Understanding Dissociative Amnesia and Fugue States with 2023 Updates
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- Опубліковано 11 лют 2023
- Dissociative Amnesia and Fugue States are two mysterious conditions that many people are unaware of. In this video, we'll take a deep dive into understanding what they are, their symptoms and causes, and how to treat them. We will also discuss how to cope and manage the conditions to ensure that you lead the healthiest and most fulfilling life possible.
Thank you very much Doctor!
Some 6 years ago, after the death of my mother, I had a very stressful situation with my 3 elder siblings concerning the inheritance situation. I simply was unable to understand or accept how my only left over family, unlike them I do not have wife nor kids, treated me with such utter disrespect. For many weeks, months I was not able to sleep unless I kind of passed out after smoking lots of we.d. About 7, 8 month later, when I thought to be slowly improving, I got into an otherwise unrelated situation with other people that made me feel, that´s my interpretation now, just as much "disrespected and taken for a ride".
What then happened must have been a very short fugue state. A dear friend stayed with me, helped me and I came out of it within a few minutes. Not that I had forgotten who I was, but pretty much immediately I was aware of the fact that the memory of the last 20, 30 years, I was 58 that time, had been mostly gone. Only a few months later, when my close friend thanking me for beautiful times together, I had hosted him and had been his guide a remote island for 3 week just 2 months earlier, and I did not know what he was talking about, I realized that I had a much bigger problem: The incapacity of making new memories!! That had me started to feel depressed, I was quite certain that soon I shall not be able to live independently but shall be taken care of in an institution. That, after the simple decision, "nothing to loose, just go out there and do", did not happen. Then surprisingly early childhood memories came back. A bit I felt like a child, started to have great fun with small kids, even more like a teenager.. More surprisingly about a year later a most beautiful, remarkable time ever in my life started. Not having memories present in the mind one also does not, cannot think much or worry about tomorrow, I found. I was "thrown into the here and now"!! Sooo much to talk about! Wished much I would find someone who specially studies cases like me, who would be interested in my story, my observations, development asf. asf. Cheers
I thoroughly enjoyed the video, especially that you talk about the physical aspect of the condition. I think it would lead to even better understanding if you could link or discuss some case studies related to the topic as well.
I appreciate the feedback. I love the recommendation.
Thanks! I have always been quite confused by dissociative fugue. I could never quite understand it. What makes it different from dissociative amnesia. This video has helped a lot. You've earned a subscriber. :)
Thank you for your kind words. I am going to be breaking down each psychological condition. Is there a particular condition you might be interesting in hearing about?
@@understandingpsychology perhaps OCD and OCPD?
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Thank you for the explanation. Do you always forget who you are during a fugue state? I believe I was in a fugue state for over a month and I was going places I never would normally go and I wasn’t able to recall some of my past because I was unable to think about anything. I had no awareness of what i was doing. I know i was able to say my name from evidence. I never went missing and I would always return home but I wasn’t able to recall where i had been, who i been with, and the stress from that time. I only remember a little of what happened
Thank you for sharing. That experience could not have been easy to go through. As psychologists, we are careful not to diagnose without getting a full history of the person. So, my answer is based on the description above. What you described was consistent with at least some form of amnesia. Dissociative amnesia is on a spectrum. Some people have selective memory loss others have a more generalized form. A dissociative fugue is a more extreme and rarer form of dissociative amnesia. While a person is in a fugue state, loss of autobiographical memory (about themselves, other people, events in their lives, etc.) are common. A person can forget who they are entirely or have some confusion about it. Due to the limited information above, I am not certain that what you described would reach the level of a dissociative fugue, but certainly a form of an amnesiac experience. I hope this helps.
@@understandingpsychology Thank you so much for your detailed response. This has helped me a lot. How much would dissociative amnesia alone affect who you are as a person? During this time I was also doing risky behavior I could never do and never thought of. I was a completely different person entirely and saying things about myself that never happened. I was going places I had no awareness of, doing things I had no awareness of as well as saying things. Does it always have to be generalized amnesia for it to be considered a fugue state? I don’t think I even knew anything but the only reason I was able to say things like my name, etc was out of habit. I would like to clarify as well that i wasn’t “there” in the moment. I was able to recall some things when mentioned or form of evidence. I have always suspected it was amnesia in the least but it seemed like it was more extreme than amnesia alone. This was caused by a year of accumulated stress with no history of mental illness. Nothing like this has happened before or since as well
@@danni9756 there are other conditions involve potential gaps in memory and impulse-related behaviors. Some people experience some of what you have described during a manic episode. Have you gone for a formal assessment or treatment?
@@understandingpsychology Thank you for answering. This actually happened 2 years ago. Nothing before or after has happened since. I went to a nurse practitioner specializing in bipolar about a year later and she diagnosed me with adjustment disorder which I didn’t agree with. I also went to a licensed professional counselor and he said there was nothing wrong with me during that time even though I said exactly this. I brought up dissociation after describing these symptoms and he said it wasn’t dissociation. I never went back to him after that because he didn’t take me seriously. I have no mental illnesses before then, wasn’t on any medication or any drugs, and have no family history of mental history. The only thing i can describe it as is i was in so much emotional pain for over a year that I just “snapped” I know you can’t diagnose me but can a psychotic episode possibly explain this or a brief psychotic episode? This is one of the only few things that i heard can happen to a healthy individual with no history of mental illness and with nothing happening since
My girlfriend got this disorder called Dissociative fague. Is there any treatment, is she will be normal