Clive Wearing, Part 2c: Living Without Memory

Presents an extraordinary example of the relationship between brain damage and memory function by reintroducing the viewer to Clive Wearing 13 years after his appearance in part one.

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[queenie0106]

deborah is one smart lady

[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.

[MasterSword812]

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

[tatiannan]

@nickie74 she left him and came back.

[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.

[lemonrind]

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

[lyralestranger]

@lomalism are you serious?



[lomalism]

@nickie74 she remarried

[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.

[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.