93 Quotes About Memory-loss

As hard to conceive as DID was, it was such a relief to learn that my blackouts weren't caused by alcohol. I wasn't some drunk struggling to get by in life. My apparent memory lapses were actually gaps in my knowledge and they had a medical reason: I genuinely wasn't there at the time.

The idea of disassociating from one’s surrounding, of taking a step back was rather clever on my mother’s part without her notice.

There’s no protocol on how to console your girlfriend of four years who you just met this morning.

A meaningful relationship between two people cannot sustain itself only in the present tense.

Die while I can still remember who I am, who I used to be.

The word lethologica describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

An imperfectly remembered life is a useless treachery. Every day, more fragments of the past roll around heavily in the chambers of an empty brain, shedding bits of color, a sentence or a fragrance, something that changes and then disappears. It drops like a stone to the bottom of the cave.

Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist Eric Kandel says we are who we are because of what we learn and what we remember. Who am I, then, if my memory is impaired?

How many great gems were lost to thoughtand not put down to pen.You can but think of just a fewand then they're lost again.