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Memories Reflection Post

by bryan.li Posted on October 20, 2011

For this reflection, imagine that you were unexpectedly struck by a falling object, which caused you to experience retrograde amnesia. As we learned, retrograde amnesia is the loss of memories which occurred before the brain injury. In this case, imagine this accident has caused you to forget all your explicit memories from childhood up until you were struck by the falling object.

Luckily, a medication has been developed to help you recover your memories, but it’s up to you to guide the recovery process.

1. How would you begin the process of recovering your memory? Who would you turn to, where would you search, and how would you proceed?

-I would begin the process of recovering my memory by visiting places I’ve been to while growing up such as schools, parks, friends houses and such locations. I would turn to my family and friends to guide me through the process to try and recover these memories for me. I would also start searching at my home to bring up any memories to my best extent.
2. Please describe the emotional journey you imagine you would be going through as you attempt to reconstruct your life. Imagine the feelings you would have.

-The emotional journey that I would be going through would be very rough. I would be very confused as to why I don’t remember these memories. I would also feel like I’m trapped inside this life that I have no feelings for. If I were able to recover some of the memories though, I would start to feel a little more hopeful because it would make me believe that all these things that the people around me are telling the truth. I would be able to trust them with my life in recovering who I am.

3. Suppose you were able to pick and choose the memories you wanted to recover from your life. What types of memories would you choose to retain and what types of memories might you decide to edit out of your remembered experience? Positive, negative, painful, happy, angry, frightened, etc. Please elaborate and explain some your decision making process.

-I would choose to retain all my memories because every memory that has a different impact could be the memory that might make me remember everything all over again. Even though there would be certain memories that I would not want to keep such as ones that may be persistent or ones I choose to block, every memory was a part of who I am.

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I’m Saying Hello!

by bryan.li Posted on September 16, 2011

Hello my name is Bryan Li, currently a sophomore and my intended major is accounting. Psychology does seem to be an interesting topic/subject but it would be difficult to major as I have an older sister who has an undergraduate degree in Psychology from Binghamton University and many of my family members believe it’s a useless degree. My favorite classes this semester is accounting and statistics. They seem fairly simple so far and the concepts are easy to grasp. I’m not currently in any student clubs or organizations but I do plan on being more active around campus this year and intend on joining a business fraternity such as Beta Alpha Psi. Some of my favorite interests or hobbies include playing all sorts of sports and having fun with others. Also, I enjoy occasional puzzles such as Sudoku or a new one I recently discovered called KenKen which is similiar to sudoku but with a math twist added to it. Here’s a random and simple one I found online:

There are easier or simpler ones such as 3×3 or 5×5 and even 6×6. Basically the goal is to finish the puzzle like sudoku, having only one number repeating horizontally and vertically however there are thick lines in the puzzle highlighting each “cage”. Within each cage the numbers in the cage would have to equal to the number on the upper left using the mathematical process given next to the number.

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