If all your memories were erased, what kind of person would you be?

[adamski24]

[TripleAce]

Its a lot more complex than just memories... a person can have total memory loss daily for instance right...
I read a story once of a man that lost his memory frequently, would just get wiped out. One day he left the house on a walk and it happened during his walk. Obviously he forget his way back home. But he still made it back

Apparently his habits led him back home. You have so many paths that have been hardwired into you from years of environmental exposure, human interaction and what not
--> you'd pretty much be you to some extent, just without the memory... and of course then you could sort of change over time
If you were vegan and lost all memory of being a vegan, you most likely might not even like the taste of meat for instance

[BruinBlue2]

Insecure. Not to be sappy or sad-sack sounding but honestly... without knowing who and what I am, which has been the accumulation of numerous successes but also countless failures and humiliations along the way, I would be totally lost. I run my own company and it’s just starting to get traction and profits are starting to come in. Had I not built everything I am professionally through hard work and dedication I wouldn’t know I was capable of such feats. The world would be a terrifying place if I suddenly lost all memories, it would leave me like a ship in the middle of the ocean without a rudder... directionless

[yeneiri]

I actually didn't know.. I guess someone who doesn't know anything? Or someone who's very innocent and just trust everyone so easily.. Careless and clumsy..😌😌

[Daniela1982]

Probably a lot nicer. Our behavior is most often controlled by life experiences. For instance, if we have been raped we may hate men.

[menina]

I think I would be tougher, more confident and optimistic. I would be happier for sure!

[adamski24]

good answer

[menina]

Thank you!

[adamski24]

you're welcome

[Craftsman]

With all memories erased, I would think the individual would be as Tabla Rasa as a newborn. Without memories, there is no learned behavior, nor a developed personality. Granted, a personality may very quickly form, but in the absence of memory how and into what kind of personality would develop would be a guess at best.

[Craftsman]

It's "Tabula Rasa". My keyboard is a little flakey sometimes.

[markscott]

I'd probably be a very different person, as our experiences and memories do so much to shape us. It would be easy to say I would be a better person, buy maybe not. It might be, that my experiences have made made me a more caring and compassionate person. if you can personally identify with what people are going through, it's easier to care about what is happening with them.

[EpicDweeb]

I suspect... I'd be kind and overly logical at times for better or worse. Lol I feel like I'd be appalled by a lot of people doing stuff that's considered normal but that I'd consider inappropriate (like guys hitting on girls or people cussing each other out etc).

[PrudentGuy]

100% memory loss?

Then medically, I think anyone will be worst than a moron, live by instinct alone, can't speak, can't interact, can't eat, and in a very crude manner, can't even wash own butt.

That I think is a miserable condition. (Even a senile patient is better.)

[ShadowofRegret]

It depends on how much we are talking about.

If you mean things aside from the essential memories like how to eat, probably kind of childish since any life experience I may have had would be gone.

But if you mean 'everything', then probably trying to figure out how to use a fork...😅

[kanelives]

An empty husk? Probably be back to my baby self.

If you meant experiences that changed personality: I would probably be much more confident and romantic. I might be less kind and tolerant of things though.

[Just_a_human]

I probably wouldn't be so depressed and more of an optimistic person

[castlejammer]

If my memories were erased, I'd be very gullible. It would cure my mental insecurity and all the lies I've told. I just need a bullet tbh. But yes I do wish my memories were erased a lot

[UnknownReflection]

A new born infant.
A human without a recorded memory is nothing more than an open slate and a blanked zombie.
I can't be anyone since i don't have any environmental database in my brain.

[Anonymous]

That would be kind of interesting. Good question. It depends on how many years were erased.

[adamski24]

all of your memories have gone you have no more

[Opinion Owner]

I might not even remember how to read or how to speak English

[adamski24]

that's a good point

[Opinion Owner]

I'd be an ignorant person, lol

[shimmeryns]

The kind of person who will be searching and desperate to remember my erased memory, trying to find inner peace of who I really am.

[MarkRet]

I'd be like one of those guys from The Maze Runner when they first come up to the surface. I'd probably be considerate and helpful, but clueless.

[Smiley_face101]

Much weaker since I went through a lot of shit that made me tough

[El_Heffe]

What kind of people are we who deny the truth of how long we humans have been around. History taught is full of gaping holes. Don't wholesale believe what we learn in life. SEEK THE TRUTH.

[Therisinghero12]

I really don't know, I'd probably be really confused a while, my friends and family would teach me some about my past self even though they don't know most of it, and if I'm anything like I am now then eventually I would return to normal.

[Micheal6918]

Understanding kind and respectful person who will always chase his dreams no matter what

[Daisy007]

I'm happy as is but hmm guess i'd ge a more carefree person (:

[undoubledsolid7]

Good question, hard to say. I would love to say that I would be better than what I am now, but I feel that a lot of my mistakes and experiences have made me who I am and a better person

[Anonymous]

Dead one probably...

I have few allergies that can be deadly...

There is so many people who look like they have no memory and they survive somehow, on welfare obviously, but someone has to be viewers on TV...

[KeniKeni]

That's an actually really good question and for the 1st time my answer is I don't know.
I don't know who or how I'd be without my past.

[douride2]

I'm not sure but I have a few memories that I wish I could erase from memory.

[Legacy3018]

I'd be the same as I try my best to act from the heart. If something doesn't feel right, I don't do it, if it does then I do.

[Wowgirl30q]

Dumb one
Dumber anyway

[adamski24]

don't think you could be ;p ;p

[Herbie4375]

I wouldn't know what kind of person I would be until it happens

[robtaka]

More random and spontaneous. I have crazy energy that has been tempered by experience. I also think i would be more confrontational

[SmugLae]

Stupid, probably nice since I would have no experience.

[Anonymous]

I'm scared if I were to look at my sexual past it would look like a porno

[Flower7]

I think I'd be much happier.

[R_Cakes91]

I’d be a total dumbass lol

[God_of_Thunder]

A very confused person

[AcidT0y]

No idea. Probably pretty similar.

[motownplayer2000]

Probably a lost person

[Vallius86]

With out my memories? I would be nobody.

[McKellar]

I'm sure a completely different one.

[xBeyoutifulx]

I don't know maybe I would be happier

[JamesRandiDebates]

One without memories, of course.

[Dav1ss]

A happy one

[Msmits]

Probably too nice, unfortunately :)

[1231prncss]

A happier person.

[ENTP_EMO]

A baby

[taleswapper]

A vegetable...

[ThisIsMyOpinion]

A happier one.

[JSmuve]

Probably happier

[Naydyonov]

I have no idea.

[AtramentalIvory]

An uneducated one.

[Anonymous]

A very confused one.

[anametouse]

Even morr forgetful

[Mr_Mystery]

I would be a plant.

[mesutkahn]

Dumb