What is Amnesia?
6. Dissociative Amnesia
Sometimes, we might have experiences that are difficult to handle. These can be traumatic events, or maybe prolonged periods of stress that can have a severe impact on the patient’s well-being. In order to try and cope, the patient might subconsciously block out certain information, thus causing them to lose some of their memories.
People with dissociative amnesia will often find that they become very confused, and many will find that they cannot recall earlier events. In some cases, the patient will not be able to recall very specific events but still remember everything else. At other times, the patient can forget a wide range of things, including details about themselves and their families.
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