Protagonist: Who are you? Narrator: (blinks at him in an amused manner) Isn’t it polite to give your own name when asking someone theirs? Protagonist: I know who I am. I am me. Who are you? Narrator: Me, myself, and I. This is my fantasy after all. Protagonist: Well, that is fascinating. (approaches helpfully) Are you lost? Would you like me to get someone to help? Narrator: No, no, no. I’m quite fine, but you, on the other hand, look oddly familiar. Protagonist: Really? Have we met before? Narrator: (recognition) Of course we have, you are the other me! Protagonist: The other you? Are you schizophrenic? Narrator: No. I always knew that I had a sense of humor. I … we have been diagnosed with (clears throat) agenesis of the corpus callosum! Protagonist: Uh, huh. Narrator: What it means is that during the car accident, the part of the brain that connects the two hemispheres was damaged. Afterwards, I wasn’t the same… it always felt as if a part of me was missing. Which it was! You, me, meeting like this! Protagonist: So, you’re saying that we are two different sides of the same person. Riiiiiight. Narrator: No, I can prove it to you. Protagonist: (aside) This should be worth listening to… Alright. And how do you plan to do that? Narrator: Up until the accident, we were the same person, so we should have the same memories. Protagonist: So, you are going to tell me something that only I would know? Narrator: Exactly. (prolonged silence) Protagonist: Well? Narrator: Here? Protagonist: Do you see anyone else listening? Just say it. Narrator: (thinks a moment) Remember the summer of 97? The Canadian bar where you thought it would be clever to… Protagonist: (cuts him off) That’s enough. (looks troubled, thinks) But ... ... middle of paper ... ...0%) Protagonist: I am trapped; no matter what I say or do, it will simply… Psychiatrist: 9 (lights dim to 80%) Protagonist: vanish. (silence) Psychiatrist: 8 (lights dim to 70%) Protagonist: Will you at least, try to remember me? Psychiatrist: 7 (lights dim to 60%) Narrator: I’m sure I tried all the other times. Psychiatrist: 6 (lights dim to 50%) Narrator: I wish there was something… Psychiatrist: 5 (lights dim to 40%, Narrator now concealed) Protagonist: Yes? Where’d you go? Psychiatrist: 4 (lights dim to 30%) Protagonist: (walks to front center stage and drops to knees, speaking directly to the audience) Psychiatrist: 3 (lights dim to 20%) Protagonist: I… think I understand. Psychiatrist: 2 (lights dim to 10%) Protagonist: The fear of death… is the fear of being forgotten. Psychiatrist: 1 (blackout) Protagonist: I… don’t want to die. (soft sob)
Have you ever forgot something, but you never knew you forgot it? Like it just slipped your mind and instead of going somewhere that you can remember, it dies in a bottomless pit. Your parents remember and your older siblings remember, but you do not. You were too young to remember it. Completely normal, everyone has gone through this. Astronauts, great philosophers, and even celebrities have gone through this. Kristen Ohlson, a freelance writer who has written several books and articles, wrote about this in her article the great forgetting.
The book I would like to tell you about is called Among the Hidden. The author of this book is Margaret Peterson Haddix. In this book, there is a boy named Luke Garner who has never been able to leave his backyard. He has only been able to quickly peak through blinds for fear of being seen. Until the day the workers started cutting the trees down, Luke was able to experience a little fresh air while rough-housing with his brothers in their isolated backyard farmland. The reason for this is because of the population law. The government believed that there wasn’t enough food to feed the growing population, so they made the law that there is only a maximum of two children allowed in each family. That meant that Luke was an illegal third child. He had spent his whole life hiding from the population police. Since the government forced the Garners to sell a lot of their farmland for building houses, Luke had to stay inside, because now that the trees were being cut down he had a huge chance of being seen in his backyard. Luke spent most of his days in the attic where his room was. He found some little vents in the wall that he could look out of and see the people that moved into the big, fancy houses. One day, he noticed somebody peeking out of the house next door, even after he knew that everybody in that family had left. He knew this because he kept a little record on the wall and marked down when the people of each family came and left. He even knew how many people there were i...
The main difference between Sarah’s life before and after the accident involved normality; therefore, one of the brain’s main functions may be to ensure that life is as normal as possible. As shown in Sarah’s life before the accident, people usually do not have to think about performing seemingly simple tasks, such as reading the newspaper. In Sarah’s post-accident case, however, she could not recognize the words on a left side of a book that she was reading to her daughter. Due to damage from the injury, a once simple task for Sarah is now a challenge. Another major theme identified in the book related to brain function is that the brain is involved in a variety of tasks, such as motor movements and coordination, sensory information, and learning. This is evident in Sarah’s life before and after her injury. For example, due to Sarah’s left neglect, she could not recognize the position of her left side of her body for walking, and she also could not see the left side of her body. For brain injury, Genova indicated that damage to structures of the brain affects function. Since Sarah’s left side of her body was affected, her right hemisphere was damaged (i.e., the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body and vice-versa). The brain bleed Sarah experienced must have affected certain structures in the right hemisphere, but the brain is capable of healing. Presumably, this is
Today, as we were working to prepare the land to grow food, we discovered certain artifacts. There were odd things. We found other lights like the one that I created, but there were some different things that I did not recognize. I used some of the manuscript...
