#Types of amnesia

[bagaluten-sys]

☆Forms of amnesia☆

I never related to the word amnesia and when somebody asked I vehemently said "no, of course not" until I realized there are many forms of amnesia and I think everybody should know em. So here we go.

(Order: generelized-, localized-, selective-, emotional-, fragmented-dissociative-, conticious- covert- and systemized amnesia, sources, personal tipps) TW

Generalized amnesia: In generalized amnesia, patients forget their identity and life history—eg, who they are, where they went, to whom they spoke, and what they did, said, thought, experienced, and felt. Some patients can no longer access well-learned skills and lose formerly known information about the world. Generalized dissociative amnesia is rare; it is more common among combat veterans, people who have been sexually assaulted, and others experiencing extreme stress or conflict. Onset is usually sudden.

Localized amnesia: Localized amnesia involves being unable to recall a specific event or events or a specific period of time; these gaps in memory are usually related to trauma or stress. For example, patients may forget the months or years of being abused as a child or the days spent in intense combat

Selective amnesia: Selective amnesia involves forgetting only some of the events during a certain period of time or only part of a traumatic event. Patients may have both localized and selective amnesia.

Emotional amnesia: Emotional amnesia, in essence, is a state where a person struggles to recall or connect with their emotional experiences. It’s not about forgetting facts or events, but rather losing touch with the feelings associated with those memories. Imagine watching a movie without sound – you see the action, but miss the emotional depth that the soundtrack provides

Fragmented amnesia: Fragmented amnesia refers to a type of memory loss where an individual's recollections are incomplete, scattered, or disorganized. Instead of losing an entire block of time or specific memories entirely (as in retrograde or anterograde amnesia), a person with fragmented amnesia may remember certain details while forgetting others

Dissociative amnesia: Dissociative amnesia is a type of dissociative disorder that involves inability to recall important personal information that would not typically be lost with ordinary forgetting. It is usually caused by trauma or stress

Continious amnesia: In continuous amnesia, patients forget each new event as it occurs.Most patients are partly or completely unaware that they have gaps in their memory. They become aware only when personal identity is lost or when circumstances make them aware—eg, when others tell them or ask them about events they cannot remember.

Covert amnesia: Covert Amnesia: This is not a widely used medical term, but it may refer to hidden or unconscious memory loss, where a person does not realize they have forgotten something or represses certain memories (e.g., in dissociative disorders).

Systemized amnesia: In OSDD-1, systematized amnesia often means that specific memories, emotions, or experiences are only accessible to certain identity states or parts, while others remain unaware of them.

(Sources:www.MSDManuals.com-dissociative amnesia, DID.research.org, neverlaunch.com, Dr.Muriel Salmanu, psychiatrist [2018])

PS: there are of course more types and names. For systems the mist important ones to know are often emotional, localized, dissociative, covert and systemized amnesia. I am not a professional, there are even more terms and sub-types.

If youre scared of experiencing this, remember: you system/collective stands with you and you wont be alone. Please take care and correct me if I wrote something wrong. -A.R.

[hexxter]

What if Luxu and Player encounter each other with each of the player’s reincarnation

Luxu who is stealing bodies vs the kid that keeps coming back to life

[strawberryjcm]

oh dilute me, gentle angel

[thorntopieces]

country boy cloud who does his damnest to lose his accent when he first gets to midgar, half because he gets teased for it and half because the uppity midgar born and raised just can't understand his nibel-accented common. he's in midgar to become a SOLDIER, and sentiments from back home can't help him so he tries to kill the accent and doesn't speak the nibel language unless he's completely alone

meeting zack changes everything - zack's been in midgar long enough that his native gongagan accent has softened a little, some words pronounced differently in accordance with midgar common. but it's still there and he's proud of it, having learnt from angeal and genesis that having an accent isn't bad. only with zack does cloud allow himself to truly speak without worrying about his vowels being clear enough

