Don't kick the autist's nest

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[–]Alienhunter糞大名 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I was watching a show the other day and the tried and true amnesia plot line came into play and I sat there wondering, does this actually happen in real life?

Like I'm sitting there wondering what exactly the medical workings for amnesia are? Certainly you see it with brain damage and the like but "I remember everything but forgot who I am" isn't something I've ever encountered irl. "I don't remember anything within a year before and after the accident" is something I've seen. I've also experienced the fun times of not having a memory during a particularly long bender.

But the movie form of amnesia seems like a total fiction to me.

[–]Vulptexghost fox girl ^w^ 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It is. Movie amnesia is almost always retrograde, when I'm pretty sure antegrade is way more common (not counting childhood amnesia which everyone who's not on the autism spectrum gets). And I highly doubt getting hit on the head again would instantly cure it.