Cryptomnesia

One of the most fascinating disorder is cryptomnesia, which is a type of memory impairment. In this case a person doesn’t remember events, which occurred in the past or they don’t know if they were dreams or reality.


The sick person loses the sense of reality of the surrounding world. There is a kind of chaos in a memory. You are not sure your own experience and you have the tendency to identify other people’s thoughts and ideas as your own. This is called "subconscious plagiarism." 


Cryptomnesia often goes hand in hand with jamais vu, the opposite of deja vu, when suddenly there is a feeling that an often-visited place seems to be new and unusual, as it would be seen for the first time. Scientists didn’t discover, what causes cryptomnesia. Probably information overload is the problem.


https://dictionary.apa.org/cryptomnesia


https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/psych/people/fsch/fsch/studentresources/3rdyearprojects/projects/plag2.pdf


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  1. englishdiary1 listopada 2020 03:17

    It must be absolutely terrifying to live in a world where everything is new!

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  2. Martyna Mierzejewska3 grudnia 2020 09:12

    It has to be very hard for a sick person to live in a world that they are not sure if is real. Also, thank you for introducing me to,,jamais vu" I didn't know that there is something like that.

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