zack's death changes everything. his brain jumbles, wires crossing wrongly and hurting. he reverts to the overly clean, overly forced midgar common - the sounds of it clear in his head from listening to so many of sephiroth's radio speeches in his youth. it becomes impossible for him to speak with the nibel accent and even his nibel language sounds odd. the midgar common becomes his default

but it's not entirely perfect and when it isn't, it's wrong. instead of defaulting to a nibel-tinted common when upset he now mimics zack's gongagan almost perfectly. it unsettles tifa and aerith both for different reasons

he can't answer any questions about it when asked, only knows that he speaks nibel still but also enough gongagan to converse comfortably (or at least as comfortable as he can ever be during a social interaction). when travelling around mideel, the locals ask him where he learnt banoran mideelian and he can't answer (zack knew it, zack taught him some, it's in his memories, forced to the front when triggered)

having his memories sorted out with the help of tifa, the dissociative amnesia barriers lowered but not entirely gone, lets the nibel accent come out in full force again. it's even stronger than tifa's and while the crew really has no business being surprised by anything he does anymore (hasn't he been so inconsistent that they should be taking anything in stride now?), they get really caught off guard by it

it's not always perfect and consistency is something cloud will never have, and some days the nibel accent is unaccessible to him, some days he defaults to midgar common and some days he doesn't speak at all because no matter what comes out of his mouth it won't be right. but that doesn't matter

[madd-nix]

Tracks of Recovery

A short story about Emmet helping his brother deal with amnesia. This is for my Split In/go au, which you can find more about here and here.

Words: 1,084

"Dissociative amnesia?" Emmet looked at the doctor in shock and confusion.

"Yes, in short, it's a form of amnesia that causes the person to forget things about themself," the doctor explained. "After all of the tests we've run, that seems to be the most likely case. He remembers you and the rest of your family and friends, he seems to remember most things about his job, but he remembers almost nothing about himself or what he specifically does as a subway boss in terms of his pokemon or battling. He also doesn't have a concussion, just a slight bump from seemingly falling and hitting the ground, so that is out as a cause. It's possible that whatever happened to him traumatized him, which is a common cause for dissociative amnesia."

Emmet felt like the room was spinning. His brother had amnesia? Something terrible happened to traumatize him? Emmet was glad when he spotted a chair next to him. He needed to sit down.

"There is good news!" the doctor added quickly. "Most cases of this type of amnesia are temporary, with the patient recovering their memories after a few days, weeks, or months, so it is possible for Ingo to regain his memories. I highly recommend getting him into therapy to help him deal with any stress, anxiety, or depression he could be feeling due to this situation. I also would just make sure he's surrounded by people he knows and trusts. Make him feel safe. If it was a traumatic event that caused this, helping him feel safe and comfortable could help his mind feel well enough to bring back those missing memories."

Emmet nodded along, making mental notes. Therapy. Safety. Friends and family. Those were all easily doable. He had a plan now. He could focus on that. If he had a plan, then surely he could help his brother get through this. He was Emmet, and he would succeed in helping his brother!

"Thank you, Doctor. I really appreciate the help," he said sincerely. The doctor nodded back.

"You're welcome. If you need any other assistance, just use the call button in his room. I'll talk to the nursing staff about getting him released to return home with you." With that, the doctor left, and Emmet was alone.

