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I had a rare condition in 2022 that caused me to lose track of all sense of sequential memories, which heavily affected my perception of time. I could not relia
by JohnMakin 3y ago
I had a rare condition in 2022 that caused me to lose track of all sense of sequential memories, which heavily affected my perception of time. I could not reliably tell anyone if something had happened 2 years or 2 weeks or 2 days ago or what order events had taken place without using significant deduction. It was incredibly distressful and confusing, and I had to rely on copious note taking to get by day-to-day. When my sequential memory returned, I have never ever felt more appreciation for this sense.
- Gooblebrai 3y agoI'm glad you are okay now. Your story makes me wonder how science would have been if we hadn't possessed the sense of time in the first place.
- JohnMakin 3y agoThanks. It was terrifying. It made me appreciate a lot that time is just a construct. Everything felt jumbled and running together with no sense of continuity. Our sense of time is intricately related with our sense of the world is what I concluded.