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Ansel Bourne (1826–1910) was a famous 19th-century psychology case due to his experience of a probable dissociative fugue. The case, among the first ever documented, [1] [2] remains of interest as an example of multiple personality and amnesia. Among the doctors who treated Bourne was William James.
Sizemore was born Christine Costner on April 4, 1927, to Asa "Acie" Costner and Eunice Zueline Hastings in Edgefield, South Carolina. [1]In accordance with then-current modes of thought on the disorder, Thigpen reported that Sizemore had developed multiple personalities as a result of her witnessing two deaths and a horrifying accident within three months as a small child.
Dissociative amnesia or psychogenic amnesia is a dissociative disorder "characterized by retrospectively reported memory gaps. These gaps involve an inability to recall personal information, usually of a traumatic or stressful nature."
Dissociative amnesia Also linked to trauma, dissociative amnesia involves forgetting chunks of your life or sometimes your entire autobiography, Dr. Clouden says. “This is your mind’s way of ...
Shirley Ardell Mason (January 25, 1923 – February 26, 1998) was an American art teacher [1] who was reported to have dissociative identity disorder (previously known as multiple personality disorder).
Individuals who are or were diagnosed with amnesia. Subcategories. ... Pages in category "People with amnesia" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 ...
Dissociative disorders most often develop as a way to cope with psychological trauma. People with dissociative disorders were commonly subjected to chronic physical, sexual, or emotional abuse as children (or, less frequently, an otherwise frightening or highly unpredictable home environment).
Keystone/Getty Images After Beatlemania swept the globe, many of the members’ children found the rampant popularity affected their own upbringings. The Beatles was founded in 1960 by John Lennon ...