tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454222325290313520.post2965089424877001661..comments2024-02-16T04:42:50.005-05:00Comments on QueryTracker Blog: Psychology Q&A: Dissociative Amnesia After a Trauma?Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17771807777617244491noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454222325290313520.post-26634692021227331812011-12-25T23:23:51.105-05:002011-12-25T23:23:51.105-05:00It actually depends a lot on how much the person h...It actually depends a lot on how much the person has a tendency to dissociate, whether they do that in reaction to a trauma. Some people naturally dissociate more easily than others. It also has to do with whether you have other, healthier defense mechanisms (or coping skills) and social resources in place to deal with problems.<br /><br />You could argue that at least some of Joe's amnesia was organic, since the rose bomb threw him, and since there's some question whether some of the shrapnel in his skull came from that incident. Also, we're not sure how actively aware he was of his parents' role in Galactor, given his young age. (How much do most young kids understand about their parents' jobs, and even when they do understand them, how much do they REALLY understand?) Whatever Nambu told him about his parents' death and about who he was expected to be in his new life<br />might also impact things. Memory is very malleable.<br /><br />So...the Condor might have had some dissociative amnesia, but there are a lot of other possible explanations I might consider as alternative possibilities.Carolyn Kaufman | @CMKaufmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07715666518147779502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454222325290313520.post-38157993839832796022011-12-24T13:30:55.930-05:002011-12-24T13:30:55.930-05:00Carolyn, how big of a trauma are we talking about ...Carolyn, how big of a trauma are we talking about here? I assume something like failing a test, no matter how important the test, wouldn't be huge enough to cause dissociative amnesia or dissociative fugue. But I know women who had unmedicated crash c-sections and felt the whole thing and all the while were terrified for their baby's life (so really traumatic) but remember the entire event. What determines whether someone dissociates a trauma?<br /><br /> (Also, was Condor Joe's trauma caused dissociative amnesia? Or was it worse because he forgot everything about his parents' role in Gallactor?)Jane Lebakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00851954297667846546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454222325290313520.post-47060446690780902462011-12-21T23:23:30.951-05:002011-12-21T23:23:30.951-05:00Hi Shakespeare (didn't expect to be writing th...Hi Shakespeare (didn't expect to be writing that! :),<br /><br />In real life, I doubt someone would forget one of her languages. Language is stored in brain differently than, say, autobiographical events. <br /><br />However, I think for a farce you might be able to make up your own rules.<br /><br />I do like your argument that she would subconsciously choose her other language, and I could see someone leaning toward speaking one language over the other for that reason, or even stubbornly refusing to use one for that reason, but actually *dissociating* a language? Not unless the language was learned while one was dissociated to begin with (for example, if one personality in dissociative identity disorder/multiple personality went to Spanish classes, while the rest didn't).<br /><br />Like I said, though, I think you can play a bit with the rules when you're being humorous. :)Carolyn Kaufman | @CMKaufmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07715666518147779502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454222325290313520.post-76168839842970858362011-12-21T20:25:00.094-05:002011-12-21T20:25:00.094-05:00I love these psychology posts, Carolyn.I love these psychology posts, Carolyn.Stinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11415189347501942340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454222325290313520.post-87757736705302911162011-12-21T09:08:17.129-05:002011-12-21T09:08:17.129-05:00Would it be possible for someone to forget one of ...Would it be possible for someone to forget one of her languages? If the people she speaks this language with are destructive, so she subconsciously chooses the other language because it holds more comfort or positive outcomes for her? <br /><br />I'm toying with a farce (in a full-length play) about this. Bilingual, naturally, but written so that people who speak either language get most of the humor (and people who know both get to laugh the loudest).Dr. Cheryl Carvajalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323455180953109460noreply@blogger.com