Who am I what am i doing
nope that’s not amnesia that’s just a
lingering existential crisis welcome to
watchmojo.com it we’re counting down the
five most interesting facts that we
could find about amnesia what’s-her-name
number five Jason Bourne’s name comes
from one of the first recorded amnesiacs
perhaps the most iconic of movie
amnesiacs Jason Bourne actually finds
his origins in a humble Rhode Island
creature Ansel born took off one night
with all his life savings in his pocket
and ended up in a quiet Pennsylvania
town once there the same knees yak
adopted the name Albert J Brown and
opened up a small convenience store one
day borns memories suddenly came
flooding back and all that collection
mr. Brown was gone I don’t remember what
happened in Marseilles bullshit this
phenomenon is known as dissociative
fugue or fugue state we’re in the
amnesiac forgets their identity and
often replaces it with a new persona
typically the sufferer will suddenly
forget their fugue state persona and
regain their original memories and
identity after a few hours or days Jason
Bourne is dead you hear me he drank two
weeks ago in Ansel’s case it took them
two months so while he didn’t wake up
with an array of incredible combat
skills the whole experience was
certainly a kick in the teeth Hey number
four
sex can literally blow your mind
there are cases in which sexual
intercourse has caused temporary amnesia
so mind-blowing a mind-blowing sex the
affliction is known as transient global
amnesia a form of memory loss where and
someone experiences fogginess after
certain activities not necessarily just
sex vigorous exercise is often the known
cause TGA and despite being a troubling
phenomenon there are no physiological
signs of damage after it occurs TGA is
most common in people over 50 and
surprisingly there are actually no known
cases of it happening to anyone more
than once oh my god
I do like sex furthermore scientists
still haven’t found all the answers to
this mystery but many suggest it may
have something to do with insufficient
blood flow ironic really number three
not everything is lost with amnesia and
every time I see him I catch this look
this sly look of recognition but he says
he can’t remember me at all
so I’m Nisha’s like hitting the reset
button or formatting the hard drive
right nope not quite there have been
several cases of amnesia where the
patients have retained aspects of their
personality like their phobias and their
skills I can tell you the license plate
numbers of all six cars outside I can
tell you that our waitress is
left-handed and the guy sitting up at
the counter weighs 215 pounds and knows
how to handle himself in many cases with
musicians they often retain the ability
to play their instrument this was the
case with one British conductor Clive
wearing who despite only having a 20
second memory continued to play the
piano perfectly one particularly odd
case of retained skills was with Michael
Boatwright an American man who woke up
one day only able to speak Swedish which
he had learned during his student days
convinced that he was Johan Elk
Boatwright lost all manners of his
former life forgetting how to speak
English and even the existence of his
ex-wives only we could all do that read
fellas
number two we are hardwired to forget
our infant years ever wonder why you
can’t just remember your younger days
well it’s actually because of something
we undergo called infantile amnesia in
the past it was commonly believed that
during early childhood we simply don’t
have the communication skills to
verbalize early memories however that
theory may not be true as researchers
have now suggested that although we make
memories during this tender period we
are hard-wired to forget them this is
perhaps because our developing brains
are constantly overwriting early
memories while making way for new skills
and competencies
I’m personally fine with not remembering
my birth or all the subsequent diaper
changes thanks amnesia number one Agatha
Christie may have suffered from amnesia
the queen of crime herself was caught in
a curious mystery likened to one of her
own works in 1926 renowned novelist and
playwright Agatha Christie slipped out
of her home in the dead of night after
disappearing for 11 days
she was founded in nearby town assuming
the title of Teresa neele the name of
her husband’s mistress people believe it
was her domestic troubles that were the
catalyst of this amnesiac episode
suggesting that a car accident she was
involved in was what tipped the scales
however people have also argued that
this was nothing more than a publicity
stunt orchestrated by the author in
order to stay in the public eye perhaps
the secret she took to the grave so did
you learn anything new about amnesia did
we forget anything I don’t know what
happened I don’t know who this guy was I
don’t know about that picture I don’t
know who I am until next time for more
memorable toptenz and existential dread
top fives be sure to subscribe to
you
