i wish to remember everything that happened during that accident and the series of events.. but i have only fragmented memory of it. i dont remmeber the last few moments of the accident, or how i reacted in the beginning... i dont wish to talk of what the accident was/. is there a way i can get back my full memory of that accident..
i still wake up at night thinking i heard my own scream,, but i must have screamt in my dream cause no one wakes up.. this has happened only once.. should i get help?
2006-12-19 08:44:10 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
Okay if you seek therapy for this then you should be careful. Let me explain. If you were to see a hypnotist and they put you under, they can actually make you believe things that did not happen. It's very hard for me to explain this but I learned about it in class (psychology). It's like someone that was sexually abused as a child, if they are put under and the hypnotist asks the wrong questions on accident then it could mess everything up... say that the hypnotist asks the person if they were touched by their dad instead of the uncle, then that person starts to think that maybe their dad did do it and it wasn't the uncle, does that make sense? There was a story in my book about a little girl that lost her mom in a drowning and when the little girl grew up, her aunt told her that she (being the little girl) found her own mom is the bottom of the pool. Well she started to remember it and all the details of finding her mom laying there on the bottom of the pool. Turns out that she wasn't the one that found her mom, it was her uncle. You see just because the thought was placed into her head, she started to place these false memories into a pattern that she thought was real. So what I'm trying to say is that you might find some truths in treatment but it still may not be the real story of what happened.
What you have is called Retrograde Amnesia.
The part of the brain that received damage was either the hippocampus or the amygdala but I'm not exactly sure which one.
2006-12-19 09:50:17 · answer #1 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Speaking from personal experience, I strongly urge you go to seek therapy. There are therapists that specialize in post traumatic stress syndrome. This helped me immensely. Initially, I too struggled to remember and put the fragments together in an attempt at understanding what happened. That put me in a worse state of mind. A therapist can help you deal with the event. Through therapy you may or may not remember, but the healing is the important thing.
2006-12-19 08:56:01 · answer #2 · answered by beme 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I went through a similar situation. I'm not sure about "fragmented memory", but I did receive a severe concussion. I don't remember anything about my accident either, even though I was conscience and speaking with paramedics. I was told I may or may not ever remember the accident, but if I was to remember, I would need counseling immediately. I'm sorry I can't give you any words of comfort, I know how frustrating it can be. Be easy on yourself, you've been through a lot. Let yourself scream in your nightmares, this is your minds way of healing itself, as scary as it may be at times. Unless you can remember on your own what happened. I don't see how going to therapy will help you remember. Your mind will let you if it decides to, in due time. You will be Ok! PROMISE!
2006-12-19 09:18:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Often when a traumatic event occurs your mind will block it out as a way of trying to defend yourself. If you really want to remember the traumatic event, maybe therapy would be a good idea. They can get you to talk about it and maybe even remember the gory details.
2006-12-19 08:59:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I fell off a race horse at a full run onto the blacktop road onto my head when I was about 16.It took me two years to remember all the details of the accident.
2006-12-19 08:54:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, they have therapist specially trained to help people like you remember traumatic incidents. And unfortuanately, if you want to remember something, you are going to have to talk about. Its going to be hard, and you will need to be fully prepared for whatever you may remember. Do you have someone close who would be willing to go with you?
2006-12-19 08:55:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would get help -- it's usually called post-traumatic stress disorder, my sister has it, and she has gone thru some terrible times, and sometimes she gets flashbacks of the stuff, and other days, she can't remember anything about the incidents - at all. so i would go see a doc and good luck. : )
2006-12-19 09:08:32 · answer #7 · answered by Team_Sleep205 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why would you work to remember it, rather than work to forget it? Reliving every detail of a trauma is not the way to recover from it.
2006-12-19 09:22:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