traumatic amnesia
Memory loss, trauma-caused
Traumatic amnesia is memory loss caused by a physical injury to the head or by psychological shock.
In the physical sense, a blow to the head may erase memories of events just before or after the injury: He had no memory of the crash itself.
In the psychological sense, the mind may block out memories of severely distressing experiences—abuse, combat, disasters—as a protective mechanism.
The memories may return gradually or remain inaccessible.
- memoryMind's retention capacity
- memory lossFailure to recall
- lost timeDuration spent unproductively
- blackoutComplete power loss
- black outLose consciousness briefly
repression · repressed memories · dissociation · flashback · forgotten · shock · suppressed · PTSD · fugue · recall · blank · mental block · triggered · survivor · accident · car crash · witness · crime scene
traumatic amnesiatotal recall
Complete, perfect remembrance
eidetic memory · photographic memory · memory preservation · memory retention · remembrance
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