He could do this. He could help Ingo.

~~~~~

Ingo still couldn't remember.

It had been about two months. Nothing had changed. Ingo was in and out of therapy, in and out of doctors' offices, and still no progress. Even when reminded of his own name, Ingo would forget it minutes later, needing to be reminded. He recognized his pokemon, but nothing specific about them or how to battle with them. Any attempts at battling were flops. Ingo couldn't even remember the basic rules of fire beats grass, grass beats water, and water beats fire that every new trainer learns when they start out. The Singles and Multi lines had to be closed down because of this, much to Ingo's disappointment. Emmet knew his brother felt guilty about that, but Emmet assured him it wasn't his fault, and that they would be back to normal eventually.

But the longer this went on, the more Emmet's hope wavered.

They were heading home after a long day of work and therapy. Ingo was still capable of working the conductor half of their job, and it gave him some normalcy and routine in his life. And every few days, they'd leave work early to go to Ingo's therapy appointments, with Emmet usually waiting in the lobby for him.

"Do you want pizza for dinner tonight?" Emmet asked as they walked out of the therapy clinic together. "I do not feel like cooking tonight."

"Me neither," Ingo said as he ran a hand through his hair before replacing his hat on his head. "Pizza sounds good to me."

"Great. Pepperoni?" Emmet was already on his Xtrans to get an order started.

"And garlic bread?" Ingo added.

"Yup. I will order it now so it should be delivered shortly after we get home," Emmet said as he tapped away on the wrist device.

There were a few moments of silence as they walked, with Emmet putting in their online order, and Ingo lost in thought. As Emmet lowered his wrist, finally done, he looked at his brother.

"Ingo? Hey, are you alright?" Ingo hesitated a moment before looking up, as if it took him a moment to realize that he was being addressed. He had forgotten his name again.

"Ah, yeah, sorry," Ingo stammered out. "I just... I don't know how much this therapy or the doctor visits are helping. I haven't been able to really remember anything. And even when you remind me of things it's as if they derail almost immediately. I can't seem to hold on to anything, no matter how hard I try. Even when I try to remember my name, who I am, what battling is like, I can't seem to hold on to any of it. It's... frustrating. I know you and Elesa and Iris and Dad and my therapist have all said to just be patient. 'The memories will return in time.' But what if they don't, Emmet? I'm... I'm tired of being patient. What do we do if my memories never return?"

Emmet wanted to be encouraging. He wanted to tell Ingo that it would be okay. That he would get his memories back. But that's not what Ingo was asking. And Emmet couldn't lie to his brother for the sake of holding on to an ideal future.

".....I am Emmet. You are Ingo. My brother. My best friend. We are a two car train. Whatever happens, whatever tracks lie ahead for us, we will travel them together. If you never regain your memories, I will still be here for you. I will still help you. No matter what. I promise."

That seemed to uplift Ingo's spirits a little. Ingo was not very physically expressive, but Emmet could see the corners of his mouth curl up, and the way Ingo's eyes crinkled a bit. It made Emmet smile more genuinely.

"Thank you, Emmet."

"You're welcome, Ingo."

~~~~~

Meanwhile, the Pearl Clan in Hisui had found and gained a new member, and a certain godly entity watched everything between both times and places with interest. Every was going according to plan so far. Once both versions of this human were a bit more settled It would send in the Chosen Hero.

[oshidorifuufu]

where has he gone

[389]

amnesia scanner misbandage

[bbcphile]

WIP Wednesday (MLC amnesia fic edition)

Happy Wednesday! I'm taking one more week off sharing excerpts of my long fic to share bits from the amnesia/discovering mind control bug fic! (It's finally all drafted and will hopefully be posted on AO3 soon!) Enjoy! (You can find the previous excerpt here.)

“A-Fei,” Li Lianhua murmured, his voice shaky as though it had been drawn from a-Fei’s own lungs. His pupils dilated as his gaze slid to his waistband, then trailed a burning path from a-Fei’s navel to his throat, before fixing on his lips. “This isn’t–” He swallowed, his finger twitching against the band of a-Fei’s pants. “You don’t remember all the reasons we shouldn’t.”

That was all the answer he needed. “I don’t care,” a-Fei said, lurching forward to cup Li Lianhua’s face with his hand. “Neither should you.”

For an instant, Li Lianhua leaned into the touch, his eyes falling closed, and his head tipping back with a shuddering exhale.

Then he pulled away, lowering a-Fei’s hand with him. “I can’t. I can’t, a-Fei.”

This didn’t make any sense. He obviously wanted to. What was stopping him?

Oh. Of course. “Is there someone else? Fang Duobing?”

