BlueOysterCultist comments on Anon experiences a glitch

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[–] BlueOysterCultist@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago* (2 children)

That sounds like short term though

Like roofies affect short term memory, you can’t form memories during a short period of time (e.g hours). Short term memories feed long term memory.

Short term memory is what I ate for breakfast, long term memory are my ABCs and knowing how to drive.

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[–] robolemmy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 23 hours ago

What we have here is a terminology problem.

When you experience anything it immediately forms a short term memory. To retain it for more than a brief period that short term memory has to be converted or moved to long term memory. These anaesthia drugs interfere with the process that moves short to long term memory.

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[–] LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 day ago

Hm. I am not super firm on the definitions, but I remember having a hard time forming new memories when I took quite a bunch of cannabis. Scary shit. I basically "existed" in intervals of around a (subjective) minute or so, with nothing to do except to wait it out.

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