Noun: psychogenic fugue
- Dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are and leaves home to create a new life; during the fugue there is no memory of the former life; after recovering there is no memory for events during the dissociative state
"She experienced a psychogenic fugue, disappearing for weeks and creating a new identity in another city";
- fugue
Derived forms: psychogenic fugues
Type of: dissociative disorder
Encyclopedia: Psychogenic fugue