Hysterical Amnesia: causes, signs, diagnosis, & treatment.
When someone experiences hysterical amnesia, they lose memory of catastrophic events. The incapacity to remember acts as a protective mechanism in this uncommon illness against situations that elicit feelings of rejection, remorse, or shame. These days, this word is hardly used and is most commonly used to describe dissociative amnesia, which is stress– or trauma-induced …
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