Memory is so so important. It has helped humans evolve into what we are today. Without it we would be no where. We seriously might not even be alive. Especially if we couldn't remember something like the location of food or anything needed to survive. Clive is just confused all the time. Even though he can remember things in the past, it won't be too much help for his future since he can't retain anything new. It's almost like he's something not living. He's just stuck in time. the world is changing and he, mentally, is not. I think its great how Clive's wife handles it all. I don't think I could do it. I wouldn't have enough patients for that long of time. I would get tired of him not remembering anything. It just makes me very thankful for my memory. I wouldn't want to put someone I love through what Clive's wife has to go through either.
I definitely think differently about how memory works. I can see now that a lot goes into just one simple memory and there are so many types of memory. After doing one of the exercises I don't really trust it as much not at least when it came to me memorising certain Numbers and then hearing other numbers. I got totally messed up and I could not remember the right numbers. If you don't concentrate on some of the things or are distracted it is very easy to forget them. I thought I had a really good memory, which I still do but only when I'm not distracted. Also its very possible that a lot of my memories aren't accurate like I thought they were. That's kind of scary to me.
I didn't really realize there were so many parts to memory. Like how Clive can remember things far in the past like his wife, but not the recent things. There's just so many parts working together. I can see now that there's a lot more to a memory than I thought. I think or at least I hope I won't take advantage of my memory as mush as I have in the past. I never really thought about how something I thought was so simple was really not and I'd never thought about being without it. I don't' know what I'd do if I lost my memory. I would be completely lost.
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I agree with you on your feelings toward memory. I really do believe that a lot of humans take it for granted. We do not realize how important it really is until we experience the frustration of someone who has lost it first hand. My grandmother suffers from dementia and it really has made me appriciate my memory, in hope that I will never suffer the hardships she does on a day to day basis!
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