People who saw the popular Tamil-Telugu bilingual film ghajini recall Suriya's character suffering from a unique memory problem. He was discovered to be struggling from anterograde amnesia, or short-term memory loss. people who suffer from this condition have trouble remembering recent events. They have difficulty recalling information or events that occurred recently. 



Memory loss can happen in a matter of seconds or days. A rare example from germany just made the headlines, in which a guy was left with a memory lapses condition after a fatal accident six years ago, and he is unable to recall facts from more than 6 hours ago. Daniel Schmidt is the guy with the'six-hour memory.' His story contains a near-fatal tragedy, a life-or-death battle, and extensive counselling to reclaim what he could from his previous life. 


Daniel Schmidt can't recall what happened 6 hours ago. A assignment or a destination may never come back to him if he doesn't even have a memo. The poor man was travelling to see his sister when he was involved in a high-speed collision and had to be flown for emergency medical treatment. He'd sustained a catastrophic brain damage. His memories was wiped out as a result of his traumas. Schmidt's recovery was aided by intensive physiotherapy and speech and language therapy.

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