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amnesiphobia (s) (noun), amnesiphobias (pl)
1. The panic a person has of not being able to remember things, which is commonly related to the development of Alzheimer’s disease: Becky's mother developed an amnesiophobia after a head injury caused by the car accident and wanted to write down everything so she wouldn't forget important dates, places, names of friends, etc.
2. There are essentially two basic types of forgetfulness that people are afraid of:
  • The inability to form new recollections in which the individual either does not consolidate what is perceived into permanent retention storage or cannot retrieve recent memories.
  • The loss of remembering certain events that occurred before this mental disturbance started.
A patient can't remember having amnesia.
No, doctor, I don't ever remember having amnesia.

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