We shall look at these theories, and see if they can help us to understand this troubled individual. .

             Partial amnesia, total paralysis, and loss of speech, are all problems relating, in some sense, to communication. An individual who has lost the ability to speak has lost the ability to communicate his or her ideas to others. By the same token, the individual who cannot move her arms and legs has lost the power to freely interact with her physical environment. One cannot "communicate" effectively with other people because one cannot go to them. One becomes isolated from one"s surroundings, becoming completely dependent on externals for motion, interaction, and so forth. Lastly, Amnesia is also a matter of communication. A sentient being must be able to remember facts, both trivial and profound, if she or he is to be able to understand the surrounding environment. Many of these facts may be necessary for the continuing of an individualized existence, or for continuing to function as a member of a given society, culture, ethnic group, religion, or family. In this case of this particular woman, it is intriguing that what we are dealing with is not total loss of memory, but only partial amnesia. Certainly, this is the key to the client"s afflictions. The fact that this woman could not remember only certain things implies that these forgotten bits of information were those that the subject found most disturbing of all. They would constitute, therefore, the root of the problem. Psychologists and psychiatrists have frequently found that traumatic events in childhood can lead to abnormalities later on. .

             Sigmund Freud placed a heavy emphasis on the developments of early childhood, considering this period of existence to play a primary role in the development of the individual consciousness. Freud divided human memory into two types – field and observer – depending on the extent of the individual"s involvement in the actual events.