Amnesia

Amnesia

Complete or partial memory loss, caused by stress or anxiety. A person may find an experience (for example, witnessing an accident where a close friend is killed) so stressful that she "forgets" it. Her memory of the accident may come back in a few hours, or it may not come back for years. Forgetting the accident is a way for her to "separate" herself from it for awhile, until she is ready to cope with her memories of the upsetting event. [LJ] {RC}