Amnesia

How Many Fingers Am I Holding Up? A boy aged 12, was in the goal, when suddenly a ball came soaring towards him. He lunged for it to stop the ball from hitting the net, but just then he hit the goal post square in the head. He had to be picked up by the ambulance and was sent to the hospital. He had a minor concussion and was ok after a couple weeks. According to the text, “How can we keep young soccer players safe?” it states, “The study found that for every 10,000 “athlete exposures" --…

Would I rather remember every single moment in my life, or not remember the sentence behind the next ? With Clive Wearing’s condition he suffers from Anterograde Amnesia meaning he can’t create new memories and he has lost almost all of his memories. Clive only remembers that he has a wife and children. What I find amazing is that he contracted a Herpes Virus and it attacked his Nervous System, I never knew a Herpes Virus could hurt someone like that. His wife said his memory lasts…

During 1951, a what seemed to be a normal housewife and mother, Eve White, had been experiencing unusual spells. Her husband Mr. White takes his wife to have an appointment with Doctor Luther for incidents of having blackouts, amnesia, and severe headaches. At some point in one of the first blackouts Eve White experiences she buys expense clothes and tries to hurt her own daughter, not remembering either occurrence. Her husband also recalls that she went to Atlanta for some days visiting family…

Article On Repressed Memory According to Zezima & Carey (2009), Paul R. Shanley was convicted in 2005 of the rape and assault of a six-year-old boy while serving as a priest in Boston. This case is interesting in several aspects, for one, the conviction hinged on the testimony of an individual who was 32 years of age at the time of his testimony. Zezima & Carey further assert that Mr. Shanley was a street priest who worked with troubled youth and also previously criticized the Catholic Church’s…

Alyssa Copeland 08 December 2015 Neal Brooks Psych 1030 DID / MPD Most of us have experienced mild dissociation, like getting lost in the moment while at school or work or daydreaming. However, dissociative identity disorder is a severe form of dissociation, a mental process which produces a lack of connection in a person's thoughts, sense of identity, feelings, memories, or actions. The dissociative aspect is a type of coping mechanism -- the person would literally dissociate themselves from…

Summer jackson 523 words 9100 St. Charles Rock Road St. Louis, MO 63114 (314) 493-6100 youremail@ritenourschools.org It started on a typical day... by summer jackson It was a typical day at the office when this beautiful lady walked in. she looked like a goddess who came down to save someone. She walked across the office as though she was walking on water like god. She had the most…

Kofi Gyamfi: Make-up Assignment Cooper Madison, a 6-year-old Caucasian male, arrived at the emergency department at 1045 Tuesday with a closed head injury and concussion, related to a fall from a tree house. A CT scan indicated possible skull fracture and subdural hematoma. A C-spine ruled out spinal fracture. While still in the emergency department, Cooper experienced an unwitnessed seizure. At 1300 Tuesday, Cooper was admitted to the pediatric unit. He has showed signs of decreasing…

In the book The Vow written by Kim and Krickitt Carpenter, the setting creates a suspenseful, yet melancholy tone and mood for the reader. During the devastating automobile accident, the author used lots of imagery to convey, and perceive the scene of the accident as if it was taking place right in front of the reader’s eyes. Another example was when Krickitt was transferred to the neurological institute. The way Kim imagined her lying in the dark hospital room really revealed how badly…

She was abandoned by her kidnappers two years later and suffered from amnesia during the time she lived with them. Laurie’s parents praised God for her return and refused to believe she was abused during those two years so Laurie never received the counseling she needed so dearly. Although Laurie was never quite the same…

How does a concussion affect your brain? First of all, concussions occur when the brain bounces against the skull after someone's head is bumped. Concussions are fairly common, especially if you are playing sports. Since the brain is very difficult to study, scientists do not know what exactly happens at a molecular level inside the brain during and after a concussion. The brain is the body's best-protected organ, because it is shielded by multiple layers of membranes that block out harmful…