jeena@piefed.jeena.net 3 weeks ago
Everybody loses their memories all the time.
You are not your memories, it’s not your memories which define you.
our memories are not our values, our principles, our habits, our quirks, our capacity for positive experience or engaging interaction.
but they’re pretty closely tied into all of them. i’m not an amnesiologist but i imagine it depends on the specific case how much is ‘lost’ in a given case of amnesia and what’s able to be recovered.
Memories do define me tho.
I need the memories of all the betrayals, by individuals, and organizations, and governments, otherwise I’d get betrayed again. Memories are important to know who to trust.
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14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
it is your behaviour what defines you and if you lose the memories, at will affect the behaviour, so i am inclined to say yes, you are different person then.
it is similar to when you lose a loved one to a cult, be it maga or some religious cult. they are no longer the same person. you want to get back the person they were before, but right now, even if you kidnap them and lock them in your basement, they are not the same person.