: Re: When should my amnesiac protagonist regain memory? It is very hard for me to ask this without an overwhelming amount of information on how the plot goes, so this is just a warning of what's

Retrograde amnesia is the term when one has a neurological insult and can't remember a certain period of time prior to the insult. However, one can remember distant memories.

The type of memory loss you describe is either confabulation (non-truths, whether beknownst or not) or psychotic disavowal. In the schizophrenic patient, the past can be altered, suppressed, or recreated to fit into a delusional scheme. The truth can be a moving target with a blind eye. Recovery with medication has an unpredictable effect on prior memories. "Truth" may be experienced or remembered as a dream or as the way it happened to someone else (depersonalization and derealization).

Writing your protagonist as a psychotic is an interesting proposition but would take a ton of research or a psychiatrist as a friend. Good luck!

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