No idea. Iāve been collecting all kind of stuff since being a 5 y.o. kid. Both collecting and PokĆ©mon are such a big parts of my life, so I honestly wouldnāt even know if Iād still be āmeā if all the PokĆ©mon and collecting related memories are gone.
It also would be very weird coming home to multiple collections, like minerals/fossils; twisty puzzles; Yu-Gi-Oh cards; and most noticeably my many PokƩmon products scattered around my work/hobby room, all gone from my memory.
Itās a really hard thing to grasp and hypothetically answer, since I honestly wouldnāt even know what to think.
Not to mention the additional confusion of having gaps in your memory in general will also be a huge impact on yourself as a person Iād imagine.
Probably, although maybe not PokĆ©mon in particular. But collecting in general is likely part of my DNA, considering how much Iāve done it in my life, haha.
But again, very hard to answer if all those memories are completely gone. Especially since starting collecting as a kid and starting collecting as an adult are two different things.
Also hard to say. Since I do come home to a house full of multiple collections, my interest would likely be going first to those. Starting by researching what they are and such.
Because of that it would be difficult to look for something else to collect.
If, hypothetically, all the collections themselves would be gone alongside my memories, then Iād likely be collecting something completely different down the line. Perhaps.
Ugh, although I have a lively imagination, thinking about something as abstract as this kinda gives me a headache, haha.
At first keep them, hoping a cure could be found for my memory loss. From the sizes of the collections, I would know it was a big part of my life, so because of that it also wouldnāt feel right to sell anything without trying absolutely everything I can to get my memory back.
But after a few years without finding any cure for the memory loss, no doubt in the mean time already researching a bit about all the collections and realizing how much money especially the PokĆ©mon card collection is worth, and no doubt finding other interests over time, Iād likely try to sell a lot of it to finance other aspects in life.
Definitely. If I canāt remember anything and they remember all of it (from their perspective), I defintely would have asked them a lot about it. Who wouldnāt?
Sure, there would be numerous of things my family and friends wouldnāt know, but then Iād at least know:
- Iād have āthe largest Pikachu collection in the worldā (which wouldnāt be true, since Iām 3rd place rn afaik, but I know some of my family members and friends would have remembered it like that
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- I absolutely loved PokƩmon from the day it was released and have collected it as a kid and watched the cartoon/anime a lot.
- I got my house by selling a bunch of PokĆ©mon cards (Iām kinda curious how Iād remember this aspect myself - Iād likely remember having the money on the bank from a certain moment in time, but not how it got there. Then again, Iād have thousands upon thousands of gaps in my memory, so I guess that specific gap among the many others wouldnāt surprise me that much, tbf.)
- Iād know I was able to solve a Rubikās Cube before, but now not anymore.
Also, since I use the username āQuuadorā for social media and as game names that Iād partially would remember (e.g. YouTube and Overwatch mostly. Reddit, Facebook, and Instagram likely not, since I almost exclusively use it for PokĆ©mon/Yu-Gi-Oh) and itās very unique, Iād likely google for it and would come across all my posts here on E4, on reddit, on Instagram, on the TwistyPuzzles Forum, etc. and would probably spend hours upon hours reading what my past self has written.
Greetz,
Quuador
