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How to weigh ECT benefits against irreplaceable memory loss

I am considering ECT but terrified I will forget my dead mother's voice and face since photographs and recordings are not the same as lived memory.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The potential loss of connection to deceased loved ones through memory erasure adds a spiritual dimension to medical decision-making.

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