nope that’s not amnesia that’s just a
lingering existential crisis welcome to
watchmojo.com it we’re counting down the
five most interesting facts that we
could find about amnesia what’s-her-name
number five Jason Bourne’s name comes
from one of the first recorded amnesiacs
perhaps the most iconic of movie
amnesiacs Jason Bourne actually finds
his origins in a humble Rhode Island
creature Ansel born took off one night
with all his life savings in his pocket
and ended up in a quiet Pennsylvania
town once there the same knees yak
adopted the name Albert J Brown and
opened up a small convenience store one
day borns memories suddenly came
flooding back and all that collection
mr. Brown was gone I don’t remember what
happened in Marseilles bullshit this
phenomenon is known as dissociative
fugue or fugue state we’re in the
amnesiac forgets their identity and
often replaces it with a new persona
typically the sufferer will suddenly
forget their fugue state persona and
regain their original memories and
identity after a few hours or days Jason
Bourne is dead you hear me he drank two
weeks ago in Ansel’s case it took them
two months so while he didn’t wake up
with an array of incredible combat
skills the whole experience was
certainly a kick in the teeth Hey number
four
sex can literally blow your mind
there are cases in which sexual
intercourse has caused temporary amnesia
so mind-blowing a mind-blowing sex the
affliction is known as transient global
amnesia a form of memory loss where and
someone experiences fogginess after
certain activities not necessarily just
sex vigorous exercise is often the known
cause TGA and despite being a troubling
phenomenon there are no physiological
signs of damage after it occurs TGA is
most common in people over 50 and
surprisingly there are actually no known
cases of it happening to anyone more
than once oh my god
I do like sex furthermore scientists
still haven’t found all the answers to
this mystery but many suggest it may
have something to do with insufficient
blood flow ironic really number three
not everything is lost with amnesia and
every time I see him I catch this look
this sly look of recognition but he says
he can’t remember me at all
so I’m Nisha’s like hitting the reset
button or formatting the hard drive
right nope not quite there have been
several cases of amnesia where the
patients have retained aspects of their
personality like their phobias and their
skills I can tell you the license plate
numbers of all six cars outside I can
tell you that our waitress is
left-handed and the guy sitting up at
the counter weighs 215 pounds and knows
how to handle himself in many cases with
musicians they often retain the ability
to play their instrument this was the
case with one British conductor Clive
wearing who despite only having a 20
second memory continued to play the
piano perfectly one particularly odd
case of retained skills was with Michael
Boatwright an American man who woke up
one day only able to speak Swedish which
he had learned during his student days
convinced that he was Johan Elk
Boatwright lost all manners of his
former life forgetting how to speak
English and even the existence of his
ex-wives only we could all do that read
fellas
number two we are hardwired to forget
our infant years ever wonder why you
can’t just remember your younger days
well it’s actually because of something
we undergo called infantile amnesia in
the past it was commonly believed that
during early childhood we simply don’t
have the communication skills to
verbalize early memories however that
theory may not be true as researchers
have now suggested that although we make
memories during this tender period we
are hard-wired to forget them this is
perhaps because our developing brains
are constantly overwriting early
memories while making way for new skills
and competencies
I’m personally fine with not remembering
my birth or all the subsequent diaper
changes thanks amnesia number one Agatha
Christie may have suffered from amnesia
the queen of crime herself was caught in
a curious mystery likened to one of her
own works in 1926 renowned novelist and
playwright Agatha Christie slipped out
of her home in the dead of night after
disappearing for 11 days
she was founded in nearby town assuming
the title of Teresa neele the name of
her husband’s mistress people believe it
was her domestic troubles that were the
catalyst of this amnesiac episode
suggesting that a car accident she was
involved in was what tipped the scales
however people have also argued that
this was nothing more than a publicity
stunt orchestrated by the author in
order to stay in the public eye perhaps
the secret she took to the grave so did
you learn anything new about amnesia did
we forget anything I don’t know what
happened I don’t know who this guy was I
don’t know about that picture I don’t
know who I am until next time for more
memorable toptenz and existential dread
top fives be sure to subscribe to
you
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