Amnesia

So, I've been thinking this for a long time just haven't really had the time to refine it, but now it's come to the forefront of my mind. The ultimate test of nature versus nurture: what if you suddenly got full blown amnesia as people know it, called retrograde amnesia, would you still be the same person? I haven't seen too many instances of this in the fictional media. A lot of what we are stems from our memories and our experiences. It shapes our fears, aspirations and how we deal with pain and loss. If you could forget all but the basic information and skills, would you? Obviously it would be extremely hard to test something like this, as bringing on amnesia is as much of a mystery as how you can cure it is. And there is no way to grab two identically genetic people and raise them the same to test. I think of a lot of my problems. Amnesia in some ways could save me. Keep me from remembering. I mean, the bad times far outweigh any good. I suppose I'll have to wait until the find a way to safely induce before attempting to experiment.