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Hannah Upp has broken her silence and left a note on Facebook claiming that she suffers from dissociative fugue, a condition that has caused her to remember very little from the 19 days she went missing last month. After Upp's disappearance, she was found floating in water off Staten Island on September 16th, following what appeared to be a suicide attempt. The Daily News reports that the school teacher posted a Note on her Facebook page (set to private) saying, "As is typical of a case of dissociative fugue, I was not aware of my own identity and I emerged from the episode with essentially no memory of what happened during the time I was missing." Dissociative fugue is more common of survivors of war, accidents and natural disasters who enter into episodes where they remember little to nothing of their identity. A psychiatrist tells the News that Upp's behavior, which included being spotted twice in four days checking her email at the Apple Store, is not typical of dissociative fugue.
Hannah Upp Updates Her Status, Remembers Little
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"I was not aware of my own identity**"
**except for my Gmail account.
Must have been all that pot and crack she smoked during college.
Yeah, I saw "The Long Kiss Goodnight" too.
Well, there's SOMETHING wrong with her, but I don't care what it is at this point.
More like suffers from a case of attention whoredom.
she remembered to access her email account at Apple. I think they should make her pay for the cost of searching for her.
What the fugue? She goes on a mini vacation but doesn't remember it?
Okay, here's the thing. So maybe she IS lying about her condition because she's obviously embarrassed about how huge things got, and she wants everyone to leave her alone. Why does the Daily News (or other journalists) need to examine it further and cast doubt on what she may have written on her Facebook page - she, being, a simple schoolteacher and not someone in the public eye. It just seems unnecessary and inappropriate to have an outside psychiatrist comment on a person they know nothing about.
I don't know; this sort of thing frustrates me.
Must have been emo in HS. Where is the black eye shadow?
It's pretty well documented that fugue states and temporary amnesia are a real thing, it's not like she said aliens grabber her out the Apple store, sprayed her with rum and dropped her off in the river two weeks later.
It could also be a true story.
Emily. How do you know that is not the true story? I went by the Apple store on 14th yesterday and it was pretty scary.
I thought Fugue was that killer blowfish that japanese people eat.
So what if she was spotted twice at the Apple Store. For all we know she might have been checking Sarah Palin's email account
Uh, she looks just like a girl a picked up in a bar and banged at a hotel on 30th Street a couple weeks back. Chick was complaining about a male friend who was pressuring her into a relationship.
lmaoo TJ & BY
Meanwhile, many other folks who are missing in this city are not getting the same coverage.
Did you confuse someone's name with the word "by" that is before everyone's name? haha
Only pretty white girls that put out get coverage.
D'oh! I meant greenpoint grouch.
Thanks!
"Disassociative Fugue"? I knew there was a diagnostic code for freegans!
Okay, a missing white girl is going to make the Staten Island papers. But now she's found.
Does the Daily News really have nothing better to do or what?
Here is the complete message that Hannah sent to the members of the Facebook group on the evening of Friday, October 3rd.
"Dear Friends (including those I have yet to meet!)
First of all, I send my most heartfelt thanks to all of you for your concern, support, and love during this past month. I understand that many of you have unanswered questions about the time that I was missing and I appreciate your patience while I have been under medical care.
I want to share with you that the time I was missing has been diagnosed as an episode of dissociative fugue. As is typical of a case of dissociative fugue, I was not aware of my own identity and I emerged from the episode with essentially no memory of what happened during the time I was missing. While this is a rare occurrence, information about the condition exists in medical literature and I would encourage anyone with more questions to consult those sources.
I wish I could thank each one of you individually, but since you number in the thousands, I will have to start with this message and hope that you understand how grateful I am to all of you for believing in me and welcoming me back.
All my love, Hannah "
Dissociative fugue? Didn't realize that was the medical term for BS.
Hannah, I'm glad you're OK. Just don't do that again, your family was worried sick!