Gather all the sexual orientations you know, even vaguely, under one roof;
Do you think all these concepts will disappear when the brain of the body in which they are adopted is damaged? Or will it add a different state to the body?

Let’s leave aside the characters we see in the movies who start completely different lives after memory loss. Yes, including the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which we like to pronounce. Here we will talk by looking at the side that science sheds light on us.

Because science says; What we call memory loss or amnesia is not the permanent deletion of everything from the recycle bin after an accident, but the forgetting of all kinds of skills, experiences, knowledge and facts accumulated in the person’s memory and can be regained again.

Don’t say it’s just memory loss because we can tell there’s a lot underlying it.

Now let’s define memory loss in medicine. Memory loss, you know. Its other name is amnestic syndrome.

Stroke and tumor can also be triggers of this disease. Amnesia; It is divided into many types such as Retrograde, Anterograde, Infantile, Transient Global Amnesia, Dissociative Amnesia, Post-Traumatic Amnesia.

For example, Post-Traumatic Amnesia, as the name suggests, develops after a head injury. Infantile is the inability to recall early childhood memories. Very few people can remember their memories of 4-6 years anyway. It gives a sense of recognition to the few who remember.

So, does Amnesia make a person forget his sexual thoughts?

Reply:
Sexual orientation and gender identity are complex and are unlikely to change unintentionally from social factors.

Let’s think of someone who is asexual, that is, does not feel sexual attraction to anyone. Let’s remember the sentence “Come on daughter/son, how old are you? Find someone and get married now!” Let’s hear similar voices in our heads. This person cuts off those around him because he doesn’t want to deal with their reactions.

Therefore, we cannot say that an orientation is definite and does not change in any way, and that individuals behave exactly and accordingly. It has not been seen in medicine.

If we look at the issue of memory loss; Trauma affects a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity in different ways, albeit unlikely ones.

There is no rule that trauma must result from brain damage. When we browse the forums a little, we find someone who claims to be gay after having a heart attack. Science says this may be true. No matter how ridiculous it sounds.

This is the only official case we can find on the internet for now.

Our neuroscientist brother, who clarified this issue on Reddit, could only find one article on the internet in his research. There was only one incident mentioned in the article.

Based on his experiences, we say that the brain is a very complex miracle. Because, as he said, there are many types of trauma in neuropsychology that may sound interesting. Anything can happen at any moment. Even if it sounds ridiculous or funny.

For example, it ranges from believing that your friends and loved ones have been replaced by zombie/robot clones to believing that those who have lost their sight are not blind and can still see. In fact, if it is not prevented, very bad things will happen to them.

The probability of an event such as ‘erasing’ sexual identity is very low.

Everything happens in human life. Amnesia does not completely erase a person’s sexual orientation and identity. It may cause him not to remember his past relationships. Of course, he may change in this regard because he cannot remember how he expressed himself in the past.

When an amnesiac patient has the chance to relive past emotions, he or she can return to the past through experiences. In other words, this person does not remember his sexual orientation and can return to his essence by going through the stages he experienced in the past during exploration.

As we mentioned in the description, individuals who are attracted to the opposite sex may experience confusion after amnesia, which is very normal. He/she may remember some things incorrectly or not remember them at all.

The essence of the job is to always live humanely, no matter what. Traumas are serious, they can affect everything, sexual orientation and identity do not determine a person’s character and will certainly never result in the deprivation of the right to life.

Author: Engload