A dissociative disorder characterized by the inability to recall important personal events or information and usually associated with stressful events.
"My dissociative amnesia is so bad, I don't even remember getting behind the wheel! When I realized I was driving, I was lost and couldn't remember what I was doing or where I was going."
by _Boogie_woogie_ April 25, 2022
The tendency of new generations of people to forget about past historical events due to said events not happening in their lifetime and no longer existing in living memory.
Intergenerational amnesia is the reason human beings fail to learn from history and repeat the same mistakes over and over again.
Intergenerational amnesia is the reason human beings fail to learn from history and repeat the same mistakes over and over again.
by The Osseophile February 19, 2021
I wish I could remember that hilarious/crazy part of that movie I saw 3 years ago, but I suffer from movie amnesia.
by wordelder December 17, 2010
A psychological effect cause by the consumption of excess chili in which the afflicted can not remember anything.
by WhereEaglesDare August 6, 2022
When you are writing, drawing, or otherwise creating content with the assumption that it's 100% original, only to later realize or find out that you were copying previously made content
I realized I was suffering from content amnesia when I got halfway through writing my story, only to realize I was writing The Matrix
by Grasshopper Man December 8, 2020