Humor can take many forms, including practical jokes, teasing, insults and self-deprecation. It is a staple of humanity and plays an extremely important role in our psychology as we move throughout life’s stages. In fact, famed philosopher Immanuel Kant placed laughter alongside sleeping and hope as the most beneficial means of renewing the soul. It is commonly perceived as a beneficiary tool for healing and social interaction for everyone, but few have looked at the roles humor plays in the aging process. Meika Loe set out to examine this relationship in her book, Aging Our Way by utilizing several case studies of the elderly of various backgrounds. Loe has identified key case studies to support this hypothesis in Eddie, who uses humor to
Memories cripple the consciousness of reality. People’s perception evolved within illusions and memories, thus reflects identity. The mind can both function to forget and remember. Are memories something we have or something we have lost? A memory that is being stored often deviates from the memories being recollected. People tend to say that memories last forever. But can those memories in a persons mind be always so true or accurate enough for the story to be behold? Not every memory that people remembers are accurate. Memories may form falsely and unconsciously at times. Genuine or fake, people are still able to make the memory out of something that occurred within their lives. Memories can be distorted and re-invented that leads to the likelihood of creating the false memories minted in the mind.
Imagine going about your daily business when, for some reason or another, you find yourself immersed in an intense, disturbing flashback of a traumatic event that you never knew you experienced? This bizarre scenario is more commonplace than might be supposed and is opening up all sorts of legal and therapeutic controversy. Repression is one of the most haunting concepts in psychology. The rationale is that some shocking occurrence is pushed back into an inaccessible corner of the unconscious only to be retrieved later by a most confounded consciousness (1). Is the memory really real? If it is, why was it lost in the first place and what triggered its return? And how is it to be dealt with?
I know when something life changing happens, you normally remember exactly what happened and where you were when it did. For me it’s mostly all a vague.
(Voo) mentioned that I have great adult sense of humor. I grew up as a only child for the most part. My brother wasn’t home a lot and he is 8 years older than me so I grew up with my parents. I did develop a good adult sense of humor but after spending time with my friends and brother more than I was I have kind of moved on from being around my parents all the time. So some of that humor has gone away.
Forgetting is the inability to retrieve information. Forgetting occurs constantly across the human population. Since the early times psychologists have tried to determine the causes of forgetting. It is very difficult to study memory since there is no physical exam of the brain that can map memory however; we now have some theories regarding what is remembered. All we can do is measure what we can remember. Memory plays a vital role in our lives. It can dictate our feelings, emotions, and response to environment. There can never be enough studies regarding this matter. This essay will discuss the four theories of forgetting and what we can to to counteract its effects.
Amnesia, the partial or complete loss of memory, most commonly is temporary and for only a short span of experience. There are both organic and psychological causes for amnesia. Some organic causes include inflammation of the brain, head injury, or stroke. This type of memory loss occurs suddenly and can last a long time. The person may be able to recall events in the distant past but not yesterday or today. If the amnesia is caused by alcohol abuse, it is a progressive disorder, and there are usually neurological problems like uncoordinated movements and loss of feeling in the fingers and toes. Once these problems occur, it may be too late to stop drinking. In contrast, psychologically based amnesia is almost always temporary. This type of memory loss may be triggered by a traumatic event with which the mind can not deal. Usually, the memory slowly or suddenly comes back a few days later, though not all of the trauma may be recalled. Only rarely does a person lose the memory of larger portions of their life
Hiding behind humor can be a serious problem; it can not be the only way of expressing our emotions. Some of the greatest comedians have been secretly depressed. Using humor as a defense mechanism can be a serious mental health issue.
When I looked in the rearview mirror is when I knew it was all over. June 25, 2013 was the most tragic day in my life. It was not until that day that I realized how much I appreciate my life and my family. I was on the freeway headed towards the Galleria in Houston, TX, passing the tall Texaco building on this bright sunny afternoon, when everything went downhill. I remember seeing all of the cars in front of me have their bright red tail lights on because everyone was coming to a stop. As soon as I slowed down, I looked into my rearview mirror to see a beige car not slowing down at all but instead looking down at his phone texting, it was already too late for me to do anything. I felt as if my life were over and there was nothing anyone could do, I was sixteen years old when I had my first car accident. I learned that I should have stayed home the afternoon I got into my first car accident. That afternoon I remember gripping my steering wheel so tightly because I was so nervous about the car behind me that I could feel all of the ridges and grooves throughout my entire steering wheel and every indention in my steering
Last year I got involved in a massive car accident. It was the most terrified part of life. It was the moment. I will never forget in my whole life. Before, I never realized how people really feel when a car accident happens.But,after this car accident I know what really it felt like. It was the moment. My mind was totally feared of driving. I was crushed by the hot metal and cold dirt of car. I was not feeling my arm,my body was numbed.It was felt like my lower body pressed down with monster force. All I could feel was the noise of car accident ringing in my ear.I was barely able to move my body. I was kept thinking. What my parents going to think about this? Where is my friend John? I looked through the window and saw the cars passing by
Ah, I remember how she used to be with me all the time. A day did not go by without me going over to play. I remember how we used to play for hours and hours. We played whatever came to mind; it didn’t matter as long as we were together. We were happy.