How many crave to have the John amnesia experience?

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Re: How many crave to have the John amnesia experience?

Post by Janelydia Mwangi »

A no go zone for me..this is a mental condition that has its effects not only to the individual but trickles to the family and the entire society. The healing through John is just traumatizing to me.
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Post by Preye I »

I do not crave to have John's amnesia experience. I don't like wishing bad things upon myself. Plus I feel like amnesia makes you lose who you really are, your identity. But I would understand why others would the author's writing was very compelling.
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Post by Korie Ifeoma Chisomaga »

John's amnesia might be helpful and useful at the moments that they were in the book. Barring this, I do not wish either crave to have amnesia.
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Post by Nqobile Mashinini Tshabalala »

There were times when I envied John's amnesia as I was reading the book, but in all honesty, I like being in control and I think forgetting some memories would be additional trauma.
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Post by Rita Nuncia »

There are some life experiences that one would wish to forget and that's understandable. However, amnesia won't solve the problem as experiences have lessons to be learnt from it no matter how painful it could be. We need those lessons so that we can avoid that experience.
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Post by AvishaJain_13 »

I think craving an Amnesia experience is a little insensitive, it was well written and exciting in the book but when its real, its scary so I wouldn't want it.
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Post by Phyll Kamau »

Not at all. Amnesia is a scary concept for a control freak like me. However, I enjoyed reading about john's amnesia experience, and I understand how reading Kendall's book could make the idea of having amnesia attractive for some people.
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For those who have a bad past, John amnesia experience is the solution. I personally have a lot of good details in life that I do not want to delete. My answer is - no!
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I absolutely would love to have that experience.
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His amnesia was appropriate for him and advantageous only in the highly fictitious circumstances of this book. In real life it would be a massive impediment.
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Post by Fajarr »

I would never want to experience John's amnesia. Living without memories amd starting over just seems like a lot of work. Maybe temporarily, for like a week or two could be an interesting experience. But that's about it, no more than that.
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In spite of the fact that John's amnesia had some benefits and he still received credit for the building, I really enjoyed this book. However, amnesia is not something I would ever want to experience. It is preferable to face life head-on rather than try to find a way out.
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Post by Blessing Otuokere »

Even though he had some wonderful experiences following his forgetfulness, many others will not crave to have amnesia just because they read about a certain narrative; it's not a sickness they will wish to encounter.
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