For about 2 hours after the event he would constantly ask "what happened?" We kept telling him "boot to the head, boot to the head!!" It got to be so funny we had to send him home. His mom then called wanting to know what happened to her son since he did not remember…… By the next day he was fine. To this day any time we want a cheap laugh we start asking "what happened?""

I believe that what you described is a concussion, not TGA. But yes, concussions do cause temporary anterograde and retrograde amnesia.