The Case of Clive Wearing

I watched the movie the case of Clive Wearing. Clive Wearing reminded me (as others have stated) of 10 second Tom from the Movie, Fifty First Dates.

Clive Wearing lost his memory and can only remember the day to day things that are ingrained in his memory, such as; getting dressed, eating, playing music, playing patience, writing, and the fact that he loves his wife, Deborah. Clive has no idea that Deborah is his wife, in fact each time he sees her, he thinks that he is seeing her for the first time. She then points out to him that he has seen her before and writes down his love for her in his diary. He doesn't remember writing it down so he assumes that he was unconscious when he wrote that and continues to claim that he has never seen her before. When he is writing in his diary, he will almost every 2 minutes or so write that he is awake for the first time that day. When he is playing music, he claims that he has never played before, but he plays, directs, and sings wonderfully. His wife, Deborah, cites his ability to do this similar to the act of us riding a bike.

I could not imagine having a complete memory one day and then having a memory like Clive's the next day. The struggles that he has to go through (because he can think clearly or is lucid), not remembering things that he writes down, or not remembering that you are married even though you can remember that you love that person. I also could not imagine being Deborah and having to see her husband go through that day after day. Just knowing that he doesn't remember simple day to day things like when he woke up, what he has written down, things he has eaten, or the fact that he is married; must be extremely difficult to go through.