The experience of having a significant epiphany about one's life only to immediately forget it.
A conflation of the
words epiphany + amnesia.
Origins
epiphany: Middle English epiphanie, from Anglo-
French, from Late
Latin epiphania, from Late Greek, plural, probably alteration of Greek epiphaneia appearance, manifestation.
amnesia: New Latin, from Greek amnēsia forgetfulness, alteration of amnēstia
Norman was stricken by epiphanesia immediately after his sudden and inexplicable
insight into how he became a graphic designer leaving him unable to explain it or
even remember why he wanted to
know.