Li Lianhua’s eyes bulged. “What?”

It didn’t take long to come to a decision. “I don’t mind sharing,” he said with a nod.

Li Lianhua flushed. “Why would you–it’s not–he’s my–” he spluttered helplessly, before abandoning any attempt at an excuse and hitting him on the arm instead. “Don’t be ridiculous. And anyway, I’ve seen your so-called sharing at dinner. No thanks.”

A-Fei crossed his arms over his chest. “You’re not a chicken leg. And that wasn’t sharing. I know the difference.” He couldn’t exactly remember sharing things in the past, but he couldn’t remember most things at the moment, so that didn’t have to mean anything. And regardless, it was just another skill to master. He could do it.

Li Lianhua was worth it.

[sincerely-sofie]

Thinking about the Dark Crater confrontation in the Dugtrio Day AU... It would happen much sooner because unlike Twig, Echo would be analytical enough to see through "Cresselia" and the solution she proposes, and Darkrai would be forced to reveal his true identity as a result.

Pinna would struggle through the fire-type centric dungeon leading up to it, being a treecko who also is surprisingly weak for the point in the plot that they are, and the second they get to him Echo is garroting Darkrai on the spot for putting her friend through this.

He doesn't even get to monologue or pull the nightmare shtick. They enter the boss room and she wordlessly strangles him with all four ribbons as well as her paws while staring him in the eyes as she does it.

[shiftperception]

when I was a kid I was big into collecting pokemon figures. I had this whole imaginary society of them spread across shelves in my room, they were split into type based communities like it was warrior cats. One time I got gifted a small bucket (I think) of used ones from someone whose kid was going off to college or just didn’t want them anymore, it’s too long ago to remember the details tbh. Point is mixed in there was a bootleg sneasel (color of hisuian sneasel with feathers on both ears), an unknown creature that was clearly a digimon (I put him on the psychic shelf. he had a big triangle on his forehead), and a bootleg vulpix. Bootleg vulpix was the color of a shiny vulpix, had three blue tails, and a cute little necklace. I assumed that like with bootleg sneasel, the creator had messed with the design to dodge copyright; specifically by basing it off the dex entries that say vulpix is born with one tail that splits and changes color as it grows. And for good measure using the shiny color and giving it an accessory. “She” was best friends with bootleg sneasel, and they lived together on the ‘Clone Shelf.’ In my pokefigure society this was a group led by mewtwo, consisting of them and another batch of bootlegs a family member found for me on a business trip in china. I knew they were all off brands but they were constructed just fine, so I explained their differences as a result of them being clones. Like mewtwo’s clone army in the first movie that had different markings. And if the first movie taught me anything it’s that clones belong in the pokemon world as much as anyone- who cares if they look a little different, or have a mutation that keeps them looking like a baby forever? The circumstances of one’s birth are irrelevant! Well the point of all this sentimental backstory and lore dump is to tell you I just discovered. That apparently.

He’s not a bootleg vulpix. This animal who I’m seeing in context for the first time is named Corrine and is from a completely different game.

[kamukura-i-zuru]

coming from experience- let me just say that lowering. hear me out. the amnesiac barriers doesn’t necessarily mean ‘becoming the same person’. baseline is: you ARE the same person. with different identities, opinions, emotions, beliefs, abilities, behaviors, etc. you ARE hajime, and likewise hajime is you. but dissociation prevents you to from coalescing into a singular identity. though you may feel that spiritually you are 2+ people, which is real and true; but spirituality is completely separate from the psychology and trauma theories

many systems that go to therapy chose not to fuse, and others might be intentionally seeking it out. but therapy does not mean that you’re becoming the same person. you already are. however therapy and dissociation work shouldn’t force you to fuse into a singular identity or to somehow spiritually become one person. you and hajime would decide if you want to become the same identity in the end of your treatment.

lowering dissociative amnesiac barriers also doesn’t mean that you lose parts of your identity and your personal traits. sure you can and may likely change, but i doubt that if you did you’d be exactly like hajime.

