MoonAnu
April 19th, 2004, 02:11 PM
Hello, I'm not really a new pagan so to speak, I've been practicing for over four years now, and I'm not sure if this question belongs in this forum, but nevertheless I need to discuss this.
Someone I know and care very deeply about recently had a bout of amnesia. There were no head injuries, he suffers from insomnia. He recently went through a fairly traumatic event, a break up with someone he loves and this person loves him in return. The break up was a factor of miscommunication, problems from the past, confusion, anger, and quite a few hurtful things were said. This was about two days ago. Last night I was talking to this person normally, they understood the situation they were in perfectly and were talking rationally for the most part of the conversation.
However today this person does not recall any events that occured in the past two days, and some that occured weeks ago in fact with their significant other. They believe they are still with this person, nothing happened, he does not recall any fights, and even at one point believed the person was with them despite the fact their significant other is in a different country at the moment. He talked about making breakfast for this person, how they were still together, and did not recall ANY arguments, not even remembering the name of someone his significant other is friends with. I was utterly shocked during this conversation and tried not to humor him, telling him about what happened. When I did he became very upset and confused, and went for a walk which I'm worried about since he has not called me back.
Is this denial from high emotional stress? I don't know what to think, but I'm very confused, they're confused, and I want to fix this situation if I possibly can. He has no memory of any events that occured in the past two days and some that occured weeks ago. I just don't know what to think or how to handle this situation at all.
Any comments, suggestions, anything would be very appreciated. Perhaps even a recommendation of a ritual (I've thought about this) or prayer, anything at all.
Thank you,
Merryck.
Someone I know and care very deeply about recently had a bout of amnesia. There were no head injuries, he suffers from insomnia. He recently went through a fairly traumatic event, a break up with someone he loves and this person loves him in return. The break up was a factor of miscommunication, problems from the past, confusion, anger, and quite a few hurtful things were said. This was about two days ago. Last night I was talking to this person normally, they understood the situation they were in perfectly and were talking rationally for the most part of the conversation.
However today this person does not recall any events that occured in the past two days, and some that occured weeks ago in fact with their significant other. They believe they are still with this person, nothing happened, he does not recall any fights, and even at one point believed the person was with them despite the fact their significant other is in a different country at the moment. He talked about making breakfast for this person, how they were still together, and did not recall ANY arguments, not even remembering the name of someone his significant other is friends with. I was utterly shocked during this conversation and tried not to humor him, telling him about what happened. When I did he became very upset and confused, and went for a walk which I'm worried about since he has not called me back.
Is this denial from high emotional stress? I don't know what to think, but I'm very confused, they're confused, and I want to fix this situation if I possibly can. He has no memory of any events that occured in the past two days and some that occured weeks ago. I just don't know what to think or how to handle this situation at all.
Any comments, suggestions, anything would be very appreciated. Perhaps even a recommendation of a ritual (I've thought about this) or prayer, anything at all.
Thank you,
Merryck.