Amnesia is a condition that can be set for the loss of memory that can last two hours, sometimes two months or more. This memory leak is caused by some disturbing ordeal, psychological or a brain injury or a chain of emotional events. There are different reasons and causes of amnesia as organic or functional. organic amnesia due to damage to the brain by external factors that may be due to physical trauma or disease reasons. functional amnesia caused by psychological factors.
There are different types of amnesia - anterograde amnesia in this type of amnesia that patient loses all his senses and is far from remember the events of trauma or disease affecting the patient.
Emotional / hysterical amnesia - you can say that the temporary condition that will not be lasting for a long time and is basically caused by psychological trauma.
amnesia lacunar - this state of amnesia creates a lock in your mind for a specific event.
Korsakoff syndrome - this is caused due to the constant intake of alcohol and can also be that the State of alcoholism.
post-hipnótica amnesia - this type of amnesia is due to the prolonged hypnotic state that keeps your mind unable to remember the events that occurred during hypnosis, as well as the information have been part of your memory in the long term.
Amnesia retrograde - is a sequence of events that took place before the start of an injury or a disease that causes amnesia loss.
Transient global amnesia - this type of amnesia occurs are middle-aged or elderly people and the loss of memory in the short term that lasts a few minutes.