When going through something traumatic, is it normal to have sort of a loss of memory of some things?
819794
Yes, most definitely. What concerns me now is that you ask "if GOING through something traumatic".......which indicates to me you are still in the middle of this traumatic event. i would strongly suggest talking to a professional to begin helping you while you are going through this. I have been through it and it is painful to be in the middle and to suffer. Please take good care of yourself.
787016
From what I know new born's can NOT remember. They CAN feel pain but no....they have no memories. I'm not 100% sure but I am about 98%.
319073
a bad memory helps. and time aids in forgeting and putting new stuff on your mind so you think less about it. that's what happens to me. i think actions also aids in healing. but the quote "time heals all wounds" stuck around because it sounded wiser than "actions heal all wounds"
367258
It is the emotions that make the memory an unhappy one, in my opinion.  A memory that is bad for you isn't necessarily bad for someone else so that makes an emotional response the basis for your reaction.  \n\nFor example:  I love thunderstorms, but a friend of mine hates them.  She hates them because she once saw a tree hit by lightning as a child and it terrified her.  Her bad memory came due to the emotional response of fear.
531518
It's called "Deja vu". It is when the neurochemical pathways responsible for the sensation of memory recall are triggered randomly; and so what is currently happening to you FEELS like a memory, but actually isnt. \n\nEveryone gets it.
281122
In the long run time does heal wounds.  Some just take longer then others.  I have to say that forgeting is a different story.  You learn to deal with it and move on with your life but it always seems to stay in the back of you head.
297372
Happens to a lot of people, sometimes I remember things till I need it, then I go blank lol
58846
Poor memory...\n...and I forgot the rest.
189442
I dont know what the medical term is but I would say that it is some kind of memory problem
517178
hi, got into an accident too when i was in high school. got hit by a truck while crossing the street. but i was only unconscious for a few days. although, my memory was badly affected, i didnt have amnesia, per se, but bits of my past seemed to have been obliterated. oh, and i became a bit aggressive and angry. but all that changed. life seems better now, bitter but still sweet.\n\nbe there for your lover, he will need you by his side when he awakes. and talk to him while he sleeps, it helps. just be there for him - you can never tell if things go from bad to worse or just would be the same old thing. also, instead of fretting, make him a day-to-day scrap book, for him to know that you were with him, in sickness and in health, for better or for worse.\n\nthink of it this way - if there are some changes (and sometimes there aren't) - it would be like falling in love all over again.\n\ni'll be praying for the both of you.
635802
I've been accused of having "selective amnesia". I've forgotten by whom. But given what I know of amnesia, some people remember some things and not others. Some people remember nothing at all. So ... The correct answer to your question, given amnesia and the way it works with various people, would be ... Yes & No. And I'll trust that we all remember that fact in the future. lol ;-) ~ Peace & Blessings ~
964014
no this is not normal; if you experienced some sort of trauma around that age then your mind may have reacted by blocking it out.. i do know that when i had a car accident my mind blocked that day out of my memory... i think they call it "shock induced amnesia".. hope that helps.
680899
A high stress level and depression can cause memory loss.  If he is having a lot of anxiety problems it could be an affect from withdrawal of smoking or maybe he simply has too many things going on at once.
96617
Short of developing amnesia, you will and should think of that person. Even if it is a bad memory, it is an experience that you learned from. There is not one person that doesn't have someone that has been removed from their life. It doesn't matter whether that person was a cause of pain or pleasure..they should be remembered and thought of as either having been a blessing to you or as a valuable learning experience of what you want to avoid or change in the future. Key word here is "life"..you can't live without having memories of people. These memories build the fabric of who we are and who we will become.
36567
It is the mind remembering a very similar situation that happened in a past life.  You know it has happened before, but you can't explain it because you can't remember when.  I like to think of it as a bit of psycic experiece.
737782
This question cannot be answered with a definitive yes or no.  It depends upon the trauma endured by the person.  The brain reacts to severe trauma which impedes short-term memory.  The brain will shut down normal processing functions as a measure of shock control on the body thus erasing the person's short-term memory to a point right before the trauma was occurring.  The person will remember events up until say 15 minutes before the trauma and then sometime later after the trauma has occurred, but not the actual event itself.
409400
No. My brother was in a coma, and is just as sharp minded as he was before his stroke. Amnesia causes memory loss.