Amnesia is a disease that is often shown to us in movies and TV shows. Indeed, what better could be for a melodrama or a thriller than a person who does not remember his past? In life, such a disease does not occur very often and mostly - in old age or as a result of a traumatic brain injury.
Anterograde and retrograde amnesia
There are two main types of amnesia - anterograde and retrograde. In general, they are similar, since both mean memory loss. However, there is a significant difference in which period is being forgotten .
Anterograde amnesia is a memory disorder of events after the onset of the disease, which is often the result of a traumatic brain injury, for example, a fracture of the base of the skull . In this case, the memory of all the events that preceded the trauma remains. In this case, the problem is moving information from short-term memory to long-term memory, often with the destruction of this information. As a rule, memory is returned later, but some spaces can be saved.
Retrograde amnesia is characterized by a memory impairment of events that occurred before the traumatic event. This is one of the symptoms of many diseases from the field of neurology, but it can also manifest itself after a traumatic shock. According to Wikipedia, retrograde amnesia can completely eliminate memories of events that occurred prior to brain damage.
Retrograde amnesia: features
Retrograde amnesia is an unusual and rather complicated disease. The patient can not remember what happened before the incident that caused the trauma. It is also interesting that, without having the opportunity to recall recent events, the patient very clearly and clearly imagines what happened to him for a very long time. However, some individual events may disappear from memory. A person with such a disease can forget his name or his relatives.
Most often, the human psyche blocks events that are traumatic to the psyche factor. This disease can be considered a special blockage, which includes the subconscious, so that a person does not suffer from memories and does not experience suicidal tendencies.
However, the state of the lack of memories for a person usually turns out to be incredibly painful and complicated. However, the stronger a person's desire to remember everything, the easier it is to heal. However, the withdrawal from amnesia of this type is also complex and painful, although this condition is simpler than the disease itself.
Retrograde amnesia: treatment
In the treatment of this disease, conservative medical methods based on the intake of drugs are completely useless and have no effect. As a rule, after some time the memory returns itself, but in some situations this does not happen.
It is important to understand that with this form of loss
In the case of such a disease, it is recommended to consult non-traditional methods of treatment. For example, hypnosis or psychoanalysis. To date, these are the most effective ways to help restore memory after a trauma.
During the sessions with the doctor, the patient can recall situations from early childhood, and his imagination allows him to "think out" situations and memorize the gaps. Despite the fact that this is a fiction, the patient, as a rule, refuses to believe in the unreality of events, which he allegedly "remembered".