removing the dissociative barriers is actually giving you more freedom and control over your life as a system. more tools, more options.

say if you did, hajime wouldn’t become exactly like you. but he would be manage to be more realistic like you when he really does need to. he’d also be able to use your logic and repress emotional responses, and ideally he’d be able to do it at any point with your acknowledgment. And for you, you wouldn’t be overwhelmed with emotion. you still might barely feel anything at all, but you COULD if you wanted to. you’d have access to those feelings because of hajime. and hajime would be able to properly communicate his strong feelings with you without having blackouts and breakdowns and stuff.

does that make sense?

TLDR; therapy good 👍

As I said, I prefer the barriers. Unfortunately, you wasted time typing this all out.

[artistredfox]

I might have another chapter if Shifter Stan ready to post today. I dunno what I laced this au with but I'm speedrunning chapters like nobody's business

Ive been so locked in its 2pm and I havent eaten since 8 this morning

[fluffypotatey]

Exactly! Minho's like let's express that not around other people! And Thomas is a freak too

Thomas: I wanna dissect you

Newt: awww , sure

Minho: ???? Let's not shuck faces???

Or

Teresa: I wanna put you in a jar shake you and study you under a microscope

Thomas: 🫶🥹

well, at least we can say Thomas has a type

[greennoobartist]

Hey, this is El! I just read your fic and I was also reading back on your blog- you’re very sweet, and you remind me of myself with all the self doubt you seem to have. I never expected to be a creator someone else in this fandom actually looks up to or admires in any way, so I just wanted to say: it’s FINE that your oneshot took a week. I have countless unfinished fics and drafts, I rarely write anything to completion. The fact that you even wanted to write something at all that was inspired by what I made was more than enough to make my WEEK! It’s really hard to put yourself out there, and let me tell you, you absolutely deserve all the positive reception you’re getting. And, if you’d like, I’m kind of hoping we could talk more. I know you’re a bit wary about mutuals who are adults, I get it as I’m barely an adult myself (college is AWKWARD man), so no pressure! But you’re very sweet and very fun. I hope you have a good day, and try not to beat yourself up too much ❤️

...

... I literally don't know what to say... I reread this a million times and i-i don't know what to say... Like i don't know where to even start, like... Like...

Tysm❣️ im literally out of words it takes me a while to come up with a response...

Tysm for your kind words and y-yeah i am a self doubter on another level that I think I might a type of amnesia from it (sorta maybe). I also overthink like a whole lot so those two mixed up don't do any good but I'm trying.

Like thank you sm for your kind words, it is sometimes stressful putting myself out like this when I haven't been on this app for even 5 months yet, im totally new to everything im doing here and im just so glad so many ppl are being kind and are providing such support ❣️❣️❣️

Tbh I'm totally fine with being moots with adults, i already have a few, it's just that im not sure how to bots work so sometimes i don't follow someone back in fear it's just a bot or an AI or smth like that. The first days i was here i was constantly getting messaged by those so I decided to turn them off. And like since by my experiences i have a problem with telling real ppl apart from AI, it sometimes takes me a while to follow someone back, it's just like a defensive mechanism here for Tumblr ig. Im just trying to keep myself safe from everything I witnessed so far but dw, im fine with it, it just sometimes takes me a while to tell if someone is a person or an AI (that sounds a bit stupid now when I say it like this)

Again thank you sm for your nice words and support ❣️You have no idea how much it means to me ❣️ I sometimes really wish to print out these messages and stick them on my wall and i definitely should one day. I hope you have a great day too and ill try to keep in mind to not beat myself up too much from such minorities like these❣️

Thank you so so so much 🫶

[000marie198]

If you read a completely different word in the tags no you did not. Shhh

[un-pearable]

i’m mulling it over but i keep being tempted to make a Zelda Unleashed joke bc everything aside from the forced transformation is just like. textually there