How would you answer the opening question?

[MrsDMVH]

I have thought carefully about this. If I woke up in another bed, in another body, and with their memories, I believe I would only know that life. I imagine taking on that body and memories attached to it, I would take on its soul, thus only being that one being.

[Elizabeth McNutt]

Given the question, I tend to believe that this could already be happening for each of us to get the lessons we need in the present of our existence. Monumental and insurmountable question other than opinion and all opinions are valid.

[Maliha Naveed]

That's a fascinating question. Of course, if I woke in someone else's body with their memories, I wouldn't be able to remember my past life as I would be living their life. But then again, this is what I believe. No one knows how it would feel if it really happened. We could remember our past identities, and that would create confusion instead of a sense of harmony.

[Nemanja Jankovic]

Very interesting question. I think I would notice the difference between my memories and someone else's if I woke up in their body because someone else's memories would seem unnatural and strange to me.

[Yasmine ZM]

Perhaps one wouldn't notice at first. However with time, we would notice that the memories feel foreign; because of our individual personality. We would start thinking that the memory and the way we reacted in that memory does not add up with the way we should feel and act. It would probably be very confusing, unexplainable and scary.

[Chinemezu Okafor]

This was really an interesting question. When I first read the question, I was like," I will definitely know when I wake up in someone else's body," but when I thought about waking up with the person's memory and everything, I don't think I will remember that it is not my body. One thing is for sure, though, I would feel very weird in that body.

[Not available anymore]

This question got me thinking a lot, and to be honest, my first decision is that I'm not sure if I'll notice a difference no matter how much I think about it, but maybe I will, because I know what I can do and what I can't do, and I'm sure I'll notice a difference in another person's memories because I know myself.

[Jessica Cole 3]

I think it's impossible to note the difference. There would be a difference, as it's a different person you're waking up as - but you wouldn't be aware. The mind is a collection of everything about you - your personality, your stance on things, your understanding of yourself and in relation to the world. If the memories are different, your mind has been altered.

A better way to look at it it, is to not even consider another person's thoughts and body. If a person experiences mental or physical trauma, their mind changes. The personality could be changed. Another persona could be created. Memories can be closed off for access. This can all happen within the same person's body and mind, and they wouldn't know what's happening to them or remember the "before". So, if another person is involved, it's very plausible that they would still be unaware of the changes. It would be even more so with a second person's body and thoughts added, because there's no way to try to unlock a part of the new mind to remember the "before" from the old mind.

[Paul Great Grace]

Yes, I believe that one can definitely tell if the body is weak or strong compared to the one they used to have. That's my humorous response, though. But to test this, if one were to find themselves in another person's body, as mentioned earlier, I think that one can still be just as good as they are, regardless of the body they are in.

[Radiant3]

I found this to be such a complex question. I believe it depends on whether I am now the person whose memories I woke up with or am I still myself but with another person's memories. In the first situation, I would now be that person, without any recollection of my previous memories. In the second scenario, I would be almost like an observer, looking on but feeling a distinct disconnection within myself.