amnesias
Total recall failures
Amnesias is the plural of amnesia, a condition involving partial or total loss of memory.
The word typically appears in clinical contexts distinguishing types: retrograde amnesias affect memories before an event, anterograde amnesias prevent forming new ones.
The patient exhibited both amnesias following the accident.
Failure to recall
- forgetfulnessFailure to retain information
- retrogradeMoving in reverse direction
- anterogradeMoving in normal direction
- dissociativeCharacterized by mental detachment
dementia · Alzheimer's · brain injury · concussion · neurological · cognitive impairment · blackouts · fugue states
Unconscious blocking of thoughts
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- dissociationMental separation from surroundings
- blockingImpeding forward progress
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
defense mechanism · forgotten · unconscious · therapy · recovery · triggers · childhood · PTSD
Complete erasure from memory
- blank slateUnmarked starting point
- clean slateRecord wiped clear
- fresh startOpportunity to restart unburdened
- forgettingFailing to retain memories
overlooking · ignoring · letting go · moving on · reset · erasure · blindness · neglect
Of documented times
- societalOf organized human groups
- willful ignorancePurposely remaining uninformed
- erasureAct of wiping away
- whitewashingConcealing unpleasant facts
generational · institutional · national · colonial · monuments · memorials · revisionism · silencing
memory loss
Failure to recall
- forgetfulnessFailure to retain information
- retrogradeMoving in reverse direction
- anterogradeMoving in normal direction
dissociative · dementia · Alzheimer's · brain injury · concussion · neurological · cognitive impairment · blackouts · fugue states · traumatic
repression
Unconscious blocking of thoughts
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- dissociationMental separation from surroundings
- blockingImpeding forward progress
suppression · defense mechanism · forgotten · unconscious · therapy · recovery · triggers · childhood · PTSD · coping
oblivion
Complete erasure from memory
- blank slateUnmarked starting point
- clean slateRecord wiped clear
- fresh startOpportunity to restart unburdened
forgetting · overlooking · ignoring · letting go · moving on · reset · erasure · blindness · neglect · disregard
historical
Of documented times
- societalOf organized human groups
- willful ignorancePurposely remaining uninformed
- erasureAct of wiping away
whitewashing · generational · institutional · national · colonial · monuments · memorials · revisionism · silencing · marginalized
amnesiastotal recall
Complete, perfect remembrance
eidetic memory · photographic memory · remembrance · retention · recollection
amnesiaslucidity
Clearness of mind
clarity · recognition · cognizance · consciousness · mindfulness
amnesiasremembering
Retaining past information
recalling · reminiscing · unforgetting · memory preservation · mental clarity
- selective amnesiaUnconsciously blocking specific memories
- anterograde amnesiaInability to create memories
- retrograde amnesiaInability to recall past events
- cultural amnesiaSociety forgetting its past
- traumatic amnesiaMemory gap from trauma
- childhood amnesiaInability to recall early life