Unforgettable: Becoming an Amnesiac’s Memory
May 12, 2016 7:00 AM   Subscribe

“Do you remember us,” I asked. I was conscious of my voice. It failed, just a bit, on that “us,” but I was trying to keep the terror to myself.
“Technically, yes,” he said.
Caitlin Myer writes for Electric Literature about her experience of her lover losing his memory. (Includes some fairly mild NSFW text, but Your Workplace May Vary.)
posted by Stacey (8 comments total) 8 users marked this as a favorite
 
I was really looking forward to reading that, until I tried reading that.
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 7:33 AM on May 12, 2016 [11 favorites]


A very different story about mental illness and love. No satisfying ending, not because of the memory loss, but because of who she is. It cannot got into the conventional narrative of tragedy-healing or tragedy-loss, Because her life is more ambiguous than that.
posted by happyroach at 8:30 AM on May 12, 2016


Great read, thanks!
posted by Bella Donna at 8:47 AM on May 12, 2016


The heart doesn’t break just once. It breaks a thousand times.

True, dammit.
posted by wildblueyonder at 9:22 AM on May 12, 2016 [4 favorites]


A very good read. Amnesia is one of those things you believe in as a kid and then you realise is very rare in the real world, so it's interesting to read about.
posted by trif at 9:35 AM on May 12, 2016 [1 favorite]


I stopped at "gave good email."

Lordy I hate that phrase. Couldn't get past her swirly prose.
posted by St. Peepsburg at 10:16 AM on May 12, 2016 [3 favorites]


Although I don't love the phrase "gave good email," because to my mind nothing is more utilitarian than email, I found the tale well written and captivating. Thanks to the OP for posting. Brightened my day, which is spent calling people who have very serious problems, so I like the bittersweet.
posted by beelzbubba at 1:32 PM on May 12, 2016


Hmmm I don't know, I think the story would have been more interesting if she focused on the guy who lost his memories rather than her overwritten reactions to it, but I realise that's not the kind of piece it was.
posted by smoke at 7:44 PM on May 12, 2016 [1 favorite]


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