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Title: Clive Wearing, the man with a 30 second memory. Post by: Parodium on February 19, 2018, 10:37:24 AM Imagine living in a world where time does not exist, that is the case for Clive Wearing, a man who due to viral encephalitis has a ~30 second memory.
Every second is a shock to him, he feels he has never been awake before, never seen another human, never eaten, never slept, he is a man truly out of touch with reality. Check out the documentary below, it is a fascinating watch; Clive wearing, the man with the 30 second memory (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_P7Y0-wgos) If this interests you, you may also want to look at Henry Molaison (H.M) who was left with severe retrograde amnesia due to a surgical procedure which destroyed his hippocampus. Title: Re: Clive Wearing, the man with a 30 second memory. Post by: NotAtOld on February 19, 2018, 10:51:37 AM Wow, i can't imagine what these people feel and i m so sorry for them. It is very interesting phenomenon
Title: Re: Clive Wearing, the man with a 30 second memory. Post by: porfenovich on February 19, 2018, 01:23:54 PM Imagine living in a world where time does not exist, that is the case for Clive Wearing, a man who due to viral encephalitis has a ~30 second memory. Every second is a shock to him, he feels he has never been awake before, never seen another human, never eaten, never slept, he is a man truly out of touch with reality. Check out the documentary below, it is a fascinating watch; Clive wearing, the man with the 30 second memory (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_P7Y0-wgos) If this interests you, you may also want to look at Henry Molaison (H.M) who was left with severe retrograde amnesia due to a surgical procedure which destroyed his hippocampus. To live like this is worse than not to live. I believe that when you do not realize and perceive yourself.. it's better to stop this. Title: Re: Clive Wearing, the man with a 30 second memory. Post by: Mometaskers on February 20, 2018, 02:22:14 AM That's like an sad version of 50 First Dates. Haven't watched the 48m video but definitely admire the wife's dedication.
Title: Re: Clive Wearing, the man with a 30 second memory. Post by: Mometaskers on February 21, 2018, 05:23:05 AM That's like an sad version of 50 First Dates. Haven't watched the 48m video but definitely admire the wife's dedication. It's much, much worse. You can't even have a conversion with Clive about anything substantial. He would quite literally have the same conversation over and over again if given the chance, and he would never know. Honestly, I can't believe his wife has managed for this long, she must have unbelievable patience. Definitely plenty of love. I think the only consolation was that Clive was unaware of his condition so it don't bother him. If the limit was a day though, he'd probably spend half of it pitying himself before resetting the next day. :'( |