The hospital told my girlfriend to just take me home and keep an eye on me, and I'd be alright in due course. Her and her boyfriend took turns babysitting me, and they just put the DVD of The Fifth Element on repeat because I knew all of it - it didn't matter when I reset, I just dropped into enjoying what was in front of me.

I remember the last reset, apparently 2 days after. It was like waking up, only I was already sat up in bed watching the movie, cuddled up with my family. I lost about 5 days of memory in total, but after a couple of months felt as sharp as I ever had :-)

Neither of them ever wanted to watch that film with me ever again, though.

[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

That's... somewhat frightening?

I had a head trauma myself, half a year ago.
Did a head-first somersault onto the hard pavement while biking, luckily wearing a helmet.

Lost only about 2.5hrs of memory (mostly after the accident, but some of it before).
It really creeped me out, just not knowing what happened during that time (e.g. I talked to my wife on the phone while riding the ambulance - completely no recollection of it).

But this ongoing memory resetting you described is a much more terrifying idea.
How do you feel about it now?

Aaaaand also: Do you wish the movie had rather been Groundhog Day? ;-)

[–] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago

This happened about 17 years ago, so for me before menopause but not long after I'd stopped using drugs ... I really took the "accept the things you cannot change" to heart, and got on with it.

Being scared of what had happened wouldn't help me with my life. Having a healthier respect for the frailties of my body, however, did help me avoid future injuries from hubris.

I fell while figure skating, which is a pastime where wearing protective gear is frowned upon.

My then-boyfriend (the last guy I would ever date) took me back to a kebab place that apparently I'd sworn was the best I'd ever tasted the week before. I had no memory of it, and the kebab I then had was mid tier at best :-/