Erased Consciousness? Or Subconsciousness ?

Question

In trying to reverse the process, does consciousness exist ? If so, what is it and how does one go about doing creating the loss of consciousness (or subconsciousness) in the first place ?

For the sake of argument, one of the Askers behind this avatar is believed to have suffered from selective memory loss.

Answer 1

Maybe someone else can give a better answer, but I can offer this much:

If by "selective memory loss" you mean something that may have also involved a head injury involving loss of consciousness then it is possible that memory will not be retrieved. When there is a head injury, depending on how severe it is, whatever went on immediately prior to the injury may be lost in memory in one degree or another. The less severe the injury is, the more memory the person keeps when it comes to what went on right before the injury.

If you mean someone "blocked out" something that did not involve any head injury, to the best of my understanding it is probably in his/her subconscious and could be retrieved in one way or another. Sometimes a memory will just come to the person on its own. Sometimes it can be retrieved through hypnosis.

I am not necessarily qualified to offer an opinion about this, but it seems to me if this person wants to regain any memories he/she should see a psychiatrist and talk about how to do that.

Answer 2

You think this person has a hidden memory and you want to help that person recover that memory. Dangerous, dangerous stuff. If there are memories to be had, they will come out of their own accord and you can't really predict it. Nor can you do anything except be supportive if someone wants to talk out the snippets of what bothers him/her. An artifice like hypnosis risks implanting false memory, and it will be as traumatic as if what was imagined had really happened.

If the loss was due to head trauma, there is nothing to be retrieved. What you have experienced takes some minutes to pass from temporary storage into permanent memory. If you lose consciousness in the meantime, you lose those minutes leading up to the loss of consciousness. People that wake up after being knocked unconscious often ask something like, "What happened?" and that's why. They really have no memory of what happened just before passing out.

Answer 3

Selective memory loss is usually the result of severe trauma of one sort or another. Memory is not lost but hidden from immediate recall and can be summoned to mind often by chance if some similar stimulus comes along. Smell is a common trigger for returning memories; this can be as traumatic as the original event.

Answer 4

HI,
As humans yes we do have consciousness. You had to use it to write this question. you had to use it to turn on your computer ...etc. we lose consciousness by doing what we call "passing out"..by drinking too much, going to sleep, etc. If you mean lose consciouness by forgetting a happening or person ..permanently..by actual brain damage, any kind of brain altering ..that is a physical altering.it can happen.but not selectively..if it is "selectively" lost That is called denile , that is when we are forced to see something {know} that we do not want to ...so for protection our brain can hide it awhile so we can get it together to better deal with it , but somewhere it is still there. denile is what is called selective memory...if things are unpleasant and we dont want to deal with it is called being in denile but it is a simple cop-out for people and it is easy to "bring the memory back" through hypnosis for one.

your question is intriging but it left me confused, so im going to answer it both ways you may have meant.

A human in my opinion cannot erase the subconciousness. It is not available for that . It may be tricked and you dont recall something in it ..but it is still there. The sub-consciousness mind knows everything . How do you think our heart keeps pumping?..it is the subconcious mind taking care of us ...we do not have to consiously worry about it it is all taken care of. There is no eraseing it. ..I hope you can get something helpful with this ..
PEACE

Answer 5

Selective memory loss would seem to suggest a certain amount of personal choice in the matter and I for one am not sure if this is possible
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Answer 6

I don't belive that memory can be erased but it can be obscured by trauma, other newer memories that are laid on top or by selective choice.
I'd have a look at a Scientology website or read a Dianetics book, since this stuff is dealt with in some depth and may give you another viewpoint.