John's Amnesia - Genuine or Fake

[Buk Nerd]

I don't believe John faked his amnesia, although it's possible that it had more to do with mental illness than it did the accident. He was under tremendous stress, battling with a lot of demons he refused to face.

[Neshboy Aburi]

I think it is extremely hard to be this adept at faking as John seems to be. Look at his family, the wife is clueless about his condition and I think she would have discovered he was faking if that is what he was doing. As an architect, I think he seemed to have every reason to fake such an illness, but I don't think that he would pull it off. What I think is that he had the condition even before, but the accident accelerated its manifestation so that the signs became clear suddenly.

[Ntombifuthi Londi]

I don't think John's amnesia was fake. When you follow his character, you realize that he had underlying trauma. Somehow either his brain or subconscious was shielding him, hence the amnesia.

[jide_76]

John Gowan's state of forgetfulness cannot be anything but true. Prior to his accident, he was shown as a man with intact mental capability.
I therefore subscribe to the fact that the head injury sustained during the accident played a significant role in his eventual amnesia., while not ruling out a possibility of deception.

[Alexander C Schmoock]

I feel the amnesia was a combination of the accident and all the negatives John was battling with at the time. So yeah, I believe it was very real. You can't fake certain things. Amnesia is one of such.

[Abi McCoy]

His amnesia felt real, but I think that it was likely related to the large amounts of internal stress he felt from the negative events in his life. His brain utilized the amnesia associated with these stressful events to give John a mental break from it all.

[Jodeci 007]

It has crossed my mind that there could have been other factors that contributed to his amnesia besides the accident, but I can't see how it couldn't have been real. The accident must have been the final trigger amid several other stressors.

[emeraldlaurice012]

I think it was real, however, it could be selective amnesia. He might remember only portions of it which is why he chose to keep it to himself. A person who doesn't remember anything at all would usually first ask the people around him (not being aware that he has amnesia).

[Astral Magi]

If it was fake, he would have used it as an excuse. Instead, he pretends that nothing is wrong. The loss of memory is more of a psychological protection than a brain injury.

[kdstrack]

I believe John's amnesia was real. He did have stress and failure in his life. Why would he lose all memory about the greatest achievement in his business career? The suggestion of mental illness seems to be plausible. John became more paranoid and suspicious as time went on and he was unable to resolve his dilemmas. Everything he did only made his situation worse!

[Lexy15]

According to me, his amnesia was genuine. There is no way he could have deserted and jeopardized his duties because of his "pretense." It was not fake, it was actually real as it affects his work.

[Limpho Mojakisane]

I believe that his amnesia is real because amnesia is not something one can fake. Considering the fact that he didn't tell anyone about his condition, one can imply he was also trying to hide his failures as a husband, father and architect.

I would have to disagree on this one, some people can fake amnesia to actually cover their failures, we watch this all the time. Although I will agree with you about him possibly hiding his failures as a father and husband.

[Midun99]

John's amnesia was real, but it might not have been caused by the accident itself. John had a lot of issues he had going on and the accident was just a trigger for his brain to forget the past that he didn't want to face.

[Chelsea Kamsi]

I think John's amnesia was real but the accident took the blame for it I think is his life experience and thoughts that brought to it I actually think the accident was blamed for it because I feel is not the main source their are more to it but I also think the accident brought it out well and made him to forget everything in that three years well so the accident is still involved

[Rebi]

i feel like he can definitely use it as an excuse for his future failures, but not the past because they happened before his accident but the fact he didn't let anyone know about his condition is the thing that will prevent him from doing that.