Types of Amnesia

1. Types of Amnesia

2. Transient global amnesia is a sudden, temporary episode of memory loss that can't be attributed to a more common neurological condition, such as epilepsy or stroke. During an episode of transient global amnesia, your recall of recent events simply vanishes, so you can't remember where you are or how you got there. You may also draw a blank when asked to remember things that happened a day, a month or even a year ago. With transient global amnesia, you do remember who you are, and recognize the people you know well, but that doesn't make your memory loss less disturbing. Transient global amnesia

3. There is a Inability to form new memories and to recall the recent past events. The person know their personal identity despite memory loss they have a normal cognition, so the ability to recognize and name familiar objects and follow simple directions is still intact there were no focal brain damage or deficits during or after the attack. The attack resolved within 24 hours. The attack was witnessed by a capable observer and reported as being a definite loss of recent memory The individual simply cannot recall anything that happened outside the last few minutes, while memory for more temporally distant events may or may not still remain Gradual return of memory The individual asks repetitive questioning, usually of the same question, For example, "What am I doing here?" or "How did we get here?" Symptoms

4. -Precipitating Events In precipitating event, past, dramatic, recent event that have happened days or weeks before the episode of TGA, where the patient has been exposed to high levels of anxiety and depression due to being emotionally instable, leaving the patient vulnerable to many stressful trigger may contribute causes towards the TGA. As well as this if the patient as experienced a phobic or emotionally changeling precipitating event, for example suicide . Other triggers include, vigorous over exercises, emerging in extremely cold or hot water, Exposure to extreme weather conditions and temperature changes. A static I found is that in TGA attacks precipitating events occur at at least one-third of the time. For females, this event is more often of a strong emotional character; in males, it is more often related to some physical exertion -Migraines Migraines are often incorporated and reported in cases of TGA. However, migraines do not appear to occur simultaneously with TGA nor serve as a precipitating event. Headaches frequently occur during TGA, as does nausea, both symptoms often are associated with migraines Causes

5. In, retrograde amnesia your ability to remember recent memories is lost and they are less likely to be recovered, while more remote or deeply ingrained memories may be spared as well as they will be easier to recall due to strengthening over time. Retrograde Amnesia, memory of the events or circumstances that led up to the resulting injury may never be able to be recovered. So, the patient loses the time that led up to the injurious event. This memory loss can consist of a few minutes or hours, or up to several years. However some more traumatic events may flood back due to the intensity of emotions and situation of a major event in the person memory but reason behind the event may be never recovered. retrograde amnesia

6. Problems with information recall and the formation of old memories, people, location etc. Disorientation Events in previous history of life and time line is perplexed Lack of insight of RA, refuse to deny they association with disease No emotional reaction to RA Personality changes, a person becomes bleak and any distinctive personality traits are lost Confabulation of memory, filling in past events with false information that the person believes to be true slow progression of older memories being restored over time wandering and traveling, and Acceptance of a new identity as a result of inaccessible memories often happens Many of the TGA symptoms also occur Symptoms

7. -A traumatic brain injury Traumatic brain injury (TBI), occurs from an external force that causes structural damage to the brain, such as a sharp blow to the head. The impact knocks the brain causing internal damage. However is doesn’t affect the person's ability to form new memories, but normally, there is a very gradual recovery, despite this a dense period of amnesia immediately preceding the trauma usually persists. -Traumatic events a traumatic situation that individuals wish to consciously or unconsciously avoid a specific situations, where emotions are heighted and vulnerability or isolation are present. The person often blanks out this event due to severity or stress of the traumatic event, although it may still lye in the person subconscious. Instances of wandering and traveling, and acceptance of a new identity as a result of inaccessible memories often happens . -Controlled induction and surgery Often there is treatments with Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), where controlled electronic impulses are sent trough the body at different levels of severity, as a form of treatment for diseases such as depression. If the shock are to high it can cause brain damage and a person to black out and RA to occur. Also in surgery it as been found when doctors or scientist are working on patients sometimes the removal or damage to a section of the brain can occur and RA is formed. Causes

8. Problems with information recall and the formation of old memories, people, location etc. Disorientation Events in previous history of life and time line is perplexed Confabulation of memory, filling in past events with false information that the person believes to be true Slow progression of older memories being restored over time wandering and traveling acceptance of a new identity as a result of inaccessible memories often happens they have a normal cognition, so the ability to recognize and name familiar objects and follow simple directions is still intact there were no visible brain damage or deficits during or after the attack. they have a normal cognition, so the ability to recognize and name familiar objects and follow simple directions is still intact Gradual return of memory Symptoms of our charters amnesia

9. -Precipitating and Traumatic events We are having are character have a memory about having suicide at the beginning of the trailer. This is to hint this may be the cause of why he has amnesia as suicide is often associated with high emotions from the victim like a traumatic event. we also including it to inflict mystery and provoke curiosity into why he is trying to commit suicide in the first place. The suicide event also may flow into the aspect of wandering and exploring that we are having our protagonist do around the hospital from the trauma of the suicide. -Brain Injury Hinting that the protagonist did in face jump of a high building and but still awakened implies that he may of hit the ground, therefore is head but survived. Giving another explanation of why he has memory loss and no recollection of his whereabouts. -Controlled Induction Although we aren't including surgery or Electroconvulsive therapy, the idea of Controlled induction of memory is present in the aspect of our protagonist entering the dark TV room and getting transfixed by gory images. These shots imply that the images and TV may be contributed or towards inevitable caused onset of amnesia . Causes for our characters amnesia