Abril 3, 2015

"Shortly after the accident, it became clear that PA had lost much of his memory; he didn't recognize his family..."

"... and the woman he'd been cheating with — whom he'd gone so far as to proclaim the 'love of [his] life' — was now a stranger to him, too. But more than that, it appeared he'd lost his own sense of self. He tended to 'cling to the identities of others,'his physicians write in the case report, by which they mean that he often believed he was whoever he happened to be around at the moment."

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Levi Starks ayon kay ...

Like

MadisonMan ayon kay ...

Interesting. I'd think dogs would know you by scent, but this story makes me think it's body language that's important.

Bob Boyd ayon kay ...

There are variations on Borrowed Identity Syndrome.
For example, I heard about a guy who thinks his right hand is Scarlet Johansson.

Beloved Commenter AReasonableMan ayon kay ...

Wouldn't want to be that guy. Not a good time to become completely dependent on your wife. In fact, a very bad time.


Unknown ayon kay ...

and that's how Obama became President

Jaq ayon kay ...

They made a movie about him, they being Woody Allen.

rhhardin ayon kay ...

There's another romantic comedy on this, where the girl doesn't recognize her husband.

Taking her on dates to where they'd done this or that didn't work.

Breakup.

Dating her anew as a new person worked in the end.

I think this one had a based on a true story thingy.

Which DVD it was in the pile I can't say.

traditionalguy ayon kay ...

Borrowed personality/identity may be a coping mechanism in all human brains. It could explain the Stockholm Syndrome and also per pressure conformity.

We will know the day Meade wakes up after watching way too much basketball and compulsively starts wearing shorts everywhere.

whitney ayon kay ...

That was the most interesting thing I've read recently

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