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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 by understanding what is going on and try to remain calm about what my brain is going through. I would definitely turn to my parents and sister only, and I will proceed according to my doctor’s recommendations.

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.

If one day i woke up with retrograde amnesia, I would be so scared, might not trust people close to me and feeling anxious, might blame myself or others around me and nervousness.

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.

The types of memories I like to choose are my happy elementary and junior high school days. for example, i remember when I first learned how to write script in elementary. When i was in junior high school, i remember the time i first moved out of my childhood house to a new bigger house. I really liked the feeling of moving to a new house.
A memory i like to take out and edit, is when i had a fight with a good friend and ended up in the principle’s office. If i can turn back time, it would of not occur. But i learned my mistake.