Clive Wearing, Part 2c: Living Without Memory

[MasterSword812]

She could easily cheat on him multiple times without him even knowing

[MagdaBing]

he hasn't always been like this, so he remembers the time before the amnesia, just not all of it. What he can't remember is the time that has past since he became ill. So that's why he still loves his wife and knows how to behave, speak and so on.

[ZtellaStar]

Deborah is my inspiration.

[BeamSurfer]

Ignorance is bliss

[nickie74]

at least he remembers his wife....it would be so much harder on her mentally if he didn't remember her....I'm sure that the fact he still shows his love for her keeps her going everyday. I wonder even though he doesn't remember his children's names...but knows he has children... if he does recognize them in old photographs..

Their relationship is tragically romantic....I admire them both...him for his life achievements, gentility and humour and her for her positivity, love and support fotr him.

[lomalism]

@nickie74 she remarried

[lyralestranger]

@lomalism are you serious?



[tatiannan]

@nickie74 she left him and came back.

[Tikwichka]

@BornIntoMusic: You are wrong, there have been vast improvements, for example the condition which caused the impairment, viral encephalitis, can be treated now, and if on time, damage reversed. It was too late for Clive. Extensive damage has occurred. Also, rehabilitation programmes are available which focus on the intact memory systems, like procedural memory, and slowly allow for unconscious learning. Neuropsychology is able to make substantial improvements on lives destroyed by brain damage.

[BornIntoMusic]

How have we improved since 1991? You would think with nearly 20 years under our belt we would be able to start reversing his condition??

[divaexpatriate]

I wonder how he learned those 4 facts though, after his illness? I.e. Hong Kong re-unification, Berlin Wall, etc.

[Satdncis]

thats a horrible thing to say!

[nirvrock77]

absolutely amazing story. incredibly dry, boring, and poorly produced documentary. i can't believe someone with some film making talent hasn't jumped on this story yet. Honestly, is this documentary made for fucking robots?

[logosthedestroyer]

no, Americans

[keenandwhat009]

Your the fucking robot, so you tell me?

[Jynxbag]

Have to agree with you, I'm trying to pay attention but its just so badly made. Doesn't help that his wife is repeating herself more than she is.

[QuantumSelf13]

@nirvrock77 it was filmed on 1998, what do you expect? Apart from that I absolutely agree with you, that this is an amazing story. I even think that it would be very interesting if they could do a film about it, just like the case of the "Rain man".

[lemonrind]

@QuantumSelf13 Try watching "Memento". It is a film about a man with anterograde amnesia.

[TheArthen]

to be in a relationship with someone whose eyes glow everytime he/she sees you...is just really so great...Clive and Deborah really share something so special...

[tamlac00]

But he doesn't remember he is her husband or that they have 2 children together. He doesn't remember their marriage and won't remember her funeral.

[JoshIsNumber3]

He remembers that she is his wife and who she is. Unfortunately, when she dies, he will only continue to think as he has, that it has been some years since the last time they met.

[chanrobi]

Uh, that should be true without one partner being hyper brain damaged... no?

[TheArthen]

well, sometimes its better than a couple with both brains working today isn't it? :)

[whoseddit]

He knows how to put together a sentence, because he knows how the english language works, and he knows how to be polite, because that's an automatic pattern. He's experienced stories, like following the news or watching a movie, enough to expect what will happen or sort of get the background but without knowing how. He has experience but not awareness. That's why he values his moment of awareness. That is why his diaries only ever say "I am aware now" and that his love for his wife is constant.

[queenie0106]

deborah is one smart lady

[bengovernment]

amazings.