What are the behavioral attributes of a person with amnesia?

they forget stuff

attributes --not sure I know the word but I'll guess and say a lot of times they are wandering the streets homeless, wearing the same clothes every day.

hullo
amnesia in the form of psychological dissociation, in which the loss of memory is a way to escape from reality, or to repress a painful experience, as in fuge states, in which a person may behave in a different way and may acquire a different identity.

Dr solo

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